Funded by the Illinois Soybean Association checkoff program.

Antonio Mallarino

Plant and Soil Health: Value of Soybean Tissue Testing for Phosphorus and Potassium

BackgroundSoil testing is a useful and commonly used diagnostic tool for making phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilization decisions. Tissue testing has been suggested for decades as another tool for these and other nutrients. However, tissue testing has not been widely implemented for P or K in Iowa or the North Central region because of inconclusive results from limited field calibration research based on crop yield response. Iowa State University (ISU) has no P or K tissue test interpretations for any crop. Therefore, research was conducted to evaluate the value of tissue testing for P and K in soybean. Summary [...]

By |June 28, 2016|
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