Turkish Journal of Field Crops

Phone:

90 232 311 26 79

Email:

contact@field-crops.org

Address:

2. Beyler İş Hanı, No: 313 Kat: 3 Konak-İzmir

THE EFFECT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE APPLICATIONS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF VETCH + BARLEY MIXTURE

Seda RAJABI KHIABANI, A. Esen CELEN

Abstract

This study was conducted in Bornova experimental fields of Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ege, Turkey during 2015 and 2016, in order to determine the effects of treated sewage sludge on yield and quality of vetch + barley mixture. The experimental design was in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replications. In the trial, 10 t ha-1 , 20 t ha-1 and 30 t ha-1 treated sewage sludge were used in addition to the control and mineral fertilizer application and some characteristics such as plant height, botanical composition, fresh herbage yield, dry matter rate, dry matter yield, the rates of crude protein and crude ash, the yields of crude protein and crude ash, Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF) and Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF) rates were determined. The results showed that plant height, botanical composition, fresh herbage yield and dry matter yield were significantly affected by the applications. In the study which the highest vetch and barley plant height and dry matter yield were obtained with sewage sludge applications of 20 and 30 t ha-1 , the highest vetch rate in botanical composition was obtained with control and mineral fertilizer applications. Sewage sludge applications of 10, 20 and 30 t ha-1 gave the highest barley rate in botanical composition. Dry matter rate, crude ash rate and yield, crude protein rate and yield, NDF and ADF rates were not affected by mineral fertilizer and sewage sludge applications. When the results are evaluated in general, according to the soil analysis results and heavy metal amounts from the sewage sludge, it is concluded that 20 or 30 t ha-1 sewage sludge can be used in vetch + barley mixtures.

Keyword: Mineral fertilizer, mixture, quality, sewage sludge, 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