Influence of land configuration and fertilization techniques on soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill.) productivity, soil moisture and fertilityAbstract: An experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of flatbed (FB), ridges and furrows (RF) and broad bed furrows (BBF) combined with recommended fertilizer dose N 30 P 60 K 30 kg ha −1 (F 1 ), 75 % NPK (F 2 ), 125 % NPK (F 3 ), 75 % NPK + 25 % N through farm yard manure (FYM)-F 4 , 75 % NPK + 2 sprays of micro nutrient mixture (Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, B and Mo) -0.5 % at 35 and 60 days after sowing (DAS)-F 5 and 75 % NPK + 2 sprays of KNO 3 -0.5 % at 35 and 1.0 % at 60 DAS (F 6 ) on the productivity of soybean in a split plot design. BBF stored 14.15 % more soil water and produced 1058.97 kg ha −1 more yield than FB. A significant 3.76 kg ha −1mm rain water use efficiency was notice in BBF compared to FB. The yield increment recorded under F 6 was 15.6 % higher than F 1 . Grain nitrogen and oil contents were highest in F 3 . The residual soil fertility was much improve by F 3 and F 5 . Our result demonstrated that the combination of BBF and F 6 were the best technique to increase soybean yield in the Vertisol soil. Vpliv priprave zemljišča in gnojilnih tehnik na pridelek soje (Glycine max (L.) Merrill.), na vlažnost in rodovitnost talIzvleček: Poskus z deljenkami je bil narejen za preučitev načinov priprave zemljišča kot so ravno zemljišče (FB), grebeni in brazde (RF) in široki grebeni (BBF) v kombinaciji s priporočenimi odmerki gnojenja: N 30 P 60 K 30 kg ha −1 (F 1 ), 75 % NPK (F 2 ), 125 % NPK (F 3 ), 75 % NPK + 25 % N kot hlevski gnoj (FYM) (F 4) , 75 % NPK + 2 kratno pršenje z mešanico mikrohranil (Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, B in Mo), 0,5 % 35 in 60 dni po setvi (DAS)(F 5 ) in 75 % NPK + 2 pršenja s KNO 3 -0,5 % 35 in 1,0 % 60 dni po setvi DAS (F 6 ) na pridelek soje. Pri BBF se je ohranilo 14,15 % več talne vode in dalo za 1058,97 kg ha −1 več pridelka kot FB. Pri BBF je bila ugotovljena tudi značilno večja učinkovitost (3,76 kg ha −1 -mm) izrabe deževnice kot pri FB. Povečanje pridelka je bilo pri F 6 za 15,6 % večje kot pri F 1 .Vsebnost dušika in olja v zrnih sta bili največji pri F 3 . Rodovitnost tal se je znatno povečala pri F 3 in F 5 . Rezultati so pokazali, da je bila kombinacija BBF in F 6 najboljša tehnika za povečanje pridelka soje v tleh na vertisolu.