To evaluate the effect of chemical and organic growth stimulus as well as harvest time on quality characteristics of soybean cultivar Williams, a factorial experiment was conducted as factorial arrangement in complete randomized block design with 24 treatments and three replications in Rice Research Institute of Iran, Rasht, Iran, in 2012. The first factor included 1. nano-Fe chelate (20.00), 2. Kadostim (50.00), 3. Aminol forte (20.00), 4. magnetic water (20 l.m-2), 5. municipal solid waste compost (10 ton.ha-1, was added to the water with the ratio of 0.1), 6. farmyard manure (10 ton.ha-1, was added to the water with the ratio of 0.1), and 7. nitrogen fertilizer (50.00 of urea) plus a control treatment and the second factor was three harvest time including 1. when the main stem seed pods had 20-25% moisture, 2. when the main stem seed pods had 14-15% moisture (yellowing of more than 95% of pods), 3. when the main stem seed pods had 10-12% moisture (pods complete maturity). The interaction effect between treatments showed that spray application of nano-Fe chelate at the second harvest produced the highest oleic acid (27.1%), grain and protein yield (4062 and 1503 kg.ha-1, respectively) and oil yield (1014 kg.ha-1). The magnetic water produced the highest linoleic acid and stearic acid (10.61 and 4.52 %, respectively). It can be concluded that spray application of nano-Fe chelate and the second harvest increased the quantity and quality of soybean production.
Tousi P, Tajbakhsh M, Esfahani M. Effect of spray application of nano-Fe chelate, amino acid compounds and magnetic water on protein content and fatty acids composition of oil of soybean (Glycine max) in different harvest time. Iranian Journal of Crop Sciences. 2014; 16 (2) :125-136 URL: http://agrobreedjournal.ir/article-1-38-en.html