Plant, Soil and Environment (Dec 2019)

The influence of effective soybean seed treatment on root biomass formation and seed production

  • Pavel Procházka,
  • Přemysl Štranc,
  • Jan Vostřel,
  • Jan Řehoř,
  • Jan Brinar,
  • Jan Křováček,
  • Kateřina Pazderů

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17221/545/2019-PSE
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 65, no. 12
pp. 588 – 593

Abstract

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The soya seed was treated before sowing with the following biological active substances: Lignohumate B, Lexin, Lexenzym, brassinosteroid, and "Complex treatment" (a mixture of saturated sugar solution, Lexin, fungicide treatment Maxim XL 035 FS and remedial pinolen substance Agrovital). During growing, the influence of biological active substances on root biomass formation and the activity of bacteria for nitrogen fixation was observed. Evaluated parameters were shoot biomass formation and dry mass formation of plants. Harvest values were considered an important output of the whole year soya growth process. As can be observed from the results, the most effective seed treatments were Lexenzym, Lexin, and "Complex treatment", where the yields were high. Moreover, the "Complex treatment" in comparison with the control variant (not treated) improved statistically conclusively not only the final yield but was helpful also for bacteria nodulation and nitrogen fixation (N2). All biologically active compounds supported the root and shoot biomass formation and the whole plant growth.

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