PJB-2023-460
PRE-PLANT APPLICATION EFFECTS OF FORAGE CROPS ON CORN (ZEA MAYS L.) YIELD IN NO-TILLAGE FARMING CONDITIONS
Yaşar ÖZYİĞİT
Abstract
Soil cultivation, which is an important practice for agricultural production, causes significant harm as well as benefits. For this reason, no-till farming has been widely practiced around the world. Also pre-plant application is another important practice applied in plant production. The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of different pre-plant applications on some characteristics of corn under no-tillage farming conditions. In the study, while corn plant was used as the main plant, legume (common vetch, narbon vetch and fodder pea) and cereal (barley, triticale and annual ryegrass) forage plants were used as pre-plant. According to the results of the two-year trial, legume plants had more positive effects on corn yield than cereals. Vetch species from legume species had a positive effect on corn yield compared to feed peas. Also better results were obtained in barley compared to other cereal plants. On the other hand, no pre-plant application provided higher corn yield values than pre-plant applications. The results obtained from the study showed that legumes are more advantageous as a pre-plant in no-tillage farming. In addition, the results revealed that, vetch species from legumes and barley from cereals were more suitable as pre-plant species for corn cultivation.
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