EFFECT OF ORGANIC AND MICROBIOLOGICAL FERTILIZER ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND PRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF TRITICALE IN ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEM

Svetlana M Roljević Nikolić; Željko K. Dolijanović; Veselinka M. Zečević; Nikola M. Puvača; Snežana I. Oljača; Srđan I.  Šeremešić

Dr Svetlana Roljević Nikolić Institut za ekonomiku poljoprivrede Beograd https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3139-0289
Prof. Željko Dolijanović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9224-3274
Prof. Veselinka Zečević Institute for Vegetable Crops Smederevska Palanka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6782-6654
Prof. Nikola Puvača University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5500-7010
Prof. Snežana Oljača University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture
Prof. Srđan Šeremešić University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture

Keywords: triticale, stem height, spike length, grain weight, fertile spikelets, grain number, yield, biohumus, biofertilizer, environmental conditions

Abstract

Triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack) is a type of cereal which is mainly used as animal feed. However, in the last few years there has been the growing interest in cultivating triticale for food production, particularly among organic farmers. The aim of the study was to examine the impact of biohumus and biofertilizer on morphological and productive characteristics of triticale depending on meteorological conditions during a three-year period (2009/10-2011/12). A two-factorial field experiment was arranged using a randomized block design with four replications. The object of the study was the triticale winter cultivar Odisej, and the impact of the following treatments was examined: a control variant without fertilization, biofertilizer (5.0 l ha^-1), biohumus (3.0 t ha^-1)+biofertilizer (5.0 l ha^-1). The results showed that the expression of the examined characteristics was significantly affected by the environment. The lowest values were obtained in the first year, which had the most unfavourable meteorological conditions. Fertilization had a positive but not statistically significant impact on all characteristics. The application of biofertilizer had no impact on the stem length and grain weight per spike, but it significantly increased the number of fertile spikelets (3.7%), spike length (7.7%) and grain yield (18.6%). The combined application of fertilizers provided better results for all the examined characteristics, while in comparison with the control the differences ranged from 4.3% for the number of fertile spikelets to 46.5% for grain yield. The strongest correlation was determined between the spike length and number of fertile spikelets (r = 0.939**). The obtained results lead to the conclusion that under variables environmental conditions the application of well-balanced formulas of organic and microbiological fertilizers has a significant impact on morphological and productive characteristics of triticale, and consequently on the stability of this crop production in organic farming system.

Author Biography

Dr Svetlana Roljević Nikolić, Institut za ekonomiku poljoprivrede Beograd

Naučna oblast: biotehničke nauke

Uža naučna disciplina: organska polјoprivreda

Naučno zvanje: viši naučni saradnik

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