Abstract
Effect of microbiological fertilizer (Slavol) and soil additives (zeolite and hydrogel) on buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) yield was investigated in this paper. Trial was set up in the village of Radijevići, Serbia in agroecological conditions of mountain Zlatar (altitude 1,065 m) during a two-year period 2009 and 2010. A randomized complete block design with four replications was set up. In organic cropping system three combinations of microbiological fertilizer (Slavol) with zeolite and hydrogel were used prior to sowing. Different combinations of the microbiological fertilizer and the soil additives gave positive results especially in the second year of the trial. The best combination in organic cropping system was Slavol+hydrogel with foliar application of the microbiological fertilizer, which resulted in the greatest yield of buckwheat and this treatment can be recommended to producers. Buckwheat performed very well under limited conditions of acidic soil on high altitude in organic cropping system and it can be recommended as a very suitable crop for organic producers.
Highlights
Not a major crop, buckwheat can be an important grain source for humans and livestock, feed crop for wildlife, an excellent source crop for honey bees, a smother crop for weeds, a cover crop in orchards, vineyards, and other crops
The best combination in organic cropping system was Slavol+hydrogel with foliar application of the microbiological fertilizer, which resulted in the greatest yield of buckwheat and this treatment can be recommended to producers
The best combination in two-year average in organic cropping system was Slavol inoc. + hydrogel with foliar application of the microbiological fertilizer, which resulted with the greatest yield of buckwheat (1.538 t ha-1)
Summary
Not a major crop, buckwheat can be an important grain source for humans and livestock, feed crop for wildlife, an excellent source crop for honey bees, a smother crop for weeds, a cover crop in orchards, vineyards, and other crops. Buckwheat is cited as an origin plant of rutin, which is a kind of flavonol glycoside compound used to prevent oedema, haemorrhagic diseases and stabilizing high blood pressure (Omidbaigi & Mastro 2004). It is the crop with very good influence on health and in Germany it was declared a medicinal plant of the year in 1999 (Gadžo 2009). The utilization of buckwheat flour both as a valuable nutrient and a factor improving technological properties of gluten-free bread can be highly recommended (Krupa-Kozak et al 2011)
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