Fertilizer Practices for Bromegrass

Smooth Bromegrass (Bromus inennis Leyss.) is the dominant and mos t dependable perennial forage crop grown in Alaska. Preliminary studies of the influence of fertilizers upon crude protein yields of bromegrass in Alaska were reported in 1953 ( 5) .1 Several additional fertilizer experiments on bromegrass stands established from northern-grown commercial seed have been conduct ed from 1952 to 196 0 and are reported here