Table 1
Effect of N treatment on the soil properties in the 0- to 20-cm layer at the end of the experiment
Tabelle 1. Einfluss der N-Düngung auf die Bodeneigenschaften in der Tiefe von 0–20 cm am Ende des Versuches

Figure 1
Monthly precipitation and mean air temperature at the experimental site (2007–2009)
Abbildung 1. Monatliche Niederschlagsmengen und Durchschnittstemperaturen am Versuchsstandort (2007–2009)

Figure 2
Effect of N fertilization and genotype on the grain yield of wheat for each N treatment and cultivar in the three years (vertical lines in the columns represent LSD5%)
Abbildung 2. Einfluss der N-Düngung und des Genotyps auf den Kornertrag von Weizen für jede N-Stufe und Sorte in den drei Versuchsjahren (vertikale Linien in den Spalten repräsentieren LSD5%)
Table 2
Analysis of variance for the two-factor, split-plot experiment
Tabelle 2. Varianzanalyse für den zwei-faktoriellen Versuch mit Split-Plot-Design
| Factor | d.f. | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | F-value | MS | F-value | MS | F-value | ||
| Replication | 3 | 4.1269 | 7.90 | 0.4331 | 1.08 | 1.2185 | 1.74 |
| Fertilization | 3 | 7.9836 | 15.28*** | 21.4013 | 53.59*** | 7.2848 | 10.39** |
| Residual (a) | 9 | 0.5225 | 4.28 | 0.3993 | 1.82 | 0.7009 | 3.87 |
| Variety | 2 | 0.6941 | 5.68** | 1.5543 | 7.06** | 2.8560 | 15.78*** |
| Fertilization × Variety | 6 | 0.1252 | 1.03NS | 0.1691 | 0.77NS | 0.2666 | 1.47NS |
| Residual (b) | 24 | 0.1221 | 0.2200 | 0.1810 | |||
| Total | 47 | 0.981 | 1.670 | 0.925 | |||
Significance levels
Table 3
Effect of N fertilization on the yield components of wheat cultivars (2007–2009)
Tabelle 3. Einfluss der N-Düngung auf die Ertragskomponenten der Weizensorten (2007–2009)
| N dose | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toborzó | Palotás | Verbunkos | Toborzó | Palotás | Verbunkos | Toborzó | Palotás | Verbunkos | |
| Spike number per square meter | |||||||||
| N0 | 655.8 | 620.8 | 639.0 | 493.8 | 512.8 | 487.5 | 469.0 | 415.2 | 425.5 |
| N80 | 685.0 | 674.5 | 644.0 | 583.2 | 614.2 | 527.0 | 521.0 | 535.2 | 543.8 |
| N160 | 745.0 | 703.8 | 693.2 | 689.0 | 570.8 | 715.8 | 610.2 | 697.2 | 560.0 |
| N240 | 823.8 | 699.2 | 726.5 | 753.2 | 612.2 | 593.2 | 643.2 | 624.8 | 680.8 |
| LSD values | |||||||||
| N | 77.59* | 62.12*** | 38.16*** | ||||||
| V | 46.13* | 31.62** | 40.10NS | ||||||
| N×V | 102.66NS | 76.67*** | 73.14* | ||||||
| Grain number per spike | |||||||||
| N0 | 10.72 | 12.35 | 13.05 | 14.65 | 20.62 | 22.30 | 14.23 | 21.23 | 21.20 |
| N80 | 8.72 | 14.75 | 15.02 | 28.12 | 39.32 | 46.10 | 28.53 | 36.92 | 37.30 |
| N160 | 8.45 | 14.35 | 14.80 | 34.72 | 46.35 | 48.92 | 32.92 | 38.62 | 46.20 |
| N240 | 8.20 | 14.45 | 16.47 | 32.32 | 41.70 | 50.62 | 38.42 | 37.72 | 47.02 |
| LSD values | |||||||||
| N | 1.525NS | 2.865*** | 2.870*** | ||||||
| V | 1.180*** | 2.539*** | 2.143*** | ||||||
| N×V | 2.345* | 4.832NS | 4.314* | ||||||
| Thousand kernel weight (g) | |||||||||
| N0 | 56.20 | 44.87 | 46.07 | 53.10 | 42.27 | 40.05 | 54.67 | 45.05 | 41.45 |
| N80 | 54.82 | 44.32 | 43.57 | 54.60 | 42.80 | 42.10 | 53.05 | 45.32 | 40.70 |
| N160 | 53.12 | 47.25 | 45.82 | 50.05 | 38.82 | 39.40 | 49.57 | 41.22 | 38.30 |
| N240 | 52.20 | 43.92 | 40.97 | 50.22 | 37.37 | 37.30 | 48.82 | 39.60 | 38.30 |
| LSD values | |||||||||
| N | 1.704** | 1.235*** | 2.886** | ||||||
| V | 1.559*** | 0.980*** | 1.981*** | ||||||
| N×V | 2.941NS | 1.930NS | 4.124NS | ||||||
Significance levels
Table 4
Effect of N treatments on the harvest index (HI %) of the wheat cultivars (2007–2009)
Tabelle 4. Einfluss der N-Düngung auf den Harvestindex (HI %) der Weizensorten (2007–2009)
| N dose | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toborzó | Palotás | Verbunkos | Toborzó | Palotás | Verbunkos | Toborzó | Palotás | Verbunkos | |
| N0 | 38.50 | 38.75 | 36.75 | 38.50 | 41.25 | 40.00 | 40.75 | 43.25 | 44.00 |
| N80 | 39.25 | 43.50 | 42.00 | 40.00 | 43.00 | 42.00 | 41.50 | 44.75 | 42.75 |
| N160 | 44.25 | 46.00 | 43.00 | 40.75 | 42.75 | 42.75 | 41.50 | 47.00 | 45.75 |
| N240 | 42.00 | 41.50 | 44.00 | 40.25 | 41.50 | 41.50 | 40.25 | 46.50 | 49.25 |
| LSD values | |||||||||
| N | 2.112*** | 1.160* | 1.560** | ||||||
| V | 1.727NS | 1.627* | 1.392*** | ||||||
| N×V | 3.369NS | 2.829NS | 2.644* | ||||||
Significance levels
Table 5
Effect of N fertilization on the chlorophyll content (SPAD index) of the flag leaf in the individual wheat cultivars (2007–2009)
Tabelle 5. Einfluss der N-Düngung auf den Chlorophyllgehalt (SPAD Index) des Fahnenblattes der Weizensorten (2007–2009)
| N dose | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toborzó | Palotás | Verbunkos | Toborzó | Palotás | Verbunkos | Toborzó | Palotás | Verbunkos | |
| N0 | 43.45 | 45.08 | 45.28 | 45.80 | 45.85 | 46.85 | 46.67 | 42.82 | 43.77 |
| N80 | 51.78 | 54.63 | 56.10 | 48.90 | 49.45 | 50.52 | 51.07 | 49.95 | 53.10 |
| N160 | 53.58 | 57.10 | 57.60 | 52.08 | 54.25 | 55.12 | 53.57 | 52.82 | 54.90 |
| N240 | 54.00 | 58.25 | 58.23 | 52.90 | 54.53 | 55.35 | 54.23 | 53.80 | 56.62 |
| LSD values | |||||||||
| N | 2.896*** | 0.443*** | 1.290*** | ||||||
| V | 1.260*** | 0.606*** | 0.874*** | ||||||
| N×V | 3.381NS | 1.056NS | 1.830** | ||||||
Significance levels

Figure 3
Correlation between yield (t · ha–1) and grain number per square meter (GrNo), yield and thousand kernel weight (TKW), yield and harvest index (HI), and yield and chlorophyll content of the flag leaf (SPAD)
Abbildung 3. Korrelation zwischen dem Ertrag (t ·ha–1) und der Kornzahl pro m2 (GrNo), dem Ertrag und dem Tausendkorngewicht (TKW), dem Ertrag und dem Ernteindex (HI) und dem Ertrag und dem Chlorophyllgehalt des Fahnenblattes (SPAD)
Table 6
Results of regression analysis for two independent variables (grain number per square meter, thousand kernel weight) on the yield of winter wheat for each N treatment
Tabelle 6. Ergebnisse der Regressionanalyse von zwei unabhängigen Variablen (Kornzahl pro m2, Tausendkorngewicht) auf dem Ertrag von Winterweizen für jede N-Stufe
| Parameter | N0 | N80 | N160 | N240 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | t-value | Estimate | t-value | Estimate | t-value | Estimate | t-value | |
| Constant | 6.05 | 1.07NS | 5.21 | 2.49* | 6.67 | 6.69*** | 5.81 | 4.00** |
| Grain number | 5.702 × 10−5 | 0.22NS | 9.86 × 10−5 | 3.04* | 5.45 × 10-5 | 5.20** | 8.26 × 10−5 | 4.62** |
| TKW | −0.023 | −0.29NS | 0.006 | 0.17NS | −0.011 | −0.60NS | −0.06 10–2 | −0.02NS |
| R2% = 15.8 | R20/0% = 54.9 | R20/0% = 88.6 | R20/0% = 76.9 | |||||
| F-value <1 | F-value = 5.87* | F-value = 32.08*** | F-value = 14.32** | |||||
Significance levels