Effect of Long Term Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium Fertilization of Irrigated Corn and Grain Sorghum

Project Leader:
Alan Schlegel,
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Southwest Kansas Research and Extension Center,
Kansas State University,
Rt 1, Box 148,
Tribune,
KS,
67879

(316-376-4761)
schlegel@ksu.edu

Staff Member: Dr. Mike Stewart mstewart@ipni.net

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This study was initiated in 1961 to determine responses of continuous corn grown under flood irrigation to nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilization. The study is conducted on a Ulysses silt loam soil with an inherently high K content. No yield benefit to K fertilization was observed in 30 years and soil K levels remained high so the K treatment was discontinued in 1992. However, a yield increase from P fertilization has been observed since 1965 and there was concern that the level of P fertilization may not be adequate. So, beginning in 1992, a higher P rate was added to the study which replaced the K treatment.