Determine the Effects of Bacteria Inoculation on Yield and Yield Components of Some Legume Green Fertilization Crops under Organic Farming Conditions

Abstract

This research was conducted to determine the the effects of bacteria inoculation on yield and yield components of some legume green fertilization crops (local red lentil, taşkent forage pea, selçuk-99 common vetch) in the cycle of crop rotation under organic farming conditions, according to the randomized complete blocks divided plots with 3 replications, at the GAP Agricultural Research Institute, Talat Demirören Research Station in Şanlıurfa in 2017 and 2018 years. The main subjects of the experiment were bacterial-inoculated and non-inoculated applications, and the sub-subjects were 3 different green fertilization crops. According to the results obtained; in 2017, while different green fertilization crops x bacteria-inoculated/non-inoculated applications had not affected the plant stem and plant height statistically, but effected the green grass and hay yields at the 5% and 1% significance levels, respectively; in 2018, while different green fertilization crops x bacteria-inoculated/non-inoculated applications had not affected the plant stem length and hay yield, but affected the plant height and green grass yield at the 5% significance level. It has been determined that the most suitable green fertilization crop under the organic farming conditions of the Harran plain in Sanlıurfa province was bacteria-inoculated forage pea.