Rye plant parameters in the Westsik crop rotation experiment

Ágnes Hadházy,Ibolya Demeter,István Henzsel,Tibor József Aranyos,Waleed A.E Abido

doi:10.34101/actaagrar/1/4283

Abstract

Our research work was carried out in the Westsik crop rotation field experiment in 2018. The main research purpose was to analyse the effect of the different organic and chemical fertilizers on parameters of rye. Our results revealed some differences between the different fertilization methods. One spike weight, grain weight of one spike, rye plant height, rye plant weight per m2 and 1000 seed weight in crop rotations VII, XV and VIII were different from the data of all crop rotations. This finding can be explained by the fact that crop rotations VII and XV were non-fertilized, only 23.3 t ha-1 straw manure (VII) or green lupine manure was applied as a second crop (XV). In addition, crop rotation VIII consists of four parts where we apply chemical fertilization with green lupine manure as a main and second crop. There is a positive close correlation between rye plant height and other studied characters (rye plant weight per m2, spike length, weight of one spike, grain weight per spike, spike weight per m2, grain weight per m2 and 1000 seed weight).

Highlights

Winter rye (Secale cereale L.), as one of the most important cereal crops of sandy soils, is mainly used for human and livestock consumption all over the world (Bushuk, 2001)
The lowest rye plant height was measured in the VII and XV crop rotations (87 and 92 cm)
The measured data were between 142 and 145 cm in the I, II, III, IX, and XI crop rotations, while the tallest rye plants were recorded in the VI and VIII crop rotations (148 and 153 cm)

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Introduction

Winter rye (Secale cereale L.), as one of the most important cereal crops of sandy soils, is mainly used for human and livestock consumption all over the world (Bushuk, 2001). Less than 50% of the rye grown is using for grain while the remainder part used as pasture, hay, cover crop or green manure. The half of the amount harvested for grain is used for livestock feed and the remainder is used for alcoholic beverages, food and seed. Rye residue remained on the soil surface can potentially modify the physical and chemical environment during seed germination and plant growth. The total crop land of rye in Hungary was 25,438 ha with total production of 84,546 tons. The total cultivated area in the world reached about 4.48 million ha with total production of 13.73 million tons (FAO, 2018)

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