Soybean Irrigation Study, 1982, Georgia Coastal Plain
Study:

Research Objective:
Treatments:
 1. Irrigation
 2. Irrigate only after flower
 3. No irrigation

Basic Crop Management: PLANTED - 16 Jun 1982 (rows 0.9 m apart); HARVEST - 17 Nov 1982; TILLAGE - Moldboard Plow (30 cm deep plus smoothing and bed shaping), wheel traffic controlled at 1.2 m centers; FERTILIZATION - Typical Extension Recommended Rate; WEED & PEST CONTROL: Typical Extension Recommendations.
Chronological Treatment and Observation Details

Observations and data sets for individual treatments (crop years) follow:
Treatment 1:
  Irrigation
  • Irrigation Dates and Amounts: Text Format;
  • Phenology: Emergence - 28 Jun 1982; Pollination (R2) - 09 Aug 1982; Maturity - 04 Oct 1982
  • Stand Count:
  • Soil Water Pressure Observations: Tensiometer & Gypsum Block
Treatment 2:
  Irrigate only after flower
  • Irrigation Dates and Amounts: Text Format;
  • Phenology: Emergence - 28 Jun 1982; Pollination (R2) - 09 Aug 1982; Maturity - 04 Oct 1982
  • Stand Count:
  • Soil Water Pressure Observations: Tensiometer & Gypsum Block
Treatment 3:
  No irrigation
  • Phenology: Emergence - 28 Jun 1982; Pollination (R2) - 09 Aug 1982; Maturity - 04 Oct 1982
  • Stand Count:
  • Soil Water Pressure Observations: Tensiometer & Gypsum Block
For more information on the study and its interpretation contact:
Dr. Jim Hook Professor, Soil and Water Management
Crop and Soil Sciences Department and NESPAL
The University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
P.O. Box 748, Tifton, GA 31793-0748
e-mail: jimhook@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu

Page developed by James E. Hook, Amanda Richards, and Linsey Forlow.
Last Modified on 29 June 2000.