Effect of Farmyard Manure on Mineral Nutrition of Rye (Secale cerale L.) Plant

This research was conducted to determine the effect of increasing pellet farmyard manure on mineral nutrition of rye (Secale cerale L.) plant. For this purpose, a pot experiment was established in greenhouse conditions with three replications. Five farmyard manure doses (FM0: 0 %, FM1: 4 %, FM2, 8 %, FM3: 12 % and FM4: 16 %) were applied to pots a month prior to sowing. Nitrogen (14 kg N da-1), phosphorus (8 kg P2O5 da-1 and potassium (5 kg K2O da-1) were applied to each pot from NH4NO3 and KH2PO4 fertilizers. Rye (Secale cerale L.) was harvested 60 day after planting and dry matter yield and some macro and micro element (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn) contents of plants were determined. According to the results, significant increases of dry matter yield of plants were determined with increasing farmyard manure applications. Also, increasing farmyard manure application on N, P, K, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn contents of rye (Secale cerale L.) were found statistically significant at the level of 5 %.