Objective
- Determine the influence of maturity rating, seeding date, and location on soybean yield performance.
Study Description
| Years: | 2012, 2013, 2014 | |||||||||||||
| Locations: | Prosper, Carrington, and Lisbon, ND (Table 1) | |||||||||||||
| Design: | Randomized complete block with 4 replications | |||||||||||||
| Plot Size: | 6 rows wide (12-inch spacing) x 25 feet long | |||||||||||||
| Seeding Rate: | 200,000 seeds/acre | |||||||||||||
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Results
- At Carrington in 2013, there was a significant interaction between planting date and variety on yield.
- Yield was not influenced by planting date for 90Y70, but yield was lower at the latest seeding date (June 21) compared to earlier planting dates for 91Y41 (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Soybean yield at Carrington in 2013, as influenced by planting date and variety.
- At Carrington, in 2014, the planting date x variety interaction indicated greater yield reductions for 91Y41 than 90Y70 as planting date advanced (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Soybean yield at Carrington in 2014, as influenced by planting date and variety.
- Average yields of 30 bu/acre or greater were obtained at the first four seeding dates for the earlier variety compared to the first three seeding dates for the later variety.
- At Prosper, in 2012, the main effect of soybean variety and the planting date x variety interaction were not significant.
- The main effect of planting date indicated an approximately 13% yield reduction at the 2 later dates compared to the 2 earlier planting dates (Figure 3).
Figure 3. Soybean yield at Prosper in 2012, as influenced by planting date.
- At Prosper, in 2013, the main effect of variety and the planting date x variety interaction were not significant.
- The main effect of planting date indicated similar yield for the May 17 and May 24 planting dates with lower yield at each successive planting date (Figure 4).
Figure 4. Soybean yield at Prosper in 2013, as influenced by planting date.
- At Prosper in 2014, Pioneer® varieties 90Y70 and 91Y41 yielded 44 and 35 bu/acre, respectively, when averaged across planting dates (data not shown).
- Yield reductions with successive planting dates were greater for the later maturity variety P91Y41 compared to P90Y70 (Figure 5).
Figure 5. Soybean yield at Prosper in 2014, as influenced by planting date and variety.
- Average yield was 26 bu/acre and 45 bu/acre for 91Y41 and 90Y70, respectively, at the June 23 planting date.
- At Lisbon in 2014, the planting date x variety interaction indicated a yield advantage for 91Y41 at earlier planting dates and 90Y70 at later planting dates (Figure 6).
Figure 6. Soybean yield at Lisbon in 2014, as influenced by planting date and variety.
- The 2 varieties planted yielded similarly when planted on June 10.
Conclusions
- At these locations, highest soybean yields generally were achieved with planting before the third week of May, with small declines with early June planting and large declines at later planting dates.
- Planting the variety rated 1.7 for maturity was usually not required for higher yield than the 0.7 maturity variety, and should be avoided for planting dates after late May based on these results.
Research conducted by Burton Johnson, North Dakota State University, as a part of the Pioneer Crop Management Research Awards (CMRA) Program. This program provides funds for agronomic and precision farming studies by university and USDA cooperators throughout North America. The awards extend for up to four years and address crop management information needs of Pioneer agronomists, Pioneer sales professionals and customers.
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