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    THE EFFECT OF CULTURAL AND FERTILIZER TREATMENTS ON YIELDS OF WHEAT ON SECOND CROP LAND (1964)
    Canadian Science Publishing
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    Publication Date: 1964-06-01
    Description: Experiments with various cultural and fertilizer treatments on stubble land were conducted at five locations on the prairies from 1955 to 1961 to determine their effect on yields of wheat.Significant yield differences between treatments ranged from 4 to 8 bu of wheat per acre at all stations. At Lacombe, Alta., Melfort and Regina, Sask., the highest average yields were obtained from fall or spring burning of the crop residue followed by normal spring operations. At Lacombe and Melfort, alternative methods gave results which were not significantly different from the burn treatments. These included fall plowing or disking at Lacombe and fall cultivating at Melfort. At Indian Head, Sask., plots which were not tilled in the fall but disked the following spring yielded 5 bu per acre more than those that were fall plowed and 2 bu per acre more than those where burning and tillage was employed. The yields from plots at Melita, Man., which were plowed or one-way disked in the fall produced 7 bu per acre more than those which were not fall tilled and only disked prior to seeding.Fertilizer increased yields of wheat significantly at all stations. Nitrogen at 50 lb with phosphate at 20 lb per acre produced the greatest 5-year average yield at Lacombe and Indian Head. At Melfort, Regina, and Melita, similar returns were obtained with applications of 16 to 50 lb of nitrogen plus 20 lb of phosphate per acre.
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    THE NATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SALTS IN UNCULTIVATED SALINE SOILS IN SASKATCHEWAN (1964)
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    Publication Date: 1964-06-01
    Description: Investigations were undertaken to ascertain the relative abundance of various salts in uncultivated saline soils occurring in southern Saskatchewan. Sampling sites were selected within areas dominated by various native plant species and groups of species. One hundred and nineteen saline profiles in the Brown, Dark Brown, and Black soil zones were studied and classified into five subgroup profile types, which were usually associated in a catenary sequence. The Saline Gleyed Regosol occupied the central portion of depressional areas, followed successively by the Saline Gleysol, and the Saline Meadow, with the Saline Calcareous Chernozem occupying the perimeter of the depression and the Saline Rego Chernozem being transitional to upland soil. Nine species which commonly form extensive stands were associated in their distribution with these subgroup profile types. Analytical data from saturation extracts of samples taken from the 0–6, 6–12, 12–24, and 24–36 in. depths are discussed with reference to concentration and composition. With one exception, all samples showed a preponderance of sodium and magnesium ions. Soluble sodium percentages in extreme cases exceeded 90%. Sulphates, chlorides, and bicarbonates were present in practically all samples. While sulphate was the predominant anion, significant quantities of chlorides and bicarbonates were present in all profiles.
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    SOME EFFECTS OF MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURE ON TRANSFORMATION OF MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE IN SOIL (1962)
    Canadian Science Publishing
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    Publication Date: 1962-08-01
    Description: Pre-weighed monocalcium phosphate pellets, containing about 15 milligrams of P, were placed in 200 grams of soil and stored for 2 weeks at four moisture tensions and three temperatures. Pellet residues were then removed and the amount of phosphorus remaining was determined. Small cores containing pellet residues and the surrounding soil contacted by fertilizer solution were removed for determination of water-soluble and total inorganic P. Phosphate phases present at the granule sites and the surrounding soil were identified by their optical properties.The mean amount of phosphorus remaining at the granule sites was 20.2 per cent. Although both moisture tension and temperature significantly affected the quantity of phosphorus retained, no consistent trend was apparent. Residues remaining at the site of application were found to be mixtures of anhydrous and dihydrated dicalcium phosphate, with the latter predominating. Moisture tension and temperature did not greatly alter the proportion of the two phases.Periodic precipitates or Liesegang rings of dicalcium phosphate were formed in the soil surrounding monocalcium phosphate pellets. Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate was the predominant phase. The proportion of dihydrated to anhydrous dicalcium phosphate increased as the temperature decreased and as the moisture tension increased.Water-soluble P increased significantly with increased moisture tension and was significantly greater at 5 °C. than at either 16 or 27 °C. The mean of all treatments was 5.6 per cent. Increased amounts of dicalcium phosphate dihydrate in the surrounding soil seemed to be responsible for the increase in water solubility.Between 89.5 and 99.2 per cent of the added phosphorus was recovered in the water and acid extracts of soil cores containing about 1.4 cm.3 of soil.
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    SOME ORGANIC MATTER-CLAY MINERAL RELATIONSHIPS IN FOUR ALBERTA SOIL PROFILES (1962)
    Canadian Science Publishing
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    Publication Date: 1962-02-01
    Description: Four soil profiles were characterized as to nitrogen, carbon, clay and polysaccharide content. Direct extractions of the soils were also made with 1N HF-HCl and an acetic anhydride-pyridine mixture and 1.0 N NaOH. Two NaOH extractions of the lower horizons, with and without auxiliary acidic treatments between the first and second to facilitate the release of organic matter, were used to evaluate certain clay-organic matter relationships.Polysaccharide content and the C:N ratios generally decreased with depth in all soils. Of the direct extractants of organic matter NaOH was the most efficient and HF-HCl and acetic anhydride-pyridine solutions were generally ineffective. However, some accumulation of HF-HCl soluble organic matter was noted in the A2 and B2 horizons of two of the soils. The organic solvents were most effective in removing organic matter from the B2 horizons.The use of auxiliary treatments (HF-HCl, H2SO4 or both) between the first and second NaOH extractions greatly enhanced the release of the organic matter by the second NaOH extraction from the B2, Bsa and C horizons of these soils. With the exception of the A2 horizons a combined HF-HCl 2nd H2SO4 pretreatment was superior to HF-HCl or H2SO4 used alone. The retentive capacity of the clay for soil organic matter was greatest in the C and Bsa horizons as determined by the intensity of the extracting conditions necessary to effect solubilization of the organic matter into the second alkali solutions.
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    PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE BY ALFALFA AS INFLUENCED BY PHOSPHATE SOURCE AND MOISTURE (1962)
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    Publication Date: 1962-08-01
    Description: The effect of phosphate source and soil moisture during the initial soil-fertilizer reaction period on subsequent phosphorus uptake by alfalfa was investigated in a growth chamber. Phosphate-treated soils with moisture adjusted to four different tensions were stored at approximately 18 °C. for 10 weeks. Following this storage interval phosphorus uptake by alfalfa was measured using a short-term technique.Phosphorus content and phosphorus uptake by both tops and roots increased significantly when water-soluble materials such as ammonium polyphosphate, monoammonium and monocalcium phosphate were applied. Less soluble sources, i.e., hydroxyapatite and anhydrous dicalcium phosphate, were much less effective. Calcium metaphosphate produced intermediate results.Moisture content of the soil during the reaction period did not greatly alter subsequent P uptake. The water-soluble sources of phosphorus were affected to the greatest degree.Uptake of P was significantly correlated with the amount of P extracted by NaHCO3 from the treated soils. The highest degree of correlation occurred with ammonium polyphosphate treated soil. A significant negative correlation occurred with calcium metaphosphate. With the exception of the 0.8 bar treatment, moisture tension had little influence on the correlation of P uptake with NaHCO3 extractable-P.
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    THE P32 INJECTION METHOD FOR STUDYING THE ROOT SYSTEM OF WHEAT (1964)
    Canadian Science Publishing
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    Publication Date: 1964-02-01
    Description: A new technique involving the use of P32 for the study of plant root development is described. Carrier-free P32 was injected into the stem of wheat plants using a microliter syringe. After allowing 5 days for the P32 to distribute throughout the total plant system, soil–root cores were taken, ashed at 500 °C, and the activity of a pressed soil briquet was determined.The amount of roots measured by the injection method was compared to the more laborious root-washing procedure. Very close agreement between the two methods was realized when the activity of the soil–root cores was recalculated to measure the per cent distribution of the roots within a particular core as compared to the total depth sampled. Preliminary data are reported on experiments designed to estimate the influence of various factors such as phosphate fertilization, soil types, and moisture stress on root development.
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    NITRATE-SUPPLYING POWER OF EIGHT GRASSLAND SOILS OF THE KAMLOOPS, B.C., AREA AND CORRELATION WITH RANGE FORAGE PRODUCTION (1960)
    Canadian Science Publishing
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    Publication Date: 1960-02-01
    Description: The formation of nitrate in eight grassland soils of the Kamloops, British Columbia, area was studied using a laboratory incubation technique. All the accumulative totals of nitrate nitrogen produced by these soils were low and suggest that the amount of nitrate formed may be inadequate for optimum plant growth. The desert-like soils, although they are regarded as being members of the Brown great soil group, released the most nitrate nitrogen. The Shallow and Degrading Black soils released nitrate in intermediate amounts while the Brown and Dark Brown soils produced the smallest quantities. The correlations between the accumulative total of nitrate released during incubation with: C/N ratio, total nitrogen and organic matter, were not highly significant. Poor correlation was obtained in the comparison between the accumulative total nitrate formed and the forage produced during the period 1954–1957.
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    THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LOCAL SOIL TYPES TO SOIL FERTILITY STUDIES (1960)
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    Publication Date: 1960-08-01
    Description: Soil productivity data included in this study were obtained from field experiments laid down in areas of soil, characteristic of individual member profiles of catenary groups of the Weyburn and Oxbow Associations, and of a mapping complex comprising members of the Sceptre, Kindersley, and Flaxcombe Associations.The criteria used to assess soil productivity included the yield of gram with and without phosphorus and nitrogen fertilization, uptake of fertilizer phosphorus, 'A' values (from field and greenhouse experiments) and extractable phosphorus (NaHCO3 and H2CO3).The data illustrate the variability in yield and response to phosphorus fertilization that can be expected within relatively short distances in any one field in which complexity of soil pattern occurs. These differences in productivity were closely associated with pedogenic differences used to classify the soils.It was concluded that considerable care must be taken in the interpretation and application of fertility data obtained from small plot experiments as the data are applicable to only one particular soil type, in most instances the soil member on which the test was established; such data cannot be used to represent mapping units which include even closely associated soil types.
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    EFFECTS OF VARIOUS QUANTITIES OF STRAW MULCH ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF SPRING AND WINTER WHEAT (1964)
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    Publication Date: 1964-02-01
    Description: The effects of applying a wheat straw mulch at various rates to a trash-free summerfallow field immediately after seeding spring and winter wheat were studied for 9 years. Rates of 4000 and 5000 lb or more per acre significantly depressed mean yields of spring and winter wheat, respectively. Straw at rates of 4000 to 5000 lb completely shaded the soil surface when spread uniformly. Higher rates delayed maturity up to 4 to 6 days, shortened height of plants, occasionally lowered nitrate production, and had a negligible effect on plant population and percentage protein of the grain. Each 1000-lb increment of bright straw depressed the late-morning temperature in the 4- to 8-in. depth of soil by an average value of 0.51° F during the early growth period. The depression increased with the season to a value of 0.65° F by mid-June and then decreased to a value of 0.25° F by mid-July, when the crop, in the headed-out stage, almost completely shaded the soil surface.A quantity of mulch up to 4000 lb per acre can be used without deleterious effects on the crop. Quantities of 4000 lb or more should be managed so that the soil temperature depression associated with complete shading of the soil is avoided.
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    A METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF FREE IRON IN SOILS AND CLAYS (1963)
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    Publication Date: 1963-01-01
    Description: A procedure for the removal of free iron from soils and clays by a single extraction at 50 °C. with sodium hydrosulphite in a citrate buffer at pH 4.75 is described. The effects of pH, temperature and reagent concentrations on the rate of removal of free iron from soils and hematite were investigated. The crystal structures of clay minerals other than nontronite were not attacked by this procedure. The single extraction removed as much or more iron than was removed by successive extractions in three procedures proposed by other workers.
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