Hossein Rezvani; Jafar Asghari; Seyed MohammadReza Ehteshami; Behnam Kamkar
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For determination of economic damage threshold of four wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars in different densities of wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis L.), experiments were conducted at Agricultural Research Station Gorgan during 2010-2012. The experimental design consisted of four randomized complete ...
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For determination of economic damage threshold of four wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars in different densities of wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis L.), experiments were conducted at Agricultural Research Station Gorgan during 2010-2012. The experimental design consisted of four randomized complete blocks in a factorial arrangement. The treatments comprised of factorial combination of wild mustard densities and wheat cultivars. Five different densities of wild mustard (zero, four, eight, 16 and 32 plants.m-2) and four wheat cultivars (‘Arta’, ‘Tajan’, ‘Mogan’ and ‘Morvarid’) were considered in all the replications. Cousens hyperbolic equation was used to describe the yield reduction due to wild mustard competition. The maximum yield reduction was associated with high densities of wild mustard and among the cultivars, ‘Arta’ and ‘Morvarid’ had the maximum and minimum yield reductions, respectively. Calculated competitive indexes indicated that ‘Morvarid’ cultivar in competition with wild mustard had a high capacity to prevent yield loss (high tolerance) and on the other hand, dry weight and seed amount of weed was also greatly reduced. Using extended Cousens hyperbolic model and Odonovan formula, economic damage threshold for wheat in two years determined in densities of 4.11, 3.68, 2.33 and 2.11 plant/m2 for ‘Morvarid’, ‘Moghan’, ‘Tajan’ and ‘Arta’ cultivars in climatic conditions of Gorgan.
Seyed MohammadReza Ehteshami; Iman Janzamin; Mahdi Ramezani; Kazem Khavazi; Behnam Zand
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In order to investigate the role of Bacillus cogulans on yield of two forage corn cultivars, an experiment carried out at Agricultural Research Center of Tehran Province during 2009-2010. The experiment design consisted of three randomized complete blocks in a factorial arrangement. Investigated treatments ...
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In order to investigate the role of Bacillus cogulans on yield of two forage corn cultivars, an experiment carried out at Agricultural Research Center of Tehran Province during 2009-2010. The experiment design consisted of three randomized complete blocks in a factorial arrangement. Investigated treatments consisted of the kind of phosphorus and cultivar. The phosphorus factor included of the application of triple super phosphate fertilizer and without seed inoculation, without fertilizer and without seed inoculation (control), seed inoculation and 100% P recommended, seed inoculation and 75% P recommended, seed inoculation and 50% P recommended, seed inoculation without fertilizer and cultivar factor included of S. C. 704 and 647. The application of 75% fertilizer and seed inoculation had the highest amount in the most of investigated characteristics. As regards forage quality, seed inoculation with %75 fertilizer showed the highest dry matter digestibility, crude protein and Water Soluble Carbohydrates, too. The present finding showed that phosphate-solubilizing microorganisms can improve crop yield.
Mona Soroori; Seyed MohammadReza Ehteshami; Mohammad Rebiyi; Kazem Khavazi
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In order to evaluate effect of Azotobacter chroococcum strains on yield, yield components and qualitative indices of winter rapeseed (Brassica napus L.), an experiment was conducted during 2009-2010 growing season at Research Institute of Rice in Rasht. The experimental design was completely randomized ...
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In order to evaluate effect of Azotobacter chroococcum strains on yield, yield components and qualitative indices of winter rapeseed (Brassica napus L.), an experiment was conducted during 2009-2010 growing season at Research Institute of Rice in Rasht. The experimental design was completely randomized block, with three replications. Investigated treatments were including control (without seed inoculation), seed inoculation with Azotobacter chroococcum strains 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 35 and 38. Results showed that Azotobacter chroococcum significantly affected on all traits. The highest of seed oil yield and K, P, Mg content caused by A. chroococcum strain 14. A. chroococcum strain 12 caused the highest of seed yield with average of 3532.43 kg/ha that hadn’t significant difference with strains 9 and 14. As A. chroococcum strain 12 caused the highest of seed yield components and N, Ca, oil seed content. Growth promoting hormones production, N2 fixation, mineral nutrients dissolubility such as phosphorus, siderophore production and kinds of antibiotics are the effect of Azotobacter chroococcum mechanisms that seems to be using at least one of these mechanisms is increased plant yield. Generally, A. chroococcum strain 12, A. chroococcum strain 14 and A. chroococcum strain 9 had more positive effect on traits compared with other strains. Results of this experiment showed the use of A. chroococcum increases yield and qualitative characteristics of rapeseed and therefore can be used as supplementary of chemical fertilizers.