Claim · model-written summary
Nitrapyrin increased corn yields by up to 207%, averaging 68%.
- Taxon
- Corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Treatment
- 0.55 kg of nitrapyrin/ha with fall‐applied anhydrous ammoniae0
- Outcome
- yieldse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 207%e0
- Qualifier
- average increase was 68%e0
- Comparator
- anhydrous ammonia without the nitrification inhibitore0
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Verbatim
e0“Corn yields were increased as much as 207% (average increase was 68%) as a result of applying 0.55 kg of nitrapyrin/ha with fall‐applied anhydrous ammonia when compared to yields obtained with anhydrous ammonia without the nitrification inhibitor.”
Title
H. L. Warren; D. M. Huber; D. W. Nelson; et al. Agronomy Journal 1975. doi:10.2134/agronj1975.00021962006700050018x
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Inhibiting nitrification increased grain yields.
- Intervention effect Inhibiting nitrification increased grain protein.
- Intervention effect Inhibiting nitrification decreased incidence of stalk rot.
- Intervention effect Nitrification inhibition reduced stalk rot incidence by 60 to 96%.
- Intervention effect Nitrapyrin with fall-applied N raised grain protein by 7 to 38%.
- Mechanism The authors attributed yield and protein gains to greater nitrogen availability.
- Mechanism The authors proposed altered N metabolism as a reason for reduced stalk rot.
- Mechanism The authors proposed greater plant vigor as another explanation for reduced stalk rot.
- Recommendation The authors suggest reducing N application rates when using a nitrification inhibitor without yield loss.