Published December 2003. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Total organic carbon, total nitrogen, microbial respiration and enzyme
activity (β-glucosidase) were measured on several horizons of a Dayton silt loam
(fine, montmorillonitic, mesic, Typic Albaqualf) soil cropped to annual ryegrass
under two straw residue management systems. The study evaluated the effects
of annual burning of straw residues or annual...
Published February 1959. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published September 1958. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Published December 1963. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Irrigated pastures in western Oregon usually consist of Ladino or New Zealand white clover and Alta fescue, perennial ryegrass, orchardgrass, or meadow foxtail. These recommendations are intended for improved pastures with a good stand of clover and improved perennial grasses. Fertilizer seldom pays on weeds or weedy grasses.
Rotating wheat with other crops is a common practice in the Willamette Valley of
western Oregon. Depending upon previous crop and soil type, current N fertilizer
recommendations for wheat in the Willamette Valley vary widely. Excessive fertilizer
poses environmental risk, whereas lower N inputs than required by the crop represent...
Published January 1949. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Directly below commercial mint fields, percolation in excess of 10 ppm of nitrogen as nitrate (NO3 --N), the EPA drinking water standard, occurs for much of the year (Figure 1, page 2). Concentrations rise rapidly after irrigation starts in June, indicating that this nitrogen is being pushed through by irrigation...
Data from fertilizer experiments with potatoes in the Willamette Valley from 1961 through 1971 show that responses have been measured from nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, and lime. Responses from these nutrients have been related to soil and/or plant analysis values. In recent years most of the potato production has moved...