soheila javahery; hossein zarei; alireza movahedi naeini; ghorban ali roshani
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One of the most important factors in lawn establishment is the culture bed. In the present work, weevaluated the effect of some culture beds (1-leaf mold (LM), 2-rice husk (RH), 3-manure, 4-spentmushroom compost (SMC), 5-mixture of LM, RH and SMC (M 1), 6-mixture of LM, RH and M (M 2),with the ratio ...
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One of the most important factors in lawn establishment is the culture bed. In the present work, weevaluated the effect of some culture beds (1-leaf mold (LM), 2-rice husk (RH), 3-manure, 4-spentmushroom compost (SMC), 5-mixture of LM, RH and SMC (M 1), 6-mixture of LM, RH and M (M 2),with the ratio of 1:1:1 for both mixtures, along with 7-control treatment in three compactness levels (rollwith 36, 56 and 76 kg weights) on some growth factors of sport lawn during spring. Therefore, anexperiment carried out during 2008-9 in the research farm of Gorgan University of Agricultural Scienceand Natural Resources in strip plots design with three replications. According to obtained results, theinteractions of fertilizer and compactness treatments for some of the measured traits were significant. Thehighest and the lowest chlorophyll content and plant height in all three compactness levels were observedin M2 and control treatments, respectively. Furthermore, in all three compactness levels, the highest drymatter devoted to control treatment and the lowest one was observed in M2 and manure treatment. In caseof lawn coverage rate, density and greenness, the interaction of fertilizer and compactness treatments wasinsignificant and SMC and M2 showed the highest coverage rate and greenness respectively. Inconclusion, organic materials have to be considered as one of the important factors as a result of theirstructural effect on soil physicochemical and biological features.
Ebrahim Zeinali; Afshin Soltani; Mohammad Khadempir; Mahmood Tourani; Fatemeh Sheikh
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Gorgan is one of the most important regions for faba bean (Vicia faba L.) production in Iran. However, there is no enough quantitative information about the various aspects of production management of this crop plant. To investigate the effects of inter-row spacing, cultivar and seeding date on the yield ...
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Gorgan is one of the most important regions for faba bean (Vicia faba L.) production in Iran. However, there is no enough quantitative information about the various aspects of production management of this crop plant. To investigate the effects of inter-row spacing, cultivar and seeding date on the yield of green pod and grain, this experiment was carried out at research farm of Gorgan University of agricultural sciences in 2011-2012 growing season. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design as split-plot factorial with four replications. Inter-row spacing (30, 45 and 60 cm) and factorial of planting dates (15 Nov. and 23 Dec. 2011) and cultivars (Barakat and French) were arranged in main- and sub-plots, respectively. The results indicated non-significant effect of cultivar and the significant (P = 0.01) effects of seeding date, inter-row spacing and their interactions on the grain, green pod and biological yields, and pod number per plant, while the effects of cultivars were not significant, statistically. Based on the obtained results, any increase in inter-row spacing or delaying in planting of faba bean will reduce the grain, green pod and biological yields. The maximum yield of green pods and grain yield (21753 and 4530 kg ha-1, respectively) produced in normal planting date (15 Nov.) and 30 cm inter-row spacing. In contrast, the lowest grain and green pod yield (2527 and 13041 kg ha-1, respectively) obtained from delayed planting date (23 Dec.) and 60 cm inter-row spacing.