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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Applied and Environmental Soil Science Volume 2011, Article ID 925462, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2011/925462 Research Article Dryland Winter Wheat Yield, Grain Protein, and Soil Nitrogen Responses to Fertilizer and Biosolids Applications Richard T. Koenig,1 Craig G. Cogger,2 and Andy I. Bary2 1 Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420, USA 2 Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and Puyallup Research and Extension Center, Washington State University, 2606 West Pioneer Way, Puyallup, WA 98371, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Richard T. Koenig, richk@ Received 15 December 2010; Revised 19 February 2011; Accepted 23 February 2011 ˆ Academic Editor: Rodrigo Studart Correa Copyright © 2011 Richard T. Koenig et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Applications of biosolids were compared to inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer for two years at three locations in eastern Washington State, USA, with diverse rainfall and soft white, hard red, and hard white winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars. High rates of inorganic N tended to reduce yields, while grain protein responses to N rate were positive and linear for all wheat market classes. Biosolids produced 0 to 1400 kg ha−1 (0 to 47%) higher grain yields than inorganic N. Wheat may have responded positively to nutrients other than N in the biosolids or to a metered N supply that limited vegetative growth and the potential for moisture stress-induced reductions in grain yield in these dryland production s