Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Plamen ZOROVSKI, Atanas SEVOV, Lyubka KOLEVA-VALKOVA
Worldwide, as in Bulgaria, the significance of crops as Triticum dicoccum Sch., Triticum spelta L., and Triticum monococcum L. consistently increases. This is due to the rich genome of crops on one hand and their importance as a healthy food for people (low gluten content, etc.) on the other. In the present study influence of five types of fertilizers on organic farming on some quantitative (straw yield), qualitative (content of cellulose) and the Harvest Index (HI) for three types of wheat - Triticum dicoccum Sch., Triticum spelta L., and Triticum monococcum L. has been researched. The field experiment was conducted during the 2014-2017 period at the Demonstration Center for Organic Farming at the Agricultural University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Treatment with Amalgerol and Baikal EM-1U increases the yield of straw at Triticum dicoccum Sch. (4538 kg/ha and 4527 kg/ha, respectively), and Tryven treatment in all three species of wild wheat. Tryven increases cellulose content in straw at Triticum dicoccum Sch. (42.1%), Baikal EM-1U (46.3%) at Triticum spelta L., Lithovit at Triticum spelta L. (45.8%) and Triticum monococcum L. (43.25%). Highest cellulose content in the straw was recorded at Triticum spelta L., followed by Triticum monococcum L., and Triticum dicoccum Sch. All biofertilizers increase HI at Triticum monococcum L.
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