Effect of multi-component fertilizers on seeds yield, yield components and physiological parameters of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)

S. Stankowski¹, M. Bury¹, A. Jaroszewska¹, B. Michalska² and M. Gibczyńska³*

¹West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Department of Agronomy, street Papieża Pawła VI 3, PL71-459 Szczecin, Poland
²West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Department of Meteorology, Botany and Green Areas Management, Papieża Pawła street VI 3, PL71-459 Szczecin, Poland
³West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Department of Chemistry, Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology, Słowackiego street 17, PL71-434 Szczecin, Poland
*Correspondence: marzena.gibczynska@zut.edu.pl

Abstract:

Subject of the discussed studies was an analysis of the impact of mineral multi-component fertilizers, from Polish and foreign producers, on the yield and yield components of winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus var. oleifera). Two field experiments were carried out in 2015–2017 in Lipnik. The experimental crop was winter oilseed rape, hybrid cultivar DK EXPLICIT. Two factors were studied in the experiment A: 4 multi-component mineral fertilizers – two Belarusian (1 i 2), one Russian and one Polish (Polifoska 6) and 4 doses of fertilization (250, 500 and 750 kg ha^-1). In the experiment (B) were compared two factors: 3 multi-component mineral fertilizers – Belarusian, Russian and Polish production – Polifoska 8 and 4 doses of fertilization (200, 400 and 600 kg ha^-1). The fertilizers applied in the experiments, manufactured in Belarus, Russia and Poland, did not show variations in the amount of yield of winter rape. The number of winter rapeseed plants on the area unit (in autumn and spring) was independent of the type of fertilizers. In the experiment B, higher number of rapeseed siliques was obtained after application of Polifoska 8, than other fertilizers. Rapeseed grown on soil with the fertilizers manufactured in Belarus showed a lower value of greenness index (SPAD) and leaf area index (LAI). As a result of the application of multi-component fertilizers, manufactured in Belarus, Russia and Poland, the recorded differences in the winter rapeseed yield, yield components and physiological parameters did not exceed 10%.

Key words:

doses of fertilization, fertilizers NPK(S): Belarusian, Polish, Russian, winter rape yield structure