Open AccessResponse of chickpea (<i>Cicer arietinum</i> L.) to zinc and molybdenum fertilization
Author(s) -
Hatice Bozoğlu,
Hüseyin Özçelik,
Zeki Mut,
Erkut Pesken
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
bangladesh journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.152
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2079-9926
pISSN - 0253-5416
DOI - 10.3329/bjb.v36i2.1503
Subject(s) - molybdenum , zinc , randomized block design , human fertilization , yield (engineering) , chemistry , zoology , horticulture , field experiment , agronomy , biology , metallurgy , materials science , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
A field experiment was conducted in Amasya conditions in northern Turkey for two years in order to determine the effect of zinc and molybdenum fertilization on chickpea following a completely randomized block design with three replications. Doses of zinc (Zn0 : 0, Zn1 : 1 ppm, Zn2 : 2 ppm) and molybdenum (Mo0 : 0, Mo1 : 0.05 ppm, Mo2 : 0.1 ppm) were applied on leaf when the plants were in vegetative stage. Variation of years on all investigated characters was statistically significant. Applied zinc or molybdenum failed to show any significant effect on any parameter. It was found that effect of Zn à Mo interaction was statistically significant (p < 0.01) on the seed yield. The highest seed yield resulted from Zn2 (2 ppm) à Mo0 interaction. This was followed by Zn1 (1 ppm) à Mo1 (0.05 ppm) and Zn1 à Mo2 doses showing no statistical differences from each other.  Key words: Chickpea, Seed yield, Zinc, Molybdenum, Response DOI = 10.3329/bjb.v36i2.1503 Bangladesh J. Bot. 36(2): 145-149, 2007 (December)