Advances in Crop Science and Technology
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Yield and Macronutrient Accumulation in Grain of Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum ssp. vulgare L.) as Affected by Biostimulant Application

Szczepanek M^* and Grzybowski K

Department of Agrotechnology, UTP University of Science and Technology

Corresponding Author:

Małgorzata Szczepanek
Department of Agrotechnology
UTP University of Science and Technology
Al. prof. S. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Tel: +48523749465
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E-mail: Malgorzata. Szczepanek@utp.edu.pl

Received date: May 18, 2016; Accepted date: May 30, 2016; Published date: June 07, 2016

Citation: Szczepanek M, Grzybowski K (2016) Yield and Macronutrient Accumulation in Grain of Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum ssp. vulgare L.) as Affected by Biostimulant Application. Adv Crop Sci Tech 4:228. doi:10.4172/2329- 8863.1000228

Copyright: © 2016 Szczepanek M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Plant growth and development, resistance to stress, nutrient uptake and yield can be supported by the use of biostimulants. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of the seaweed biostimulant Kelpak and its combined application with the preparation Lithovit on yield components, grain yield and accumulation of macroelements in spring wheat grain. The study was based on field experiments located in Poland, (53°13’N; 17°51’E), conducted in 2010-2011 on a typical Alfisol (USDA). In the one-factorial field experiment with the spring wheat (Triticum aestivum ssp. vulgare) cultivar Katoda, we compared the effects of the application of the biostimulant Kelpak (seaweed extract) (T1) alone at a dose of 2 l ha^-1, to a mixture of two preparations, Kelpak 1.5 l ha^-1+Lithovit (finely milled limestone) 1.5 kg ha^-1 (T2) with the control (without preparations) (T3). The study showed that foliar application of the biostimulant Kelpak at shooting increased spring wheat yield, but there was no additional increase in yield after its combined application with Lithovit. Application of the biostimulant Kelpak increased the number of generative tillers, and the combined application of prepared Kelpak and Lithovit had a favourable effect on the number of grains per ear. Application of biostimulant Kelpak and its mixture with Lithovit caused increased accumulation of N, P and K in grain.

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