YIELD AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RAPE IN RESPONSE TO NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM

1980 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. C. SHEPPARD ◽  
T. E. BATES

A field trial was conducted for 3 yr to monitor the response of seed rape (Brassica napus L.) to several fertilizer treatments at two seeding dates. The fertilizer treatments consisted of 0–200 kg N/ha, 0–100 kg P/ha and 0–180 kg K/ha broadcast with or without 4.2–7–0 kg N-P-K/ha banded below the seed. Total yield, seed yield, plant height, lodging index, seed contents of oil and N, and leaf contents of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Cu, Zn and B were measured. Rape responded to broadcast N with maximum seed yields at 100 kg N/ha independent of seeding date or banded fertilizer. Leaf concentrations of N, P and K were influenced by nitrogen supply but the critical leaf N concentration varied considerably. Response to 7 kg P/ha banded or 25 kg P/ha broadcast occurred when the soil P was less than 10 μg/cc. The critical leaf P concentration was less than 0.2%. Very little response to broadcast K was observed with a soil test of approximately 60 μg K/cc. The early seeding date (late April to early May) increased seed yields an average of 225 kg/ha over the late seeding date (late May) and the band placement of fertilizer increased seed yields an average of 55 kg/ha over comparable treatments without banded fertilizer. Seed yield and leaf elemental composition are presented as functions of broadcast nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Μιχαήλ Γαβράς

In this work the effects of mother plant nutrition and flower position on the plant in relation to different harvest stages on French beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Cascaded; seed yield, quality and progeny performance have been studied. In three pot experiments under glass and one in the field, different levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and molybdenum were applied to the mother plant and it was found that higher seed yields were obtained with the higher nutrient levels tested, but these high seed yields were not necessarily accompanied by high quality. Seed yield and quality increased with the increase of nitrogen and potassium. The phosphorus effect however, was different, in that the seed yield increased in relation to the levels but the seed quality decreased. Molybdenum was found to be necessary in moderate amounts, especially for the seed quality. The interactions between nitrogen and phosphorus levels (NP) and between nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK) were found to be very important for bean seed quality, because their significant effect was similar and constantly present in most of the seed vigour components examined. It seems that the combinations of high nitrogen levels with moderate amounts of phosphorus applied to the mother plant resulted in seed of good quality. In one pot experiment under glass the progeny performance was examined, using seed from the 1st mother plant nutrition experiment and it was found that the mother plant nutrition affected the progeny in it*s early stages. This effect disappeared later and no difference in progeny seed yield was found. In two pot experiments under glass the bean pods were harvested at different stages and the pods from the main axis were separated from the pods on the secondary branches grown mainly from the axils of the primary leaves. It was found that the quality of seed from the secondary branches was lower than the quality of seed from the main axis. However, this difference in seed quality became less with the later harvests. The following tests were used to assess seed quality: the official germination test, seedling evaluation test, cold test, and electrical conductivity test. In addition, the seed size was determined and the seeds were analysed for total nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content.


2012 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-107
Author(s):  
Juliana J. Soroka ◽  
Larry F. Grenkow

Soroka, J. J. and L. F. Grenkow. 2012. When is fall feeding by flea beetles ( Phyllotreta spp., Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on canola ( Brassica napus L.) a problem? Can. J. Plant Sci. 92: 97–107. Two cultivars of Brassica napus canola were seeded in mid-May and early June in three field experiments in each of 3 yr near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to determine the effects of late-season flea beetle feeding on seed yields. In the first experiment, canola was sprayed with insecticide late in the summer to eliminate naturally-infesting flea beetles. In the second, 1×1×1.5 m screen cages were placed over early- and late-seeded canola at flowering and infested with flea beetles as canola matured. In the third investigation, sleeve cages were placed over individual plants and infested with 100 flea beetles. Flea beetles had no detrimental effects on early-seeded canola in any experiment, but did affect seed yields of late-seeded plots in some trials. Over two cultivars in 1 year, late-seeded plants in cube cages infested with about 350 flea beetles per plant when lower pods were turning from translucent to green in colour reduced yield by 241 kg ha−1 over control yields. Seed weights in these late-seeded plots were decreased from 2.68 g per 1000 seeds in uninfested cages to 2.44 g per 1000 seeds in infested cages. Populations of 100 flea beetles per plant in sleeve cages had no effect on harvest parameters in any seeding date or year.


1973 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. CUTCLIFFE ◽  
D. C. MUNRO

The effects of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium on the yield and shape of rutabagas (Brassica napobrassica Mill., cult York) were investigated at three locations each year during three successive cropping seasons. Total and marketable yields were increased at most locations by applications of nitrogen and phosphorus, but applied potassium increased yields at only three locations. For maximum yields, rates of 90–112 kg/ha of N and 49–130 kg/ha of P were necessary. Where soil P levels were low, yield increases from applied N were obtained only when accompanied by adequate phosphorus. The ratio of the equatorial/polar diameters of the roots was increased by added N, and to a lesser extent, by applied P and K.


2021 ◽  
pp. 26-34
Author(s):  
Olga Vushnevska ◽  
Volodymyr Dmytrenko ◽  
Nataliia Zakharchuk ◽  
Tetiana Oliinyk

The aim of the research was to determine the crop productivity, yield of tubers of seed fraction and infection of basic potato seeds with viral infection depending on the period of potato desiccation, application of mineral oil Sunspray, the number and species of winged aphids in the Polissia region of Ukraine. The study was conducted in the prebasic seed production nursery garden of the Institute for Potato Research, NAAS under the conditions of spatial isolation from the main sources and vectors of viral infections of potatoes, located in Nemishaieve, Borodiаnka distr., Kyiv region in the southern part of the Polissia region of Ukraine. The subject of the research is pre-basic and basic seed material of potatoes of mid ripening varieties Myroslava, Predslava, Alians. On average for 2018-2020 years of studies, the highest seed yield was obtained by potato desiccation 10 days after flowering of potatoes - 82.4-85.3 %. However, the level of total and seed yields was low. The efficiency of seed potato production increased with the haulm removal after 20 days - with the total yield depending on the variety 20.6-30.0 t/ha, the yield of seed tubers was in the range of 20.6-22.9 t/ha with the seed content in the crop structure - 71.0-76.3 %. Late haulm removal – on 30th and 40th days after potatoes flowering caused an increase in the yield of tubers of non-standard fraction, with desiccation on 30th day, the seed content in the crop decreased by 61.1-66.0 %, and with desiccation on 40th – by 54-59.8 %. Thus, during the early haulm removal, part of the crop was lost, which during haulm removal in the late stages consisted of large tubers. It has been found out, that potato plants, where the haulm removal during 2018, 2019 was carried out within 10 days after flowering, which was 4.0 % (9.0 % for the check) for the Myroslav potato variety, 3.0 % (10.0 % for the check) for the Predslava potato variety and 4.0 % (9.0 % for the check) for the Alians potato variety were the least infected with PVM. The level of PVM infection when removing the haulm on the 10th day after flowering with the application of Sunspray mineral oil at a rate of 6.0 l/ha decreased on average for the three varieties by 1.5–2.5 %. The best option to preserve the quality characteristics of seed potatoes was to desiccate the potato haulm on 20th day after flowering of potato varieties Myroslava, Predslava and Alians and the application of mineral oil Sunspray - 6.0 l / ha. The yield was 28.8-30.0 t/ha, seed fraction 20.6-22.9, seed yield - 71.0-76.3 %, viral PVM infection was 2.0 3.0 %


Author(s):  
Vimalendran Loganathan ◽  
K. R. Latha

Field experiments were conducted at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore during August to February of 2011-12 and 2012-13 to study the effect of drip irrigation, fertigation levels and frequencies on seed yield and nutrient uptake of pigeonpea. Three fertilizer levels (75 %, 100 % and 125 % recommended dose fertilizer (RDF) through water soluble fertilizer and conventional fertilizers), three irrigation levels (50 % computed water requirement of crop (WRc), 75 % WRc and 100 % WRc) and surface irrigation (IW/CPE ratio 0.6 with 100 per cent RDF through conventional fertilizer) were included as treatments in this study. Application of 100 per cent of RDF (WSF) once in 7 days along with 100 % WRc (T9) recorded significantly higher uptake of total nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. The lowest plant nutrient uptake was recorded by surface irrigation with application of 100 % RDF (T14) applied as basal. The results revealed that application of nutrients through fertigation once in seven days with 125 % RDF (WSF) + irrigation 100 % WRc recorded higher total nutrient uptake (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) than surface irrigation with conventional fertilizer.


2009 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Cuthbert ◽  
G. Crow ◽  
P. B. E. McVetty

Twelve genetically diverse and geographically distinct high erucic acid rapeseed (HEAR) Brassica napus L. cultivars/lines were selected and crossed by hand emasculation in a topcross design to produce 45 F1 hybrid combinations. Seven of the twelve parents were HEAR cultivars/lines developed by the University of Manitoba (UM) and the remaining five parents were proprietary European (EU) HEAR cultivars/lines. Adequate seed was produced to evaluate the hybrids and parents in replicated yield trials in six environments in Manitoba during 2004 and 2005. Vigor, days to first flower, days to maturity, lodging, plant height, and seed yield were assessed. The hybrids were generally more vigorous, taller and more lodging resistant than their parents with similar days to first flower and days to maturity as their earlier parents. The best hybrids in this study displayed high parent heterosis for seed yield of up to 143% and commercial heterosis for seed yield of up to 99%. These hybrids were from the most genetically diverse UM × EU crosses. HEAR hybrids appear very promising approach to increase seed yields in this crop. Key words: Brassica napus L., HEAR, heterosis, hybrids, genetic diversity


1990 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. PINNISCH ◽  
P. B. E. McVETTY

Hybrid summer rape (Brassica napus L.) seed production blocks were established at two locations in Manitoba in 1986 and 1987 to examine the effect of distance from the pollen source on seed yield, (both total and hybrid) and percent hybridity of seed produced on rows of a male sterile line of the open pollinated population B. napus cultivar, Marnoo, possessing the pol cytoplasmic male sterility inducing cytoplasm. A 10:1 ratio of male sterile line (A-line) to pollen parent was employed. Leaf cutter bees (Megachile rotundata F.) were used as the pollen vector between the two parents. In 1986, no significant differences in total seed yield were found among A-line rows, while in 1987, significant differences in total seed yields of A-line rows were found. Differences in hybrid seed yields among A-line rows were significant for all locations and years. Leaf cutter bees were found to be effective pollinators of the A-line plants. Less than half and less than a third of the seed produced on the A-line rows in 1986 and 1987, respectively, was hybrid seed. The high percentage of non-hybrid seed present in the seed lot may have been due to incomplete male sterility of the Marnoo A-line population. Total seed yields, hybrid seed yields and percent hybridity all declined linearly as distance from the pollen source increased. Improvement in the degree of male sterility of the Marnoo A-line population and/or a reduction in the 10:1 ratio of parents, and subsequent maximum A-line row to R-line row distance, will be necessary if hybrid summer rape seed production using this pol CMS A-line is to be commercially viable.Key words: Brassica napus L., CMS, hybrid, hybridity


2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Abdul Razzaq

A field experiment was conducted at Unifert Research Station Yousfiah Center of Iraq during spring of 2015 by grafting five cucumber hybrids named Mayadine, Ghazeer, Najim, Emparator and Beit Alpha on the rootstock ES101 (Cucurbita maxima x Cucurbita moschata) used the hole Insertion technique. The experiment content 10 treatments which were the grafted and ungrafted hybrids using randomized complete block design with three replications. The results showed that grafted Emparator (C4G) gave asignificans increase in the number of leaves (124.20 leaf.plant-1), leaf area (1.85 m2), chlorophyll leaf content (603.0 mg.100 g-1), plant dry weight (191.7 g.plant-1) and the amount of absorbed (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) by square area which were (17.77, 1.11 and 14.82 g.m-2, respectively). However, grafted Nagim (C3G) showed an increase in fruit count (14.03 fruit.plant-1), plant yield (1.53 kg.plant-1, early yield (10.60 ton.ha-1) and total yield (28.77 ton.ha-1).


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 502-508
Author(s):  
P. Bora ◽  
P. C. Bora ◽  
K. Kurmi ◽  
S. Kalita

A field experiment was conducted during the Rabi seasons of 2016-17 and 2017-18 at Instructional-Cum-Research (ICR) Farm, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat to study the effect of different levels of primary major nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) as well as secondary nutrient (sulphur) on the uptake of the same by niger and yield of the crop. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design and replicated thrice. The treatments consisted of three NPK levels viz., F1 (20-10-10 kg N-P2O5-K2O ha-1), F2 (25-12.5-12.5 kg N-P2O5-K2O ha-1), F3 (30-15-15 kg N-P2O5-K2O ha-1) and three sulphur levels viz., S1 (no sulphur), S2 (10 kg S ha-1), S3 (20 kg S ha-1). Application of F3 (30-15-15 kg N-P2O5-K2O ha-1) and S3 (20 kg sulphur ha-1) significantly increased the nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur uptake by seed and stover as well as their total uptake by niger as compared to other treatments during both the years of study. Seed yield and protein content (%) of seed of niger were also increased significantly by application of F3 (30-15-15 kg N-P2O5-K2O ha-1) and S3 (20 kg sulphur ha-1) as compared to other treatments during both the years. Interaction effects of NPK (F) and sulphur (S) were found to be significant in respect of seed yield, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur uptake by seed as well as total nitrogen uptake by niger during both the years and phosphorus uptake by niger was found to be significant only in the first year of study.


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