TARIM BILIMLERI DERGISI-JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, cilt.20, sa.4, ss.345-357, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Legumes give good response to phosphorus fertilizer because they obtained required nitrogen via symbiotic way. On the other and, some problems such as increasing prices and environmental pollution related to chemical phosphorus fertilizer, increased interest in alternative and environmental friendly phosphorus resources. This study was carried out to determine the effects of phosphorus solubilizing bacteria (Bacillus megaterium M-3, 10(-8) CFU ml(-1)), two different doses of poultry litter (0.3 t ha(-1)) and three different doses of phosphorus fertilizer (0, 50, 100 kg P2O5 ha(-1)) treatments on seed yield and yield components of Hungarian vetch. Experiments were carried out under irrigated conditions of Erzurum, between the years 2009 and 2010. Number of pods per plant 13.58, the number of branches 2.01, the number of seeds per pod 4.58, 1000-grain weight 32.93 and seed yield 1.59 t ha(-1) was reported, respectively. According to these results, plus phosphorus solubilizing bacteria and 100 kg P2O5 ha(-1) and poultry litter may be recommended for higher seed yields of Hungarian vetch for places such as Erzurum, a high altitude semiarid environment and in terms of phosphorus poor or moderate.