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Seed Yield, Quality and Plant Characteristics Changes of Rocket Salad (Eruca sativa Mill.) under Different Nitrogen Sources and Vegetation Periods
Abstract
Rocket salad is an ancient, under-utilized crop, which is either gathered from the wild or
cultivated mainly as a leaf vegetable and oil crop in several European and Near East countries. The
economic potential of rocket salad is steadily increasing in recent years. In this research effects of
three sowing dates (1st day of November, January and March, 2002) and three nitrogen sources on
plant height, number of branches per plant, number of siliqua per plant, number of seeds per siliqua,
siliqua length (cm), 1000 seed weight (g), seed yield (kg/ha), and final germination (%) were
determined. Results revealed that sowing dates statistically influenced on plant height, number of
branches per plant, siliqua length, 1000 seed weight and seed yield, while nitrogen sources statistically
influenced on the number of branches per plant, number of siliqua per plant, number of seeds per
siliqua and seed yield. In general early sowings resulted higher seed yields than late sowing and also
calcium nitrate application showed a higher seed yield comparable to organic manure and ammonium
sulfate treatments. The highest seed yield obtained from November sowing (1364,4 kg/ha) and
Calcium nitrate (1168,9 kg/ha) treatment.
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Turkish
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Publication Date
June 1, 2013
Submission Date
June 1, 2013
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Year 2013 Volume: 8 Number: 1