Premium
Effects of City Sewage Effluent on Grain Yield and Grain and Malt Quality of Fall‐Sown, Irrigated Barley 1
Author(s) -
Day A. D.,
Dickson A. D.,
Tucker T. C.
Publication year - 1963
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/agronj1963.00021962005500040003x
Subject(s) - effluent , agronomy , yield (engineering) , grain yield , grain quality , sewage , irrigation , nitrogen , environmental science , mathematics , biology , chemistry , environmental engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , metallurgy
Synopsis In general, the application of sewage effluent to barley resulted in an increase in grain yield, percentage of nitrogen, and malt diastatic power, but kernel weight, kernel size, and malt extract percentage were decreased.