Yield performance of two buckwheat genotypes grown as a full-season and stubble-crop

Abstract

Traditional way of growing buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum L.) in Slovenia is stubble-crop production, but grown as a full-season crop it yields more. Genotypes that are adapted to stubble-crop system may not necessarily be the best adapted for the full-season crop. The objective of this study was to determine yield performance of two buckwheat genotypes under stubble-crop and full-season production system. The experiments (randomised block design) were conducted in Podravje region with two common determinant buckwheat genotypes (land race population and cultivar Darja) in 1997 and 1998. Buckwheat grown as a full-season crop had a greater leaf area index, more flower clusters, more developed seeds and 42% higher yield than the stubble-crop buckwheat. Although cultivar Darja had 10% less flower clusters than the land race population, the number of flowers and the number of developed grains were higher. The 35% higher grain yield of cultivar Darja was associated with larger leaf area index than land race population (4.0 vs. 2.3). Cultivar Darja outperformed the land race population under full-season crop production, whereas the yield difference between the two varieties was not significant under the stubble-crop production. These results suggest that the best yielding buckwheat genotypes should be determined separately for stubble-crop and/or full-season production system.

Agronomic and Nutritional Characteristics of Three Buckwheat Cultivars Under Organic Farming in Three Environments of the Garfagnana Mountain District

“…Very similar was the production per hectare, which was modest in Sillano 2008, but acceptable considering the seasonal drought; it was satisfactory in Camporgiano 2009 and even more in Sillano 2009, where the higher fruit set, helped by lower summer temperatures, more than offset the lower number of seed clusters. The yields substantially confirmed those already found by the authors in previous experiments in the same area (Tallarico et al, 2008(Tallarico et al, , 2009 (Baldassi, 1998), 1.75 t/ha (Bavec et al, 2002), 0.76÷1.53 t/ha (Brunori et al, 2005). In accordance with the yield was also the harvest index, significantly higher in Sillano 2009 where there was the maximum formation of achenes, even in the presence of a limited vegetative growth, thanks to the better environmental conditions.…”

INFLUENCE OF METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS ON THE YIELD AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF COMMON BUCKWHEAT (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench)

“…Grain yield and chemical composition of buckwheat depends on a large number of factors, and some of them are variety of buckwheat (Gavrić and Gadžo, 2011;Golob et al, 2016) and agrotechnical conditions of cultivation (Strakšas et al, 2011;Rahimić and Gadžo, 2012). An important role in formation and quality of yield also have weather conditions (Gavrić et all., 2018;Bavec et al, 2002), mainly due to variations in the air temperatures (Strakšas et al, 2011) andprecipitation (Glamočlija et al, 2012) during the growing period. Considering that meteorological parameters are changeable, unstable and unpredictable in certain areas for production of buckwheat, the aim of this study was to determine the impact of some metrological parameters on yield and chemical composition in the kernel of buckwheat.…”

Production, uses and cultivars of common buckwheat in Japan: An overview

“…Common buckwheat is also processed to various valueadded products such as cakes, tea, beer and other local alcoholic beverages. The crop produces good quality of honey, whereas several buckwheat extracts are utilized for pharmacological and dietetics purposes (Bavec et al, 2002;Jacquemart et al, 2012;Kreft et al, 2016). In particular, flavonoids (mainly rutin and quercetin), Dchiro-inositol and proteins derived from buckwheat are in increasing demand, due to their biological and physiological activities including anti-oxidant, antiinflammation and anti-hypertension properties (Jacquemart et al, 2012;Suzuki et al, 2012a;Giménez-Bastida & Zieliński, 2015;Kreft et al, 2016).…”