Performance of Legumes-Turnip Mixtures with Different Seed Rates

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https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v7i1.81-86.2125

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ADF, brassica, intercropping, LER, NDF

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate appropriate seed rates for legume-turnip intercrops under different harvest stages. Turnip (Brassica rapa L. var. rapa) was sown with common vetch (Vicia sativa L.), Hungarian vetch (Vicia pannonica Crantz) and pea (Pisum sativum ssp. arvense L. Poir) in 2014 with four different combinations (100% legume, 75% legume + 25% turnip, 50% legume + 50% turnip, 100% turnip) and catted in two different times when the beginning and end of the flowering of turnip. The study was conducted in Yozgat-Turkey with three replicates. Hay yield, protein yield, ADF, NDF, Ca, Mg, P, K, Land Equivalent Ratio, Competitive Ratio and Aggressivity characteristics were determined in view of the combinations. The results of this study, 50%HV + 50%T and sole pea harvested turnip was at the beginning of flowering stage were the best treatments. On the other hand, when harvest was done at end of the flowering of turnip 50%P + 50%T, 75%P + 25%T and 50%HV + 50%T intercropping were the high yielding treatment.

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Medine Çopur Doğrusöz, Departmen of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Yozgat Bozok University, 66900 Yozgat

Faculty of Agriculture

Hanife Mut, Departmen of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Science, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, 11230 Bilecik

faculty of Agriculture

Uğur Başaran, Departmen of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Yozgat Bozok University, 66900 Yozgat

Faculty of Agriculture

Erdem Gülümser, Departmen of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Science, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, 11230 Bilecik

faculty of Agriculture

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15.01.2019

How to Cite

Çopur Doğrusöz, M., Mut, H., Başaran, U., & Gülümser, E. (2019). Performance of Legumes-Turnip Mixtures with Different Seed Rates. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 7(1), 81–86. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v7i1.81-86.2125

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