THE INFLUENCE OF SOWING DATE ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF WINTER WHEAT
Diana HIRIŞCĂU,
Adina VARADI,
Marcel M. DUDA,
Rozalia KADAR,
Ionuţ RACZ,
Adrian CECLAN
Affiliations
Diana HIRIŞCĂU
Agricultural Research and Development Station Turda, 27 Agriculturii, Turda, Cluj; and University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture,
Department of Plant Culture, 3-5 Calea Mănăştur,400372, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj
Adina VARADI
Agricultural Research and Development Station Turda, 27 Agriculturii, Turda, Cluj; and University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture,
Department of Plant Culture, 3-5 Calea Mănăştur,400372, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj
Marcel M. DUDA
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture,
Department of Plant Culture, 3-5 Calea Mănăştur,400372, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj
Rozalia KADAR
Agricultural Research and Development Station Turda, 27 Agriculturii, Turda, Cluj
Ionuţ RACZ
Agricultural Research and Development Station Turda, 27 Agriculturii, Turda, Cluj
Adrian CECLAN
Agricultural Research and Development Station Turda, 27 Agriculturii, Turda, Cluj
To study the effect of sowing dates on the grain yield and grain quality of three different winter wheat cultivars, an experiment was conducted at ARDS Turda during 2017-2018. By delaying the sowing date, the winter wheat grain yield decreases, while the grain protein content increases. The biggest loss of grain yield by delaying sowing date was noted to Andrada on sowing date III (6 of Dec. 2017), production decreasing with 1316 kg/ha-1 in comparison with optimal for this variety. Arieşan had the highest grain protein content (16.42 %) and Codru had the highest grain yield in all three experimental sowing dates.
