2018
Building capacity for measuring in-field, whole-season nitrogen fixation to enhance soybean yield, seed quality & management
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Data ManagementDrone/UAS
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Walid Sadok, University of Minnesota
Co-Principal Investigators:
Aaron Lorenz, University of Minnesota
Seth Naeve, University of Minnesota
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Project Code:
10-15-48-18-179
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
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Brief Project Summary:

The vast majority of soybean production goals are tied to biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). This includes increasing grain yield, enhancing seed protein content and seed composition, tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, optimizing N application rates and estimating N carry-over. Despite such importance, Minnesota growers, breeders and agronomists do not have access to direct measurement of BNF in the field. Considering the narrow margins for improving yields and seed quality in short-season Minnesota, this limitation is potentially costly since it prevents from tapping into BNF as a trait to enhance productivity and improve management. In this proposal, we offer to deploy in the field...

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Information And Results
Final Project Results

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