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Oilseed nutrition

These ongoing projects relate to the work that HGCA has commissioned in relation to oilseed nutrition. Click on the titles for more information, including the latest annual reports for 2007 (published February 2008), where applicable.

RD-2006-3277 Late nitrogen applications to improve yield of oilseed rape
This project aims to investigate how N timing and amount affects oilseed rape yields. 

RD-2008-3507 Assessing the benefits of using late foliar nitrogen on oilseed rape 
The project aims to develop independent guidelines that describe how to make the best use of late foliar nitrogen applications on oilseed rape.

RD-2008-3578 Optimising the N rate and timing for semi-dwarf oilseed rape 
The aim of this project is to investigate whether semi-dwarf oilseed rape has a different optimum N rate and N timing from standard height varieties.

Please click here to see publications that have arisen out of finished projects.