Potassium fertility effects yield components and seed potassium concentration of determinate and indeterminate soybean

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Abstract

Indeterminate maturity group (MG) IV soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivars may be more susceptible to yield loss from K deffciency due to the shorter growing season and earlier onset of reproductive growth than MG V determinate soybean cultivars. Our objective was to identify whether indeterminate MG IV or determinate MG V soybean are affected differently by K deffciency. Seed yield and selected yield components were evaluated from a determinate (MG 5.3) and indeterminate (MG 4.7) soybean cultivar grown under three K fertility levels (low, medium, and high). The trial was conducted in long-term plots that receive 0, 75, or 150 kg K ha-1 yr-1. Yield and yield components of both the determinate and indeterminate cultivars responded similarly to K deficiency. Seed yield for soybean grown with low K averaged 3.4 Mg ha-1 and was 13 to 15% lower than the yields of soybean grown with medium and high K fertility. ­ e yield loss associated with K deffciency was from fewer pods (16-25%) and seeds (22-30%) plant-1, higher seed abortion (5-7%), and lower individual seed weight (8-10%) than soybean with medium or high K fertility. Seed K concentration increased with each increase in K fertility level averaging 15.8, 18.7, and 19.8 g K kg-1 for soybean grown under low, medium, and high K levels, respectively. Regardless of growth habit, the yield loss caused by K deficiency was attributed to the same primary mechanisms of reduced pod number and increased seed abortion.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Agronomy Journal

First Page

943

Last Page

950

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