KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE (한국작물학회지)
- Volume 43 Issue 1
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- Pages.54-58
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- 1998
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- 0252-9777(pISSN)
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- 2287-8432(eISSN)
Effect of Seeding Rate on Growth, Yield and Chemical Composition of Forage Rape Cultivars
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Cho, Nam-Ki
(Dept. of Agronomy, Cheju National University) ;
- Jin, Woo-Jong (Dept. of Agronomy, Cheju National University) ;
- Kang, Young-Kil (Dept. of Agronomy, Cheju National University) ;
- Kang, Bong-Kyoon (Dept. of Agronomy, Cheju National University) ;
- Park, Yang-Mun (Dept. of Agronomy, Cheju National University)
- Published : 1998.03.01
Abstract
Four introduced forage rape cultivars 'Akela', 'Ramon', 'Sparta', and 'Velox' and a leading rapeseed cultivar Hall-ayuchae were seeded on 1 October 1994 on 20-cm rows at seeding rates of 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, and IS kg/ha to select the best adapted forage rape cultivars and to determine the optimum seeding rate in the Cheju area. Days to flowering of each cultivar was not significantly affected by seeding rate. Average plant height increased from 151 to 164 cm as seeding rate increased from 3 to 10 kg/ha and then decreased to 156 cm at 15 kg/ha. Stem diameter linearly decreased with increasing seeding rate. The optimum seeding rate for the greatest dry matter and protein yields of five cultivars ranged from 10.7 to 11.8 and 10.8 to 14.4 kg/ha, respectively. Dry matter yields of five cultivars ranged from 7.72 and 22.01 Mg/ha. Sparta produced the greatest dry matter yield, followed by Akela, Ramon, Hallayuchae, and Velox. Crude protein yields of five cultivars ranged from 0.29 to 1.08 Mg/ha. Sparta produced the greatest crude protein yield, followed by Akela, Ramon, Velox, and Hallayuchae. As seeding rate increased, crude protein content linearly increased but crude fiber content linearly decreased. The forage cultivars had higher crude protein and lower crude fiber than the oilseed cultivar Hallayuchae. Our results demonstrate that Sparta was the best adapted cultivar to Cheju area and the optimum seeding rate for Sparta was about 10 kg/ha.