Effective planting radius per ton of grain seed?
Folks,
Once again I come to the council with an obscure question that has me and my team stumped. We recently did a leader engagement and the question of the village's needs came up. Barley seed for planting came up, and the discussion wandered in and out of sideline topics like the price of seed per ton. I stopped and asked myself what an Iraqi farmer (or farmers) could do with a ton of seed, so I am trying to find a reference or additional resource for the answer.
-JC
try this
here ya go
R. A. Singh1 and H. B. Singh1
(1) Department of Agronomy, Banaras Hindu University, 221005 Varanasi, India
Received: 27 May 1980 Revised: 15 August 1980
Summary Grain and straw yields of barley improved significantly due to N–S, row orientation, 30 cm row spacing and 90 kg/ha seed rate. A plant rectangularity of 13.6 was found most conducive for grain and straw yeilds of barley. None of the malt quality characters were affected wignificantly due to row orientation. A row spacing of 30 cm and a seed rate of 90 kg/ha improved the malt quality characters of barley. Increase in protein percentage at 30 cm row spacing deteriorated the malt quality.
Key words Plant density - Rainfed barley - Row orientation
If you get a good web connection, try out some of the various university extension sites. They're going to be great sources for this kind of information.
"On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare."
T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War
careful
Do not make the classic American mistake of using formulas designed for the American Midwest in Iraqi soil conditions. Iraq soil is nowhere near as fertile as Midwest soil. I would recommend tracking down former Iraqi agriculture professors, or professors from a region with similar soil and weather.
Reed
Originally Posted by sapperfitz82
While at face value your caution is valid, understand that the very first step in any calculus regarding productivity is a soil test and application of climatic factors to any resultant modeling is necessary.
Jon, check with through the PRTs for agriculturalists. They should be tied to the USAID mission and the Embassy.
Tom
Found a possible resource? University of Arid Agriculture in Pakistan. E-mail is
uaar@yahoo.com. Hope it helps.
Reed
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