Effect of Fe (iron) and Mo (molybdenum) application on the yield and yield parameters of lentil (Lens culinaris Medic.)

The study was carried out to determine the effect of different levels of iron (0, 5, 10 and 20 kg ha⁻¹) and molybdenum (0, 2, 4 and 6 g kg⁻¹ seed) on the yield and yield components in lentil (Lens culinaris Medic. cv. Sazak-91). The experiments were conducted in a factorial design with three replications during 2006–07 and 2008–09 in Van, Turkey. The highest seed yield was obtained from 20 kg ha⁻¹ iron with 956 kg ha⁻¹ and 6 g kg⁻¹ seed molybdenum levels with 963 kg ha⁻¹ in the first year, while it was obtained from 20 kg ha⁻¹ iron with 1031 kg ha⁻¹ and 6 g kg⁻¹ seed molybdenum with 1010 kg ha⁻¹ in the second year. Seed nutrient contents such as protein rate, phosphorus, manganese, copper and molybdenum significantly increased under the influence of iron and molybdenum treatments over control.