| dc.rights | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.title | Utilization of Soil Moisture By Corn and Sugarbeets | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.description | The article addresses the utilization of soil moisture by corn and sugar beets in North Dakota soils. Sugar beets in the Red River Valley is a deep rooting crop which in years of limited precipitation may make extensive use of soil moisture to a depth of 6 feet. In contrast, numerous trials by the authors have shown that corn utilizes poorly subsoil moisture below a depth of about 3 feet in many North Dakota soils. During 1971, nitrogen fertilizer trials with
sugar beets and corn were located adjacent to another on a Fargo clay soil at Fargo. The opportunity was taken to monitor soil moisture and soil temperature changes with these crops during the growing season. The findings from such are presented in this article. No statistical comparison of the effect of sugar beets and corn on soil moisture use is possible. However, because of the uniformity of the soil in
the experimental areas, differences in water use between the two sites were considered to be due primarily to the type of crop. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-21T21:48:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-21T21:48:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1972 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10365/24383 | |
| dc.creator.author | Moraghan, J. T. | |
| dc.creator.author | Tiedeman, P. | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Farm Research; 30:1; Sep/Oct 1972 | |
