Alternatives to sowing vegetable type soybeans

Today, soybean crops of the Tamba Kurodaisu cultivar are sown in beds prior to transplantation to the field. This planting system has caused crop fail ure due to damage to the root system. An experiment to test different sowin g alternatives to obtain plantlets for cropping of food type big seeded soy bean was set up with the following treatments: sowing in beds; sowing in 13 0 cm(3) newspaper cups; sowing in test tubes of volumes of 30 cm(3), 60 cm( 3) and 70 cm(3); sowing in 70 cm(3) disposable plastic cups; sowing on 90 c m(3) styrofoam trays. A randomized complete block design was used, and the following traits were assessed: germination percentage; number of days to f lowering; plant height at flowering; number of days to maturity; plant heig ht at maturity; number of seeds per plant; individual plant yield; weight o f a hundred seeds. Results should that three methods could be used to set u p Tamba Kurodaisu cultivar crops: sowing in disposable plastic cups, sowing in beds with Eater transplant, or direct sowing in the field.