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Alternative Cropping Systems with Limited Irrigation

Author

• • A. Schlegel
  • Kansas State University

Abstract

A limited irrigation study involving four cropping systems and evaluating four crop ro­tations was initiated at the Southwest Research-Extension Center near Tribune, KS, in 2012. The cropping systems were two annual systems (continuous corn [C-C] and continuous grain sorghum [GS-GS]) and two 2-year systems (corn- grain sorghum [C-GS]) and corn-winter wheat [C-W]). In 2017, corn yields were greatest in the corn-wheat rotation and least with continuous corn. Grain sorghum yields were greater following sorghum than following corn. The wheat was destroyed by a severe infestation of wheat streak mosaic virus and not harvested.

Keywords: alternative cropping systems, limited irrigation, southwest Kansas irrigation

How to Cite: Schlegel, A. (2018) “Alternative Cropping Systems with Limited Irrigation”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports. 4(8). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.7628