Yield Response of Soybean (Glycine Max) on Different Fertilization Rates

Soybean is an important source of food, protein, and oil, and hence more research is essential to increase its yield under different conditions, including stress, Pagano, 2016. This study aims to (1) increase the productivity of soybeans per hectare from a baseline data of 1.37 MT per hectare with the use of inorganic fertilizers; and (2) to develop a production guide for farmers to adopt the technology that increases the productivity of Soybeans per hectare. It was conducted at the Northern Mindanao Agricultural Crops and Livestock Research Complex (NMACLRC), Dalwangan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. It remarkably showed that among the treatments, soybean crops exhibit variations in response to the different levels of fertilizers with different nitrogen efficiency. Treatments showed the presence of nitrogen at the desired level gave the highest grain yield proportionate to its root length in terms of fresh roots. However, either without or even at the maximum level of nitrogen and other macro-nutrients (phosphorous and potassium), the soybean will not show its highest potential yield, thus, it is a mere fact that in the application of nitrogen in the soil, with only appropriate amount of nitrogen ion, the soybean plant will attain its optimum yield per hectare.