Plant Soil Environ., 2025, 71(5):308-319 | DOI: 10.17221/113/2025-PSE

The effect of soil tillage and sulphur fertilisation on content and ratios of macronutrients in the grain of spring triticaleOriginal Paper

Hanna Klikocka1, Anna Podleśna2, Bartosz Narolski3, Janusz Podleśny4
1 Department of Economics and Agribusiness, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
2 Department of Plant Nutrition and Fertilisation, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute, Puławy, Poland
3 Secondary School Complex No 5, Name Józefa Piłsudskiego, Zamość, Poland
4 Department of Fodder Crop Cultivation, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation – State Research Institute, Puławy, Poland

The aim of the experiment was to determine the yield, content and uptake of macronutrients and their ratio in spring triticale, Milewo cultivar. The field experiment was conducted in the years 2014–2016 on Cambisols. The first experimental factor was a system of soil tillage (traditional (TRD) and reduced (RED)), and the second was sulphur fertilisation (0, 25 and 50 kg S/ha). Based on the study, it was found that the application of conventional tillage and the addition of sulphur fertilisation to NPK significantly increased spring triticale grain yield. The application of reduced tillage positively affected the increase in content and uptake in grain dry matter (DM) of N, S, P, K, Mg and Ca. Adding sulphur (S) to NPK fertilisation favourably increased the content and uptake of N, S, Mg, and Ca and did not affect the content of P and K. The application of reduced tillage expanded the ionic ratio of N : S, P : S while it narrowed the N : P ratio. However, the tillage system did not affect the ionic ratios Ca : P, K : Mg, K : (Ca + Mg) and molar K : (Ca + Mg). Adding sulphur to NPK fertilisation narrowed the N : S and P : S ratios while expanding the N : P and Ca : P ratios. Weather conditions during the 2016 growing season (relatively dry, k = 1.71) favoured spring triticale yield and uptake with dry grain weight of N, S, P, Mg and Ca. The highest N, S, P, K and Ca content in grain dry matter was shown in the 2014 season (relatively humid, k = 1.96). Numerous correlations were found between grain yield and the content, uptake and reciprocal ratios of elements in grain.

Keywords: Triticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus.; mineral fertilisation; cereal; chemical composition

Received: March 15, 2025; Revised: April 23, 2025; Accepted: April 28, 2025; Prepublished online: May 19, 2025; Published: May 29, 2025  Show citation

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Klikocka H, Podleśna A, Narolski B, Podleśny J. The effect of soil tillage and sulphur fertilisation on content and ratios of macronutrients in the grain of spring triticale. Plant Soil Environ. 2025;71(5):308-319. doi: 10.17221/113/2025-PSE.
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