Research Article

Influence of No-Tillage on Soil Organic Carbon, Total Soil Nitrogen, and Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Grain Yield

Table 4

Summary of relationships between wheat grain yield, TSN, and SOC under NT at E222 (Stillwater) and E502 (Lahoma), Oklahoma, USA, 2007–2014.

TreatmentN rate (kg·ha−1)TSN vs. grain yieldSOC vs. grain yield
valueR2Equation valueR2Equation

E222
100.00360.59y = 1777.8x − 7270.00760.53y = 412.15x − 2946
2450.00580.55y = 2183.2x − 931<0.00010.95y = 615.2x − 5020
3900.20870.15y = 1139.8x + 3760.00290.6y = 418.36x − 2900
41350.09510.25y = 1544.1x − 2230.02060.43y = 402.05x − 2840

E502
200.01540.35y = −2732.5x + 42800.20030.11y = −477.8x + 6094
322.50.00080.56y = −3659.2x + 57450.04910.25y = −741.33x + 8983
4450.0040.46y = −3571.1x + 62730.00150.53y = −1455.9x + 16290
5670.00530.42y = −5196.7x + 79190.14570.14y = −734.62x + 10194
6900.00410.54y = −5344.8x + 88520.30680.09y = −1059.8x + 13849
71120.01330.44y = −4621.5x + 91960.02850.37y = −1265x + 16803

E502 = experiment 502; E222 = experiment 222; n = 16 for each treatment; NT = no-tillage; TSN = total soil nitrogen; SOC = soil organic carbon.