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Table 7.

N-use efficiency (%) by winter wheat and corn-for-grain grown in crop rotation and as continuous monocrops, average for 1994–2018, Selectia RIFC

Crop rotation, continuous monocropping Predecessors Fertilization Extra yields from fertiliz., t/ha N taken up by extra yield, kg/ha N applied with mineral fertilizers, kg a.i./ha N-use efficiency % Total N uptake on fert. plots, kg/ha Share of soil fertility in yield formation, %
Unfertil. Fertilized
Winter wheat
Crop rotation Oats-and-vetch for green mass 4.55 5.14 +0.59 19.5 90 21.7 169.6 88.5
Continuous monocrop Winter wheat 1.96 3.02 +1.06 35.0 90 38.9 99.7 64.9
Corn-for-grain
Crop rotation Sugar beet 5.54 6.06 +0.52 12.0 0 0 139.4 100
Continuous monocrop Corn-for-grain 3.86 5.71 +1.85 42.6 60 71.0 131.3 67.6

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