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Ash Content of Barley Plant Parts When Grown on Two Different Soils
Author(s) -
Pope Merritt N.
Publication year - 1945
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1945.00021962003700070009x
Subject(s) - soil water , agriculture , citation , agricultural experiment station , agronomy , mathematics , agricultural economics , horticulture , political science , environmental science , geography , law , biology , archaeology , economics , soil science
ASH CONTENT OF BARLEY PLANT PARTS WHEN [GROWN ON TWO DIFFERENT SOILS I N YEARS past, barleys grown on the Arlington Experiment Farm, Arlington, Va., have been characterized by exceedingly tough, adherent awns. The nursery and plots were customarily situated on rolling upland of Keyport loam, having a reaction of approximately pH 5.0. While great difficulty was experienced in obtaining awn-free seed at Arlington Farm, the same varieties threshed "clean" when grown in the West. In 1935, barley was grown