Soybean - New Fertilization Opportunities and Uses in the Food, Feed and Industry Sector

  • Ioanna KAKABOUKI Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
  • Eleni KARAGIANNI Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
  • Antigolena FOLINA Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
  • Charikleia ZISI Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
  • Stavros ARACHOVITIS Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
  • Stella KARYDOGIANNI Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
  • Konstantia BALLA Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
  • Maria CHEINOPOROU Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
  • Dimitrios BILALIS Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15835/buasvmcn-hort:2020.0054
Keywords: Soybean, human nutrition, urea, nitrogen inhibitors, seed yield, protein content.

Abstract

Soybean (Glycine max) is one of the most important species of the Fabaceae family worldwide, with many and varied uses, such as food, feed and industry sector. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of urea fertilizers in comparison with the new types of fertilizers on the agronomic and quality characteristics of soybean. A field experiment was carried out in the experimental field of the Agricultural University of Athens. The experiment was set up in Randomized Complete Block Design, with 4 treatments (control, 100 kg ha-1 urea, 100 kg ha-1 urea with urease and nitrification inhibitors and 75 kg urea with urease and nitrification inhibitors) and 3 replications. There were studied several plant agronomic characteristics such as plant height, leaf area index and seed yield, as well as the seed protein content. According to the results, the agronomic and quality characteristics were affected significantly by treatments. To sum up, soybean is a crop for which there is room in Greece for cultivation, for a variety of uses.

Author Biographies

Ioanna KAKABOUKI, Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Agronomy
Eleni KARAGIANNI, Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Agronomy
Antigolena FOLINA, Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Agronomy
Charikleia ZISI, Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Agronomy
Stavros ARACHOVITIS, Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Agronomy
Stella KARYDOGIANNI, Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Agronomy
Konstantia BALLA, Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Agronomy
Maria CHEINOPOROU, Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Agronomy
Dimitrios BILALIS, Agricultural University of Athens, School of Agriculture, Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 75 Iera Odos St., 118 55 Athens
Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Agronomy
Published
2020-11-18
Issue
Vol. 77 No. 2 (2020): BULLETIN OF UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE CLUJ-NAPOCA. HORTICULTURE
Section
Short communications

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