Farzad Fardin; Behzad Sani; payam moaveni; Gholam Reza AfsharManesh; hamid mozaffari
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This experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the effect of water deficit irrigation on the agronomic characteristics of fodder sorghum cultivars in Kerman province. This experiment was carried out as a strip split-plot in a complete randomized block design with four replications in a research farm ...
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This experiment was conducted in order to evaluate the effect of water deficit irrigation on the agronomic characteristics of fodder sorghum cultivars in Kerman province. This experiment was carried out as a strip split-plot in a complete randomized block design with four replications in a research farm of agricultural research center of Jirof and Kahnooj, Kerman province, in 2019 and 2020. Drought stress as a vertical factor in four levels including without stress (irrigation after 80 mm evaporation from evaporation pan) as control, mild stress (irrigation after 110 mm evaporation from the evaporation pan), medium (irrigation after 140 mm evaporation) and sever (irrigation after 180 mm evaporation) and four sorghum cultivars including Spidfeed, Sugar graze, Jumbo and Pegah as a horizontal factor. The highest yield of fresh forage yield under non-stressed conditions (control) was observed in Spidfeed and Pegah (121.60 and 118.79 ton.ha-1, respectively). Also, Spidfeed and Pegah had the highest dry forage yield under non-stressed conditions (control) as 22.50 and 20.69 ton.ha-1, respectively. Also, the highest yield of dry forage in mild drought stress was observed in Pegah and Speedfeed varieties (15.30 and 14.88 ton.ha-1, respectively) and under medium drought stress in Pegah (11.12 ton.ha-1), whereas Spidfeed variety was superior to others for dry forage yield (7.42 ton.ha-1), in severe drought stress. Based on MP and STI indices, Spidfeed and Pegah cultivars with higher average of dry fodder yield were selected as the most suitable genotypes under drought stress conditions in Jiroft region of Kerman province.
Forough Fallahi; Vahid Abdossi; Mahmoud Bagheri; Marzieh Ghanbari Jahromi; Hamid Mozaffari
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In order to select suitable parents for breeding purposes, one must have sufficient knowledge of genetic diversity and germplasm classification. It was for this reason that a study was conducted in 2019 at the Seed and Plant Research Institute in Karaj in order to identify and classify 17 eggplant genotypes ...
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In order to select suitable parents for breeding purposes, one must have sufficient knowledge of genetic diversity and germplasm classification. It was for this reason that a study was conducted in 2019 at the Seed and Plant Research Institute in Karaj in order to identify and classify 17 eggplant genotypes based on the randomized complete block design. This stud measured 19 morphological traits such as number of days to flowering, plant height, number of stems per plant, number of nodes, and internodes, weight, and fruit yield as well as total phenol content, total anthocyanin content and glico-aldeid solasonin. The results of the analysis of variance revealed a significant difference for all the traits (p≤0.01). The range of variation showed great genetic diversity among cultivars, which can be useful for different breeding purposes, lower plant height to prevent dormancy. Greater number of stems and flowers are important to achieve higher yield, wherein 13321 genotypes showed lower height among genotypes. Cluster analysis classified the studied genotypes into three groups, and separated white eggplants from colored ones correctly. The PCA also confirmed the results of cluster analysis, showing that the color eggplants had more fruit yield, lower levels of solasonine, and lower days to maturity than white eggplants. However, the color eggplants that were used in this research were breeding cultivars; therefore, the use of breeding methods would be important to improve the quality and quantitative of eggplant genotypes.
Azam Fatemi; payam moaveni; Jahanfar Daneshian; hamid mozaffari; Mehdi Ghaffari
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The present study attempts to investigate the effect of Magnesium nanoparticle spraying solution on some morphophysiological traits of sunflower under experimental drought conditions. Hence, it conducts an experiment as split split plot in a randomized, completely block design, with three replicates ...
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The present study attempts to investigate the effect of Magnesium nanoparticle spraying solution on some morphophysiological traits of sunflower under experimental drought conditions. Hence, it conducts an experiment as split split plot in a randomized, completely block design, with three replicates at the field of oilseed section of seed and plant Improvement during 2017-2019 growing season. The treatments include drought stress at two levels: normal irrigation and drought stress. The studied sunflower cultivars include Farrokh, Shams, Qasem & Barzegar, and Magnesium nanoparticles application time at Three Levels: no spraying solution, spraying at flowering stage, and grain filling stage. Results show that drought stress reduces the amount of traits such as height, shoot dry weight, number of grains per head, 1000 grain weight, head diameter, grain yield, oil percentage, and oil yield; however, magnesium nanoparticle spraying solution improves the drought stress effect and increases morphological traits. Drought stress increases electrolyte leakage index and decreases relative water content of leaves by 13% and 9%, respectively. However, magnesium nanoparticles decrease the content of electrolyte leakage index by 9% and increase relative leaf water content by 10%. The cultivars’ response to stress levels has not been the same. In general, Barzegar, Shams, Qasem, and Farrokh cultivars show the highest tolerance to drought stress. Also the highest grain yield and oil percentage are related to Barzegar cultivar by 3427.53 kg/h and 43.96%, respectively.