Effects of some forage crops and mixture on sunflower yield and soil nitrogen content

HAKYEMEZ H. B., KAVDIR Y.

ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, cilt.20, sa.3, ss.2251-2256, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Dergi Adı: ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2251-2256
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This research was conducted in Dardanos Research Center in Canakkale during 2003-2005 growing seasons. The aim of this research was to investigate effects of forage crops (common vetch, common vetch + barley, narbonne vetch) on soil nitrogen contents and sunflower yield. Two years results showed that leguminous and common vetch + barley mixture had greater biomass and higher N concentration and therefore, it increased sunflower seed yield. When forage crops were removed from the field for hay, it still supplied N for the sunflower. Sunflower seed yield increased 10.57 to 16.09 % after mixing as green manure and harvesting as hay, respectively compared to control.