Dependence of the Plant Productivity on Optimal Food Regime and Density

N. İ. Orudzheva, M. P. Babayev, S. M. Isgandarov

Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of НАН of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan.

DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2014.54057                

Abstract

It has been studied the dependence of vegetable crop yield on standing density of the plant. Field experiments have been conducted on plain Mughan of Azerbaijan Republic. For identifying the maximum value of crop yield it has been carried out approximation of the results of field works with special programs. The point of yield maximum for tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers has been calculated, and also it has been carried out the variation in the amount of nitrogen to decreasing direction in nutrition circuit and the impact of this variation on yield has been regarded. The obtained data are interpreted on the basis of two-substrate model of plant growth.

Keywords

Standing Density; Vegetable Crops; Approximation; Yield; Mineral Fertilizers; Nutrition Mode; Nutrients; Diffusion; Linear Approximation; The Cubic Approximation

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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