<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of crop rotations, fertilisation and weather conditions on the grain yield and yield components of winter barley. Long-term field experiment was situated in the area of continental climate. There were the crop rotations with 40%, 60% and 80% share of the cereals. Two treatments of fertilisation were applied: H1 and H2. In the first treatment (H1), nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in mineral fertilisers + organic manure Veget® were applied. In the second treatment (H2), nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were applied in fertilisers only. Winter barley cultivar Barcelona was grown in years 2010-2015. The number of spikes per 1 m2, proportion of grains over sieve 2.5 + 2.8 mm and grain yield of winter barley were statistically significantly influenced by fertilisation. In the variant H1 (mineral fertilisation with addition of organic manure Veget®), the statistically higher (P ≤ 0.05) grain yield was obtained (5.71 t/ha) than in the treatment with mineral fertilisation only (5.30 t/ha). In the year 2011, which was very unfavourable for winter barley development, the grain yield in the treatment with mineral fertilisation with the addition of organic manure Veget® was by 1.23 t/ha (32.1%) higher than that in treatment with mineral fertilisa tion only.</p></abstract>

The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of crop rotations, fertilisation and weather conditions on the grain yield and yield components of winter barley. Long-term field experiment was situated in the area of continental climate. There were the crop rotations with 40%, 60% and 80% share of the cereals. Two treatments of fertilisation were applied: H1 and H2. In the first treatment (H1), nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in mineral fertilisers + organic manure Veget® were applied. In the second treatment (H2), nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were applied in fertilisers only. Winter barley cultivar Barcelona was grown in years 2010-2015. The number of spikes per 1 m2, proportion of grains over sieve 2.5 + 2.8 mm and grain yield of winter barley were statistically significantly influenced by fertilisation. In the variant H1 (mineral fertilisation with addition of organic manure Veget®), the statistically higher (P ≤ 0.05) grain yield was obtained (5.71 t/ha) than in the treatment with mineral fertilisation only (5.30 t/ha). In the year 2011, which was very unfavourable for winter barley development, the grain yield in the treatment with mineral fertilisation with the addition of organic manure Veget® was by 1.23 t/ha (32.1%) higher than that in treatment with mineral fertilisa tion only.

Winter Barley Production in Relation to Crop Rotations, Fertilisation and Weather Conditions

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)

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The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of crop rotations, fertilisation and weather conditions on the grain yield and yield components of winter...

Winter Barley Production in Relation to Crop Rotations, Fertilisation and Weather Conditions

Published Online: Mar 31, 2018

Page range: 35 - 44

Received: Aug 11, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/agri-2018-0004

Keywords
winter barley, crop rotation, fertilisation, grain yield, yield components

© by Mária Babulicová

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Winter Barley Production in Relation to Crop Rotations, Fertilisation and Weather Conditions

Published Online: Mar 31, 2018

Page range: 35 - 44

Received: Aug 11, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/agri-2018-0004

Keywordswinter barley, crop rotation, fertilisation, grain yield, yield components

© by Mária Babulicová

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
winter barley, crop rotation, fertilisation, grain yield, yield components