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Kentucky Bluegrass Response to Potassium and Nitrogen Fertilization

Dep. of Plant Science Unit 4067, Univ. of Connecticut, 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269-4067

^* Corresponding author (karl.guillard{at}uconn.edu).

The response of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) to potassium (K) fertilization has been inconsistent. The objective of this research was to determine the effects of K fertilization across varying nitrogen (N) rates and clipping management on Kentucky bluegrass clipping yields, quality, tissue K concentrations, apparent N recovery, and N use efficiency. A 2 x 4 x 4 factorial was arranged in a split-plot design and repeated across two years. Main plots were clipping treatments (returned vs. removed) and subplots were N rates (0, 98, 196, and 294 kg ha^–1 yr^–1) in combination with K rates (0, 81, 162, and 243 kg ha^–1 yr^–1). There was no positive effect of K on clipping yields and quality even though soil extractable K levels tested low. Higher K rates, however, increased N recovery and use efficiency for all but the highest N rate. Tissue K response to K fertilization was nonlinear. Yield and quality responses were not correlated to tissue K concentration. Nonexchangeable K levels were high in the native soil, and may have provided an additional source of K for bluegrass. The results suggest that extractable K values alone may not adequately predict available K to Kentucky bluegrass in this sandy loam soil.

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Crop Science 2004 44: 1507-1510. [Full Text]  

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