Soybean yield and oil content in organic and conventional cultivation method

Abstract

A two-year study was conducted under conditions of organic and conventional growing technologies on calcareous chernozem soil after wheat as a preceding crop. Test factors were three varieties of soybean, which were sown at three different planting densities, this being a second test factor. Data were analysed by analysis of variance using split - plot experimental design, where the factors of examination, namely variety and sowing density and the differences between treatments were tested by LSD test. The aim of this study was to determine the yield and oil content in soybean grain depending on the genotype and planting density in organic and conventional cultivation. The average yield in the conventional production technology was 4.84 t ha-1 and was higher in comparison with organic production method where the recorded yield was 4.68 t ha-1. There was a higher percentage of oil in organic production (21.88 %) compared to conventional production (21.68 %).

Keywords

• conventional and organic production
• yield
• soy oil