Donia Tari; Asad Rokhzadi
Abstract
This experiment was conducted to study the effects of sowing date and hydropriming on the yield of two cotton cultivars using a factorial experiment based on randomized complete block design in three replications at the Research Farm of Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch in 2013 growing season. ...
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This experiment was conducted to study the effects of sowing date and hydropriming on the yield of two cotton cultivars using a factorial experiment based on randomized complete block design in three replications at the Research Farm of Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch in 2013 growing season. The first factor was sowing date with three levels: April 29, May 13, and May 27. The second factor was hydropriming in two levels of control (without priming) and hydro-priming application and the third factor was cultivar with two levels of Paak and Varamin cultivars. Results showed that seed hydropriming at the first sowing date (April 29) significantly increased seed cotton yield in comparison with control (without priming), however hydropriming had no effects on seed cotton at the second and the third sowing dates. Varamin cultivar responded well to early planting and its yield at the first sowing date was significantly higher than that of Paak cultivar whereas there was no difference between two cultivars regarding seed cotton yield at the other sowing dates. Delay in sowing date and non-priming treatments resulted in a significant decrease in oil content of Paak cultivar, but had no significant effect on the oil content of Varamin cultivar.