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THE EFFECTS OF SOME ORGANIC AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS ON YIELD, MORPHOLOGY, QUALITY AND MINERAL CONTENT OF COMMON VETCH (Vicia sativa L.)

Halil YOLCU

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of some organic and chemical fertilizers on morphological, yield and quality properties and mineral contents of common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) between 2007 and 2008 in Gümüşhane, Turkey. Treatments were control (no fertilizer), liquid manure (LM = 51-52 L ha-1 N ), chemical fertilizer (CF = 30 kg N ha-1+ 80-100 kg P2O5 ha-1), three leonardite doses (L1= 2.8; L2= 5.6 and L3= 8.4 kg N ha-1),three zeolite doses (Z1= 0.4; Z2= 0.8 and Z3= 1.2 N kg ha-1) and three solid cattle manure doses (SM1= 34-35 kg N ha-1,SM2= 68-70 kg N ha-1, SM3= 102-105 kg N ha-1). Dry hay yield (DHY), leaf weight, stem weight, plant height, leaf number, crude protein content (CP), crude protein yield (CPY), acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), Ca, Fe, K, Mg, B, Cu, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, S and Zn contents were determined. Organic and chemical fertilizer applications had significant effect (P<0.01) on DHY, leaf weight, stem weight, CP, CPY and mineral contents except leaf number, ADF and NDF in the both years. The plant height were significantly (P<0.05) affected by the treatments in the first year. The SM2 application in the first year and control and LM applications in the second year resulted to obtain improved yield components and crude protein yield. Z2 and Z3 applications also loomed large in terms of mineral contents.

Keyword: Chemical fertilizer, liquid manure, solid manure, zeolite, leonardite, common vetch ,

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