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ЕFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF BIOSTIMULANTS ON FORAGE YIELD IN ALFALFA (Medicago sativa L.)

Diana MARINOVA, Svetlana STOYANOVA, Iliyana PETROVA

Abstract

The present study was aimed to determine the effect of V2, VR10 and VR1 experimental biostimulants application on yield related main traits (plant height and stems number per m2) and on forage productivity of Prista 4 alfalfa variety. The study was carried out in experimental field at Institute of Agriculture and Seed Science "Obraztsov chiflik" - Ruse, from 2019 to 2021. The biostimulants were foliarly applied two times in each regrowth. There was found positive effect of the biostimulants application on the growth and development of alfalfa. The additional introducing of VR10 and VR1 biostimulants contributed to higher alfalfa grass stands by 17.13 and 14.36%, respectively compared to control. Foliar spraying with V2 biostimulant had more clear pronounced positive effect on the stem development. According to the three-year results the average stems number per m2 at V2 treatment significant exceeded the control by 4.78%. V2 biostimulant distinguished with a stronger positive effect on the forage productivity among studied products. Its application resulted in significant increases on green mass and dry matter yields by 4.18 and 4.99%, respectively over the control. V2 application gives promising results and reason to be recommended as a corrective component in technology of growing alfalfa for forage.

Keyword: Alfalfa, biostimulants, plant height, stems number, yield ,

Effects of Different Water Stress Levels on Biomass Yield and Agronomic Traits of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Varieties under Semi-Arid Conditio

Erdal GONULAL, Suleyman SOYLU, Mehmet SAHIN

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in the Wielkopolska region at the Gorzyń Research Station, Poland (52.34°N, 15.54°E) in Central Europe. The study was conducted over a 3-year period (2017, 2018, 2019) as a two-factorial design with four replications in the RCBD. The aim of the research was to determine the effect of the cultivar (‘Bolero’, ‘Tytan’) and the inoculation (Nitragina–seeds inoculation, Nitroflora I–seeds inoculation, Nitroflora II–soil inoculation, HiStick® Lupin–seeds inoculation) on plant development, seeds chemical composition and yielding of narrow-leaved lupin. The weather conditions and experimental factors significantly influenced on productivity of narrow-leaved lupin ‘Tytan’. Drought during the growing season reduced seeds and protein yields. After inoculation of HiStck the seeds yield was significantly greater by 12.4% (p < 0.01) and the protein yield after application of Nitroflora I or HiStick by 13.9% (p < 0.01) and 19.2% (p < 0.01), respectively. Correlation coefficients showed strong relations between number of pods and seeds per plant in both cultivars regardless of the inoculation variant, however the strongest relations in both cultivar were proved on HiStick treatment.
Keyword: Biological nitrogen fixation, chemical composition, legumes, protein efficiency, yielding