Field Research & Agronomy

AIM:

Expanding the series of eastern wheat belt trials assessing how wheat responds to N and P fertilizer applications under different conditions by the addition of K.

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CONCLUSION:

• Differences in yield between N and P treatments were significant and consistent with Summit trials over many years in the area and K application should be a consideration depending on results of soil testing.
  
• Application of K at seeding improved yields at almost all P and N rates and markedly enhanced the response to increasing P rate.
  
• Returns from lower N rates were improved by K application.
  
• Yield and gross margins are optimised at recommended P 8-10 kg/ha and N 30-60 kg/ha, and growers should consider K applications where soil Colwell K is below 50 mg/kg in topsoil and decreases deeper in the profile.