Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2016, 64(1), 81-90 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201664010081

Determination of the Titanium Contents in the Winter Oilseed Rape Plants (Brassica napus L.) by the Application of Fertilizer Containing Titanium

Peter Kováčik1, Vladimír Šimanský2, Pavel Ryant3, Marek Renčo4, Jozef Hudec1
1 Department of Agrochemistry and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic
2 Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovak Republic
3 Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
4 Department of Plant Nematology, Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic

In order to obtain the information about changes of titanium contents in the phytomass during the growing season of winter oilseed rape and about the titanium contents drawn by the rape yield during two farming years the small plot field trial was established. In the trial the fertilizer Mg-Titanit (MgTi) containing 8.5 g of titanium in 1 liter was used. The experiment consisted of 5 treatments. 0 - control treatment without MgTi fertilizer; 2xTi0.2 - two applications of MgTi in the dose of 0.2 l/ha; 3xTi0.2 - three applications of MgTi in the dose of 0.2 l/ha; 2xTi0.4 - two applications of MgTi in the dose of 0.4 l/ha; 3xTi0.4 - three applications of MgTi in the dose of 0.4 l/ha. The fertilizer was applied in spring during two, or three different growth stages: BBCH 50, BBCH 59, BBCH 66. The first plant sampling was carried out shortly before the first application of fertilizer (BBCH 50). The second, third and fourth sampling was taken 2-3 weeks after the application of Mg-Titanitu (BBCH 59, BBCH 66, BBCH 71). The obtained results showed that the titanium content in the phytomass of rape was falling during the monitored period. The titanium content in the rape aboveground phytomass varied in the interval from 16.81 to 67.6 mg/kg and in the root in the interval from 56.6 to 258.81 mg/kg. The titanium application on plant leaves in the quantities from 3.4 to 10.2 g per hectare of soil did not have the unambiguous impact on the titanium content in the rape phytomass. In the yield of one tonne of seed and appropriate quantity of rape straw on average 20 grams of titanium was taken in.

Keywords: fertilizing, Mg-Titanit, stimulant, titanium, winter rape
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This research was supported by the projects VEGA 1/0591/13 and VEGA 1/0704/16.

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Kováčik, P., Šimanský, V., Ryant, P., Renčo, M., & Hudec, J. (2016). Determination of the Titanium Contents in the Winter Oilseed Rape Plants (Brassica napus L.) by the Application of Fertilizer Containing Titanium. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(1), 81-90. doi: 10.11118/actaun201664010081
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