African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12486

Full Length Research Paper

Interaction of micro and macro elements with manure on barley feed yield and soil nutrient content in Sistan region

  Mahdi, Babaeian1*, Yasser, Esmaeilian1, Abolfazl, Tavassoli1 and Mehdi, Javaheri1 
Departement of Agriculture, Bojnourd Branch, Islamic Azad University. Bojnourd, Iran. 
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 23 September 2011
  •  Published: 30 November 2011

Abstract

 

n order to study the effect of interaction of ‘micro’ and ‘macro’ elements on soil chemical properties, 
grain yield and feed yield in barley, an experiment was conducted as split plot design on randomized 
complete block design with three replications in the research field of Zabol University 2009. The 
different proportions of manure and chemical fertilizer treatment were: 100% manure (F1), 100% 
chemical fertilizer (F2), 50% manure + 50% chemical fertilizer (F3) and control (F4) as the main plot and 
the use of micro nutrient elements treatments were: iron sulfate (N1), zinc sulfate (N2), manganese 
sulfate (N3) and control (N4) as sub plot in this experiment. Results show that the effect of different 
proportions of manure and chemical fertilizer treatment on grain yield, feed yield, and soil chemical 
properties were significant. Among soil chemical properties, pH decreased due to use of all fertilizer 
treatments (organic and inorganic fertilizer) and soil salinity increased due to consumption of chemical 
fertilizer. Micronutrient treatments had significant influence on this nutrition elements concentration 
and the use of iron sulfate, zinc sulfate and manganese sulfate caused increase of these elements in 
soil but these treatments had no influence on grain yield of barley. 
 
Key words: Barley, feed yield, manure, soil nutrient.