@inproceedings{9ce4385d1e4d46bea4a4cff0908312ec,
title = "Split nitrogen application in spring to timothy-meadow fescue leys",
abstract = "Climate change with fluctuations in weather patterns, environmental concerns, and increased costs of mineral fertilizers all demand adjustment of nitrogen (N) used for forage production. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of splitting N application in spring on dry-matter (DM) yield, crude protein (CP) content and protein quality of timothy-meadow fescue leys. The trial was conducted during two years at three locations (Kvithamar and S{\ae}rheim, Norway and L{\"a}nghem, Sweden). Split N application with 60 kg N ha–1 at onset of grass growth in April and 50 kg N ha–1 in May resulted in the same DM yields and CP concentrations as a single application of 110 kg N ha–1 in April in Kvithamar the first year and S{\ae}rheim both years. In L{\"a}nghem both years and for Kvithamar in the second year, a late application two weeks before first cut gave less DM yield than the single full application in April. Split application did not affect the contents of nonprotein N or nitrate.",
keywords = "Festuca pratensis, N application strategy, Phleum pratense L., maturity at harvest, protein, yield, Festuca pratensis, N application strategy, Phleum pratense L., maturity at harvest, protein, yield",
author = "Elisabet Nadeau and \{Von Essen\}, Andrea and A.K. Bakken",
year = "2024",
language = "English",
series = "Grassland Science in Europe",
publisher = "Brill",
number = "29",
pages = "575--577",
booktitle = "Why grasslands? : Proceedings of the 30th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation Leeuwarden, the Netherlands 9-13 June 2024",
}