Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum moench) cultivation in yozgat ecological conditions

This study was conducted to determine the yield and some quality characteristics of buckwheat at 5 different sowing times during 2015 and 2016 years in Yozgat ecological conditions. The experiment was arranged in randomized blocks design with three replications. In this study; plant height, fresh yield, hay yield, crude protein ratio, seed yield, seed protein ratio, 1000 seed weight, ADF, NDF N, P, Ca ve Mg content were investigated. In the first year, the average hay yield for each sowing times were 1.50, 3.04, 4.42, 1.74 and 0.57 t.ha-1 respectively. In the second year, no results were obtained at 1st and 3rd sowing times and, hay yields were 0.45, 2.41 and 0.14 t.ha-1 at 2 th, 4 th and 5 th sowing times respectively. Seed yield was 0.67, 0.75, 0.09 ve 0.12 t.ha-1 respectively in 2015. Plants could not not produced seed at 1st, 3rd and 5th sowing times in 2016 and, seed yields were respectively 0.26 and 0.56 t.ha-1 at the second and fourth sowing times. K, P, Ca and Mg contents both years were found within the livestock requirement limits. Key words: ADF, Buckwheat, hay yield, NDF, seed yield, sowing time.