2015
Improving soybean irrigation scheduling for optimal yield
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Abiotic stressField management SustainabilityWater supply
Parent Project:
Improving soybean irrigation scheduling for optimal yield
Lead Principal Investigator:
David Verbree, University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Producers need specific recommendations on when to start and stop irrigating soybeans, while accounting for soil moisture, to optimize yield and maximize profit. This project specifically addresses questions about when to initiate and terminate irrigation by conducting a field trial. The trial aims to determine the latest effective growth stage to initiate irrigation and the earliest effective growth stages to terminate irrigation to maximize yield for soybean of different maturity groups. Work also intends to determine how irrigation timing affects crop development, growth rate, maturity and disease and insect pressure for different maturity groups.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents

Information And Results
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Final Project Results

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