Substitution Possibility of Some Biofertilizers for Mineral Phosphorus Fertilizer in Pea Cultivation

Abstract

The interest in the use of biofertilizer as alternative to mineral fertilizer increase continuously due to increasing mineral fertilizer cost and heavy metal accumulation in the soil such as cadmium.The objective of this study was to assess the effects of four biofertilizer (N 2 -fixing, P-solubilizing, N 2 fixing-P solubilizing, commercial biofertilizer) with and without mineral phosphorus fertilizer on yield and quality of forage pea(Pisumsativum spp. arvense L.). The application of biofertilizeraffected significantly dry matter yield (DM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and phosphorus contain. The use of mineral fertilizer increased only dry matter yield. The effect of biofertilizer on pea yield and quality varied significantly depending on year. These results indicated that understanding of factors such as biofertilizer, mineral fertilizer and environment will enable us to use biofertilizer as an alternative to mineral fertilizer to optimize productivity and sustainability of pea production.

The Effect of Various Long-Term Tillage Systems on Yield and Yield Component of Yellow and Narrow-Leaved Lupin

“…Moreover, forage legumes are widely used as forage crop to improve soil fertility and to increase the yield of subsequent crops in rotation (Gül et al, 2008). The prices of chemical fertilizer increase continuously due to increasing energy cost which restricted their utilization economically (Erkovan et al, 2014).…”

ROW SEEDING CONFIGURATION REGULATES YIELD, QUALITY AND COMPETITION IN COMMON VETCH (Vicia sativa L.)-SUDANGRASS (Sorghum sudanense (Piper.) Stapf.) MIXTURE

“…The NDF contents were higher in the first year in the experiment. These might be related to increases in cellulosic component synthesis in the plant, because plant maturity plays a role in these contents (Erkovan et al, 2014;Kavut and Geren, 2017). Cross-seeding row conducted a significant decrease in NDF content compared to sole, same and alternate row, whereas the sole, same, and alternate row configuration did not show an interactive effect.…”