Effect of stubble burning and applied nitrogen on wild oat (Avena ludoviciana) germination

Abstract

Uneven distribution of wild oat seed in a heavy black earth, self-mulching clay soil and low stubble densities minimized the effect of stubble burning. Both burning and N fertilizer stimulated germination but if N was applied the stubble could be left unburnt because the overall effect on germination would be the same in fertilized unburnt as in fertilized burnt stubble. F.s.-P.K.