The influence of different fertilization methods on the components of yield and the grain yield of faba bean (Vicia faba ssp. eufaba var. minor)
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https://doi.org/10.7251/ZARS2401097LKeywords:
Vicia faba var. minor, fertilization treatment, number of pods, grain yieldAbstract
The research was carried out on the experimental field of the PI Agricultural Institute of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka in 2021 and 2022. These studies aimed to investigate the impact of different fertilization treatments on yield components and grain yield of faba bean (Vicia faba var. minor) in the agro-ecological conditions of the Banja Luka region. The experiment was set up in four replications in a randomized block system. In both years of the experiment, beans were sown by hand in March with 160 kg ha-1 of grains. Four fertilization treatments were applied to the faba bean crop: control, 300 kg ha-1 NPK 15:15:15, 250 ml ha-1 Slavol S, and 300 kg ha-1 NPK 15:15:15 + 250 ml ha-1 Slavol S. During these tests, the following properties were monitored: plant height, number of pods/plant, length of pods, number of grains/pods, mass of grains/pods, mass of 1000 grains and yield of grains/ha. In the first year of research, the average height of the faba bean plants varied from 78.8 cm in the Slavol S treatment to 83.0 cm in the NPK 15:15:15 + Slavol S treatment. The highest average number of grains/pods and the number of pods/ plants was found in faba bean plants that were grown in the treatment with NPK 15:15:15 + Slavol S. In the second year of research, the faba bean plants in the treatment with Slavol S were the lowest, and the plants in the treatment with NPK 15:15:15 had the highest average height. Faba bean plants grown in the NPK 15:15:15 treatment had the highest average number of grains/pods and the longest pod length in 2022. This research achieved the highest average two-year faba bean grain yield with NPK 15:15:15 + Slavol S treatment, respectively 2 958.5 kg ha-1.
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