Plant Soil Environ., 2016, 62(12):566-570 | DOI: 10.17221/582/2016-PSE

Soil properties and yields of winter wheat after long-term growing of this crop in two contrasting rotationsOriginal Paper

J. Smagacz1, M. Kozieł2, S. Martyniuk2
1 Department of Systems and Economics of Crop Production, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, State Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
2 Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, State Research Institute, Puławy, Poland

This study was based on a long-term field experiment established in 1967 in which winter wheat is grown in two rotations consisting of: potato-winter wheat-fodder crops-winter wheat (rotation A) and oat-winter wheat-winter rye-winter wheat (rotation B). In the years 2010-2013 selected soil properties and winter wheat yields as influenced by these rotations were analysed. The soils under winter wheat grown in crop rotations A and B contained similar amounts of total organic carbon (C) (0.76% and 0.80%, respectively) and did not differ significantly with respect to biological characteristics (contents of microbial biomass C and nitrogen (N), dehydrogenase and acid phosphatase activities). Averaged for 3 years, the highest grain yields were obtained for winter wheat grown after potato in rotation A (7.94 t/ha) and the lowest (6.0 t/ha) for wheat following winter rye in rotation B. The highest take-all index and the lowest numbers of ears/m2 were the main factors influencing poor performance of winter wheat following rye.

Keywords: crop rotation; winter wheat yield; soil quality; total organic C; soil enzymes

Published: December 31, 2016  Show citation

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Smagacz J, Kozieł M, Martyniuk S. Soil properties and yields of winter wheat after long-term growing of this crop in two contrasting rotations. Plant Soil Environ. 2016;62(12):566-570. doi: 10.17221/582/2016-PSE.
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