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Effect of Rhizobia, Nitrogen and Weeds on Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] GRAIN PROTEIN AND OIL CONTENT

M. Sedghi, M. R. Shakiba, H. Alyari, A. Javanshir, M. Valizadeh

Abstract

Application of nitrogen fertilizers and Bradyrhizobium japonicum inoculation in soybean has different effects on seed protein and oil. Complexity of this field of research increases with weed interference. In order to study of these effects on soybean, a factorial experiment based on randomized complete block design with three replications, was carried out at research fields, University of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Two varieties of soybean, Williams and Harcor, were grown at the field in 2004. Fertilizer treatments were applied in four levels. Weeds were controlled by hand weeding up to the end of the critical period of soybean as one level of weed treatment and weedy plots were the other level. Results showed that Williams had high protein content while Harcor had high oil content. Biological nitrogen fixation as the single source of nitrogen fertilizer decreased the soybean grain protein and increased oil percent. On the other hand, application of urea in four different payments of urea topdressing, increased grain protein about 13%. Weed infestation in inoculated plots increased significantly grain protein content but in urea applied plots results were reversed. Grain oil percent had reverse order in comparison with protein content.

Keyword: Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Glycine max, nitrogen, N2 fixation, oil, protein, soybean, weed ,

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