<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">In Poland, in recent years, there has been a great interest in growing spelt wheat. This is dictated not only by an increasing demand for food with higher healthy properties and unique taste, but also by a possibility of attracting farmers’ attention to this cereal as an alternative crop, with smaller requirements regarding the use of fertilization, as compared with common wheat. The aim of this study was to carry out the assessment of value of some technological characters of grain and flour of spelt wheat depending on different fertilizations with nitrogen (<italic>I</italic> factor, <italic>n</italic>=3, 25 and 50 kg N∙ha−1 + control treatment) and foliar application of microelements (II factor, <italic>n</italic>=4, Mn, Cu, combined fertilization with Mn and Cu + control treatment). Based on the performed study, it was found that fertilization with nitrogen, microelements and their interaction had, on average for years, a significant effect on the values of technological characters. Introduction of 25 kg N·ha−1 caused an increase in the value of falling number, whereas total protein content, wet gluten content and sedimentation value increased as a result of increasing nitrogen rates up to a level of 50 kg·ha−1. Of the variants of fertilization with microelements, the highest values of the analysed baking indices were found in the effects of combined foliar application of copper and manganese.</abstract>

In Poland, in recent years, there has been a great interest in growing spelt wheat. This is dictated not only by an increasing demand for food with higher healthy properties and unique taste, but also by a possibility of attracting farmers’ attention to this cereal as an alternative crop, with smaller requirements regarding the use of fertilization, as compared with common wheat. The aim of this study was to carry out the assessment of value of some technological characters of grain and flour of spelt wheat depending on different fertilizations with nitrogen (I factor, n=3, 25 and 50 kg N∙ha−1 + control treatment) and foliar application of microelements (II factor, n=4, Mn, Cu, combined fertilization with Mn and Cu + control treatment). Based on the performed study, it was found that fertilization with nitrogen, microelements and their interaction had, on average for years, a significant effect on the values of technological characters. Introduction of 25 kg N·ha−1 caused an increase in the value of falling number, whereas total protein content, wet gluten content and sedimentation value increased as a result of increasing nitrogen rates up to a level of 50 kg·ha−1. Of the variants of fertilization with microelements, the highest values of the analysed baking indices were found in the effects of combined foliar application of copper and manganese.

Mineral fertilization as a factor determining technological value of grain of <italic>Triticum aestivum</italic> ssp. <italic>spelta</italic> L.

Dr inż. Tomasz Knapowski, dr inż. Wojciech Kozera - Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, Seminaryjna 5 St., 85-326 Bydgoszcz,

Dr Jarosław Chmielewski, dr Damian Gorczyca - Institute of Environmental Protection-National Research Institute, Krucza 5/11d St., 00-548 Warsaw

Dr inż. Elżbieta Wszelaczyńska, dr inż. Jarosław Pobereżny - Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, Kordeckiego 20A St., 85-225 Bydgoszcz,

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

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In Poland, in recent years, there has been a great interest in growing spelt wheat. This is dictated not only by an increasing demand for food with higher...

Mineral fertilization as a factor determining technological value of grain of Triticum aestivum ssp. spelta L.

Published Online: Sep 24, 2016

Page range: 8 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2016-0021

Keywords
nitrogen fertilization, microelements fertilization, technological parameters, ssp. L.

© 2016 Tomasz Knapowski et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

Mineral fertilization as a factor determining technological value of grain of Triticum aestivum ssp. spelta L.

Published Online: Sep 24, 2016

Page range: 8 - 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2016-0021

Keywordsnitrogen fertilization, microelements fertilization, technological parameters, ssp. L.

© 2016 Tomasz Knapowski et al., published by De Gruyter Open

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

Keywords
nitrogen fertilization, microelements fertilization, technological parameters, ssp. L.