Table 2 Seed yield (13.5% moisture), concentration of protein and oil in seed, and relative abundance of ureides at R6 (RAUR6) for soybean crops in the Midwest of US.

From: Interplay between nitrogen fertilizer and biological nitrogen fixation in soybean: implications on seed yield and biomass allocation

Group

Site

Control

N at sowing

N at V4

N at R2

Average (n = 12)

Seed Yield

Protein

Oil

RAUR6

Seed Yield

Protein

Oil

RAUR6

Seed Yield

Protein

Oil

RAUR6

Seed Yield

Protein

Oil

RAUR6

Seed Yield

Protein

Oil

RAUR6

kg ha–1

g 100 g–1

%

kg ha–1

g 100 g–1

%

kg ha–1

g 100 g–1

%

kg ha–1

g 100 g–1

%

kg ha–1

g 100 g–1

%

High

Devils Lake

3349

40.2

17.3

93

3445

41.6

16.7

84

3482

40.0

17.7

85

3296

40.8

17.6

73

3393 ± 111

40.6 ± 6

17.3 ± 0.55

84 ± 6

Vincent

5717

36.3

20.9

91

5997

36.2

20.7

87

6044

34.7

20.7

86

6137

35.7

20.6

89

5974 ± 169

35.7 ± 2

20.7 ± 0.38

88 ± 2

Pocahontas

5023

37.1

21.1

90

5117

36.9

21.3

88

4964

35.6

20.8

88

5155

36.9

20.3

89

5060 ± 183

36.6 ± 2

20.9 ± 0.38

89 ± 2

Britt

5348

36.8

20.9

89

5211

35.7

21.3

84

5118

37.1

21.0

83

5234

36.5

20.9

87

5228 ± 212

36.5 ± 2

21.0 ± 0.54

86 ± 2

Thayer

5069

36.2

21.8

88

4855

37.7

21.3

74

4978

36.8

20.7

68

4773

38.7

21.3

42

4919 ± 285

37.3 ± 12

21.3 ± 0.47

68 ± 12

Tipton

4614

40.4

20.6

88

4529

39.8

21.1

86

4247

40.9

20.8

80

4466

40.6

20.7

66

4464 ± 109

40.4 ± 6

20.8 ± 0.55

80 ± 6

Medium

Fargo

3344

38.7

20.7

87

3451

39.2

20.2

76

3634

38.1

20.8

68

3459

38.6

20.2

83

3472 ± 81

38.6 ± 6

20.5 ± 0.36

78 ± 6

Effingham

4405

40.5

22.0

85

4435

39.9

21.7

86

4445

40.2

21.6

84

4478

38.6

22.0

79

4441 ± 343

39.8 ± 6

21.8 ± 0.46

84 ± 6

Attica

4902

38.3

21.2

84

4902

38.1

21.1

83

5268

40.4

20.7

77

5206

38.7

21.5

80

5070 ± 159

38.9 ± 6

21.1 ± 0.36

81 ± 6

Owensboro

4731

38.6

21.2

81

4618

36.5

21.1

86

4698

39.4

20.4

75

4471

39.5

21.4

76

4628 ± 137

38.5 ± 5

21.0 ± 0.48

80 ± 5

Portland

4803

36.8

22.4

81

4921

37.1

21.7

78

5116

40.5

21.3

74

4856

38.9

22.3

56

4924 ± 148

38.3 ± 9

22.0 ± 0.74

72 ± 9

Mayville

4260

35.1

19.9

80

4314

36.7

20.1

72

4263

36.8

19.7

64

4569

35.1

20.5

67

4352 ± 101

35.9 ± 5

20.1 ± 0.33

70 ± 5

Clarksdale

5431

38.7

22.1

79

4965

37.4

21.9

82

5229

37.9

21.6

73

5229

37.6

21.9

71

5237 ± 326

37.9 ± 8

21.9 ± 0.68

76 ± 8

Wamego

5448

37.2

20.2

79

4529

35.9

20.8

49

5298

37.3

20.3

70

5233

36.9

20.5

59

5127 ± 328

36.8 ± 10

20.4 ± 0.47

64 ± 10

Blencoe

5466

35.6

21.2

77

5304

34.2

21.8

72

5513

35.2

21.4

75

5383

34.4

21.8

77

5416 ± 86

34.9 ± 4

21.5 ± 0.38

75 ± 4

Le Sueur

4524

36.1

21.4

77

5042

34.5

22.4

77

4625

31.9

23.0

68

4996

36.2

21.6

70

4775 ± 351

34.7 ± 5

22.1 ± 0.69

73 ± 5

West Salem

5826

37.4

23.0

73

5634

40.1

21.3

66

5667

39.6

22.2

51

5729

39.9

21.9

60

5714 ± 188

39.2 ± 6

22.1 ± 0.47

62 ± 6

Holloway

5166

35.2

21.7

72

6150

35.7

21.7

65

6060

39.2

19.9

60

6204

36.9

21.2

57

5880 ± 415

36.7 ± 5

21.2 ± 0.61

64 ± 5

Low

Beaver Dam

5132

72

5304

62

5094

55

5307

72

5209 ± 232

65 ± 6

Springfield

4911

38.4

20.2

69

4602

37.7

22.3

63

4784

36.5

22.4

56

4730

36.7

22.5

59

4757 ± 171

37.3 ± 8

21.9 ± 0.73

62 ± 8

Ithaca

4128

36.9

21.3

60

3976

36

20.7

68

3934

36.0

21.2

73

4566

35.5

20.4

60

4151 ± 230

36.1 ± 8

20.8 ± 0.32

65 ± 8

Pierre

6201

33.1

23.9

57

6232

33.8

23.0

46

6248

36.1

22.4

63

6326

34.5

23.3

56

6252 ± 259

34.4 ± 6

23.1 ± 0.47

56 ± 6

Van Wert

4979

40.1

20.6

48

4913

40.4

20.8

57

5282

41.0

20.6

54

5204

41.8

20.2

53

5094 ± 130

40.8 ± 4

20.5 ± 0.46

54 ± 4

  1. Nitrogen treatments are Control, N at sowing, N at V4, and N at R2. Averages for each site include the 95% confidence intervals. Sites are grouped in three classes: high BNF (>75th quartile), medium BNF (25th-75th quartiles), and low BNF (<25th quartile). Within each group, sites are ranked from high to low RAUR6.