Effect of foliar nutrition on the productivity of buckwheat - Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

Abstract

Buckwheat – Fagopyrum esculentum Moench is annual, monocarpus plant from the family Polygonaceae, the genus Fagopyrum, from the group of alternative cereals. Its origin is Central Asia. Buckwheat is a highly valued food in human nutrition, especially in countries where emphasis is placed on food that is health - safe. In the diet of humans and domestic animals, grain (fruit, nut) is used which has similar nutritious and nutritive value as grain cereals. Above-ground biomass buckwheat is used for feeding domestic animals and is the best quality when plants are in the end of blossom period. Buckwheat can be used as a siderate and is also suitable for bee pasture. Honey has medicinal properties.On the parcels of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Backi Petrovac (φ N 45° 20’, λ E 19° 40’, 82 mls), the variety of buckwheat Novosadska in 2018 was tested in two variants: 1. control - variant without nutrition and 2. variant with foliar nutrition. The analysis of variance of the yield indicator showed that there was a significant variability for the studied properties of the buckwheat between the control variant and the variant with foliar nutrition.