Grain yield responses of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) to applications of fertiliser phosphorus and zinc.

2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 849 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. A. Bolland ◽  
K. H. M. Siddique ◽  
R. F. Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Vicia Faba ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Grain Production ◽  
Alkaline Soils ◽  
Grain Yields ◽  
Vicia Faba L ◽  
Yield Responses ◽  
Zinc Fertiliser

Seed (grain) yield responses of faba bean (Vicia faba L. cv. Fiord) to applications of fertiliser phosphorus (0, 5, 10, 20 and 40 kg P/ha as triple superphosphate) and zinc (0, 0.5, 1 and 2 kg Zn/ha as zinc oxide) were measured in 3 field experiments conducted in 1997 and 1998 on neutral to alkaline soils in south-western Australia. Additions of fertiliser phosphorus significantly (P<0.001) increased grain yields by about 50 and 100% in 2 experiments, but in the third experiment differences in grain yield due to applications of fertiliser phosphorus were not significant (P>0.05). Increases in grain yields due to zinc fertiliser were small (<10%) and were only significant (P<0.05) in 1 experiment. This suggests the 3 sites chosen had adequate soil zinc for grain production of faba bean. In 1 experiment the increase in grain yield due to addition of phosphorus fertiliser was due to an increase in the number of pods per plant; numbers of seed per pod and mean seed weight were unaffected by additions of phosphorus and zinc fertiliser. Adding phosphorus and zinc fertiliser increased concentrations of both elements in grain, but had no effect on the concentrations of other nutrient elements (N, K, S, Ca, Mg, Na, Cu, Mn, Fe) measured in grain. These findings support results of a previous study in Western Australia indicating that phosphorus is the major nutrient element deficiency for grain production of faba bean in neutral to alkaline soils.

Influence of potassium and nitrogen fertiliser on yield, oil and protein concentration of canola (Brassica napus L.) grain harvested in south-western Australia

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 976 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. F. Brennan ◽  
M. D. A. Bolland
Keyword(s):  
Brassica Napus ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Grain Production ◽  
Brassica Napus L ◽  
Grain Yields ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Yield Responses

Most soils used for agriculture in south-western Australia are sandy and are now deficient in both potassium (K) and nitrogen (N) for cereal and canola (oilseed rape; Brassica napus L.) grain production. However, the effect of applying different levels of both fertiliser K and N on grain yields of these crops is not known. We report results of 10 field experiments, conducted on sandy soils in the region, to measure the effects of applying both K and N on canola grain yields and concentration of oil and protein in grain. Four levels of K (0–60 kg K/ha as potassium chloride) and four levels of N (0–138 kg N/ha as urea) were applied. Significant grain yield responses to applied N occurred in all experiments for the nil-K treatment and each level of K applied, with responses increasing as more N was applied. For all levels of N applied, significant grain yield responses occurred when up to 30 kg K/ha was applied, with no further significant grain yield responses occurring when 60 kg K/ha was applied. The K × N interaction was always significant for grain production. Application of K had no effect on the concentration of oil and protein in grain. Application of N consistently decreased concentration of oil and increased concentration of protein in grain. The K × N interaction was not significant for concentration of oil or protein in grain, but application of up to 30 kg K/ha significantly increased canola grain and so oil yields (concentration of oil in grain multiplied by grain yield). Our results are likely to be relevant for all acidic to neutral sandy soils worldwide used for growing canola crops.

Method of phosphorus fertiliser application and row spacing on grain yield of faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 227 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. A. Bolland ◽  
G. P. Riethmuller ◽  
K. H. M. Siddique ◽  
S. P. Loss
Keyword(s):  
Vicia Faba ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Current Recommendation ◽  
Previous Crop ◽  
Vicia Faba L ◽  
P Application ◽  
Fertiliser Application ◽  
Yield Responses ◽  
Method Of P Application

Yield responses of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) cv. Fiord to applications of fertiliser phosphorus (P), as superphosphate, were measured in 2 field experiments. The P was either (i) placed with the seed while sowing at 6 cm depth and also cultivating at 3–4 cm below the seed (drilled P) or (ii) placed 3–4 cm below the seed while sowing at 6 cm depth (banded P). This was done when the seed and fertiliser were placed in rows at either the standard 19 cm apart (current recommendation) or 38 cm apart (makes it easier to sow into the stubble of the previous crop). Yield of dried shoots and seed (grain) increased with increasing amount of P applied (0–30 kg P/ha in experiment 1, 0–45 kg P/ha in experiment 2), but were unaffected by the method of P application or spacing between seed and fertiliser rows. Therefore, (i) up to 45 kg P/ha can be drilled with the seed while sowing faba bean crops (current farmer practice) and (ii) faba bean can be sown and fertilised at 38-cm spacings making it easier to sow into the stubble of the previous crop than the 19-cm spacing currently being practiced.

Comparative performance of some faba bean (Vicia faba) cultivars of contrasting plant types. 1. Yield, yield components and nitrogen fixation

1992 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Silim ◽  
M. C. Saxena
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fixation ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Vicia Faba ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Vascular Supply ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Grain Yields ◽  
Main Research ◽  
The Mediterranean

SUMMARYThe potential for grain yield and nitrogen fixation by faba bean (Vicia faba L.) cultivars of contrasting plant types was studied at ICARDA's main research station at Tel Hadya in northern Syria during 1985–88. The cultivars included indeterminate landraces, determinate and independent vascular supply (IVS) plant types sown at two seeding densities.In 1985/86, the cultivars with indeterminate growth habit (ILB 1811, ILB 1819, ILB 1814), which are adapted to the Mediterranean basin, produced the highest grain yield, followed by the determinate cultivar FLIP 84–230F and the lowest yield was obtained from IVSFG–IVS 6, a cultivar with an independent vascular supply to each flower. In 1986/87, ILB 1814 again outyielded two determinate faba bean cultivars (FLIP 84–230F and FLIP 84–239F) and IVSFG–IVS 6. Similarly, in 1987/88, ILB 1814 significantly outyielded the determinate faba bean cultivars FLIP 84–239F, FLIP 84–240F and FLIP 84–241F; and also the indeterminate cultivar IVSFG–IVS 6.Seeding at 44 plants/m2 as opposed to the recommended rate of 22 plants/m2 gave a slight but non-significant reduction in grain yield for the indeterminate cultivars from the Mediterranean environment (ILB 1814, ILB 1811, ILB 1819). Grain yields were increased significantly in the determinate plant type FLIP 84–39F in 1986/87 and 1987/88, and in IVSFG–IVS 6 in 1986/87.Grain yield was strongly and positively correlated with total dry matter (r = 0·93) and also to mean weight per bean (r = 0·83) and harvest index (r= 0·47). The correlations between grain yield and pods/m2, seeds/m2 and seeds/pod were negative.Total nitrogen uptake and nitrogen derived from atmospheric fixation followed a similar pattern to the results for grain yield: high in the high yielding cultivar, ILB 1814, and low in cultivars with low grain yields. In 1986/87, N2 derived from fixation was 77% in ILB 1814, 68% in FLIP 84–239F, 63% in FLIP 84–230F and 62% in IVSFG–IVS 6; and in 1987/88 the values were 88% in ILB 1814, 86% in FLIP 84–239F and 82% in IVSFG–IVS 6.

Physiological and Yield Responses of Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) to Drought Stress in Managed and Open Field Environments

2014 ◽  
Vol 201 (4) ◽  
pp. 280-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Ammar ◽  
F. Anwar ◽  
E. H. El-Harty ◽  
H. M. Migdadi ◽  
S. M. Abdel-Khalik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Vicia Faba ◽  
Open Field ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Vicia Faba L ◽  
Yield Responses
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