Seed yield components and seed yield of winter vetch species (Vicia spp.) depending on row spacing

The effects of row spacing (12,5 cm and 50 cm) on seed yield components and seed yield of winter-sown hairy, Hungarian and common vetches (V. villosa Roth, V. pannonica Crantz and V. sativa L.) were investigated in this paper. Number of plants per m2, number of stems per plant and per m2, crop height, plant length, lodging index, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, 1,000 seed weight and seed yield were determined. Increased row spacing resulted in increased crop height by 13.6 %, decreased plant length by 8.5 %, increased lodging index by 22.3 %, increased number of stems per plant by 57.0 %, number of pods per plant by 43.5 %, number of seeds per pod by 14.7 %, 1,000 seed weight by 4.7 % and seed yield by 29.0 %. The highest and the lowest seed yields were obtained in Hungarian and hairy vetch, 1,380 kg ha-1 and 784 kg ha-1 respectively. .