Effects of Different Forms and Doses of Sulphur Application on Wheat

Authors

  • Halil Erdem Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Gaziosmanpasa University, 60240 Tokat
  • Mustafa Bülent Torun Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cukurova University, 01330 Adana
  • Nazife Erdem Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Gaziosmanpasa University, 60240 Tokat
  • Atilla Yazıcı Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, 34956 Istanbul
  • İnci Tolay Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, 07058 Antalya
  • Elif Günal Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Gaziosmanpasa University, 60240 Tokat
  • Faruk Özkutlu Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ordu University, 52200 Ordu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v4i11.957-961.837

Keywords:

sulphur fertilizer, sulphur forms, wheat, dry matter, spad value

Abstract

Deficiency of sulphur (S) is an important limiting factor of plant growth for sustainable agricultural production. The decline in sulphur dioxide emission, decrease in S-containing fertilizer consumption due to the high cost of S-fertilizers, breeding of new high yielding species are the well known causes of S-deficiency. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of several doses of K2SO4-S, CaSO4-S and elemental-S applied on growth, shoot dry matter yield, S and N concentrations of wheat cultivar. The experiments were conducted in three soils differed from available S concentrations. Effects of different S-treatments (0, 25, 50 and 100 mg S kg-1) and S-forms had significant effects on shoot dry matter yields of plants. Sulphur from different S-sources did not increase shoot S-concentrations in Eskisehir and Konya soils, but increase was significant obtained in the Harran soil. Shoot S-concentration in Harran soil for zero K2SO4 treatment was 0.09%, the values were 0.22, 0.26 and 0.27% respectively for 25, 50 and 100 mg kg-1 treatments. The results indicated significant effects of S-treatments on plant growth and yield mostly based on soil properties, especially the available S-levels

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Published

15.11.2016

How to Cite

Erdem, H., Torun, M. B., Erdem, N., Yazıcı, A., Tolay, İnci, Günal, E., & Özkutlu, F. (2016). Effects of Different Forms and Doses of Sulphur Application on Wheat. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 4(11), 957–961. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v4i11.957-961.837

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Crop Production