Sulfur Dioxide Fumigation of Soybeans: Effect on Yield |
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Authors: | Charles R Davis |
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Institution: | Phelps Dodge Corporation , Douglas , Arizona , USA |
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Abstract: | In order to determine the influence of SO2 fumigation of soybean plants on yield, a three-year experiment was conducted on 485 plois of soybeans. Single fumigations of S02 were applied at 10 different stages of growth in 1968-69 and 7 stages of growth in 1970. A linear relationship was found to exist beiween the percent of leaf area destroyed and ihe percent crop loss with a significant regression coefficient of b = —0.659, or iwo-thirds of one percent crop loss for each percent of area destroyed. No definite significant stage-of-growth effect was found and no treatment effects were significant for the early stages of growth from the 3-leaf to the 15-leaf stage, nor was there any loss in yield without visible leaf injury. |
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