ABSTRACT
Response to nitrogen and phosphorus of taIl and semidwarf wheat varieties. I. Grain yield and yield components variations

Mario Mellado Z.1
 

In a split plot design, the fertilization response of four bread wheat varieties (Triticum aestivum L.) was studied. Three trials were carried out at the Quilamapu Research Station (INIA-Chillán), from 1983to 1985.
Treatments (whole plots) were: Ti = check, no N, no P applied; T2 = 50 kg N/ha + 50 kg P2O5/ha; T3 = 100 kg N/ha + 100 kg P2O5/ha; T4 = 150 kg N/ha ÷ 150 kg P2O5/ha; T5 = 200 kg N/ha + 200 kg P2O5/ha. Subtreatments (subplots) were the semidwarf varieties Onda and Andifén and the talI varieties Vilufén and T-1500.
The main conclusions were:
- Semidwarf cv. produced higher grain yields than tali cv., mainly when N and P rates were equal or higherthan 100 kg/ha.
- Harvest indexes in semidwarf (0.41) were 22.7% higherthan in talI wheats (0.34).
- TalI varieties were less efficient than semidwarf in the use of N and P; grain production per kilogram of N and P2O5 applied were 14.6 and 26.2 kg, respectively.

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1 Estación Experimental Quilamapu (INIA), Casilla 426, Chillán, Chile.