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INFLUENCE OF TREATED SEWAGE SLUDGE APPLICATIONS ON CORN AND SUCCEEDING WHEAT YIELD AND ON SOME PROPERTIES OF SANDY CLAY SOIL

Sezai DELIBACAK, Ali Riza ONGUN

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine influence of treated sewage sludge (TSS) rates on corn and wheat yield and on some properties of sandy clay soil. The field study was conducted in the Randomized Block Design with four replications and five different applications including control, mineral fertilizer and TSS (12.5; 25.0; 37.5 Mg.ha-1 as dry matter). Corn (Zea mays L. var. ZP 737) was the first crop, wheat (Triticum durum L. var. Ege 88) was the succeeding crop. Soil samples were taken five times in two years. Increasing TSS applications resulted in significantly increased total biomass and grain yield of corn. However, grain yield of succeeding wheat did not change significantly. Increasing TSS aplications were significiantly increased total N, available P and K, pH, total salt and organic matter content of sandy clay soil. However, CaCO3 and cation exchange capacity values of soil did not change significantly. Due to decomposition of TSS in the soil, effect of TSS levels on soil properties decreased in the last sampling periods. Thus, it can be recommended that 37.5 Mg.ha-1 TSS as dry matter can be added once in 2 years for improving plant nutrients and soil properties of sandy clay soil.

Keyword: corn, sandy clay, sewage sludge, soil properties, wheat ,

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