Growing Organic Bread Wheat in New England: An Evaluation of Nitrogen Regimes and Cropping Sequences
Date of Award
12-2014
Level of Access Assigned by Author
Campus-Only Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences
Advisor
Ellen Mallory
Second Committee Member
Rick Kersbergen
Third Committee Member
Greg Porter
Abstract
Production of organic winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is expanding in the northeastern United States. However, achieving high grain yields as well as crude protein (CP) standards is challenging because ensuring adequate available nitrogen (N) at key periods of wheat growth is difficult in organic systems.
Recommended Citation
Roche, Erin Helene, "Growing Organic Bread Wheat in New England: An Evaluation of Nitrogen Regimes and Cropping Sequences" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2229.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2229