Soil Test P Level and Yield Potential

Project Leader:
Charles Wortmann,
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
279 Plant Sci Bldg,
Lincoln,
NE,
68583-0915


cwortmann2@unl.edu

Project Cooperators: Tim Shaver.

Staff Member: Dr. Mike Stewart

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We can achieve high corn and soybean yield with low soil test P if P is applied as recommended with a P sufficiency based approach. However, research findings in Minnesota show an advantage to having high soil test P in years with slow to warm soils. The relevance of these findings may vary with latitude and length of growing season. It does raise concern that sufficiency based P recommendations may not be appropriate for high yields in some situations. The slow to warm soil effect may be greater with no-till and especially no-till continuous corn, and with earlier planting.