Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2017, 65(2), 555-562 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201765020555

Sulphur Nutrition and its Effect on Yield and Oil Content of Oilseed Rape (Brassica Napus L.)

Mária Varényiová1, Ladislav Ducsay1, Pavel Ryant2
1 Department of Agrochemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic
2 Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The aim of the experiment was to study the importance of sulphur in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) nutrition as well as the effect of rising doses of sulphur in combination with nitrogen on yield, oiliness, oil production, nutrients content in seed and nutrients uptake by rapeseed. The plot-scale experiment was established in years 2013/14 and 2014/15 within the agricultural cooperative in Mojmírovce. There were four fertilization treatments on 600 m2 experimental plots in three replications in this experiment. The first treatment was unfertilized control. Other three treatments were fertilized by the same nitrogen dose of 160 kg.ha-1 and by increasing doses of sulphur. The second treatment was fertilized by a dose of 15 kg.ha-1 S, the third by a dose of 40 kg.ha-1 and a dose of 65 kg.ha-1 S was applied at the fourth treatment. The highest average yield 3.96 t.ha-1 was found when a dose of 40 kg.ha-1 S was applied. The application of sulphur in a dose of 65 kg.ha-1 was accompanied by a yield decrease by 11.4 % as compared to the treatment where a sulphur dose of 40 kg.ha-1 was used. An average oil content of 45.1, 45.5, and 44.0 % was found in treatments in which the doses of sulphur of 15, 40 and 65 kg.ha-1 were applied. No significant difference among the treatments fertilized by sulphur was found. The average oil production reached 1809, 1802 and 1595 kg.ha-1 in cases of treatments fertilized by sulphur doses of 15, 40 and 65 kg.ha-1.

Keywords: oilseed rape, sulphur, yield, oil content, oil production, nutrients uptake, nutrients content
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The research and preparation of this article was supported by resources of the project VEGA no.1/0544/14.

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Varényiová, M., Ducsay, L., & Ryant, P. (2017). Sulphur Nutrition and its Effect on Yield and Oil Content of Oilseed Rape (Brassica Napus L.). Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 65(2), 555-562. doi: 10.11118/actaun201765020555
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