PHENOLOGICAL CROP CALENDAR
Table SI05 - Phenological crop calendar for spring barley
AGRICULTURE PRACTICES CALENDAR
Pre-winter ploughing normally occurs. In spring, field has to be levelled and/or treated with cultivator. After this step NPK fertilising has to be done followed by preparation of seedbed with a proper tillage machine (combined tool). One additional fertilising usually occurs in phenological phase of shooting. Harvest starts in last week of June or first week in July.
IRRIGATION PRACTICES
Barley is not an irrigated crop in Slovenia.
PEST AND DISEASE RISK
The major pests except Septoria spp. is also present in spring barley. Two additional fungi diseases are quite frequent present in spring barley fields, Pyrenophora teres and Rhynchosporium secalis. In corresponding table also other pests and diseases are mentioned and briefly described.
CROP ROTATION
Spring barley cultivation could follow wheat so in some cases it is included in rotation with wheat and maize but it is not recommended act. It is recommended to expand rotation with other crop like rape or potato. Data is assembled based on expert knowledge.
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