<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Titanium is one of a plant biostimulators. It stimulates life processes, growth and development, as well as affects physiological and biochemical pathways, often increasing biomass production and enhancing yield. An open field experiment was conducted in the years 2011-2013 in Polanowice, Poland to investigate the effects of titanium foliar fertilization on the growth of timothy grass (<italic>Phleum pratense</italic> L.). This single-factor, randomized block design study was performed in four replicates on research plots with the area of 10 m2 each. The substrate was black loess soil (chernozem) typical for top class farmland. Titanium fertilization <italic>via</italic> leaf spray was performed with a water solution of Tytanit® at three doses of 0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 dm3 · ha−1. Foliar fertilization with the highest dose of Tytanit® significantly increased seed yield, thousand grain weight and germination capacity. Moreover, the middle dose of Tytanit® (0.4 dm3 · ha−1) was enough to observe a positive effect on the sample.</abstract>

Titanium is one of a plant biostimulators. It stimulates life processes, growth and development, as well as affects physiological and biochemical pathways, often increasing biomass production and enhancing yield. An open field experiment was conducted in the years 2011-2013 in Polanowice, Poland to investigate the effects of titanium foliar fertilization on the growth of timothy grass (Phleum pratense L.). This single-factor, randomized block design study was performed in four replicates on research plots with the area of 10 m2 each. The substrate was black loess soil (chernozem) typical for top class farmland. Titanium fertilization via leaf spray was performed with a water solution of Tytanit® at three doses of 0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 dm3 · ha−1. Foliar fertilization with the highest dose of Tytanit® significantly increased seed yield, thousand grain weight and germination capacity. Moreover, the middle dose of Tytanit® (0.4 dm3 · ha−1) was enough to observe a positive effect on the sample.

Effects of Foliar Application of Titanium on Seed Yield in Timothy (<italic>Phleum pratense</italic> L.)

Department of Grassland Management, Institute of Plant Production, University of Agriculture in Krakow im. Hugona Kołłątaja, al. A. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Kraków, Poland, phone +48 12 662 43 59

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Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, im. Hugona Kołłątaja, ul. Balicka 122, 30-149 Kraków, Poland, phone +48 12 662 43 38

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Effects of Foliar Application of Titanium on Seed Yield in Timothy ( L.)

Titanium is one of a plant biostimulators. It stimulates life processes, growth and development, as well as affects physiological and biochemical pathways,...

Effects of Foliar Application of Titanium on Seed Yield in Timothy (Phleum pratense L.)

Published Online: Jan 22, 2016

Page range: 691 - 701

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2015-0042

Keywords
timothy, titanium fertilizer, seed yield, germination capacity

© 2015 Adam Radkowski et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Effects of Foliar Application of Titanium on Seed Yield in Timothy (Phleum pratense L.)

Published Online: Jan 22, 2016

Page range: 691 - 701

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2015-0042

Keywordstimothy, titanium fertilizer, seed yield, germination capacity

© 2015 Adam Radkowski et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
timothy, titanium fertilizer, seed yield, germination capacity