siavash aryafar; Alireza Sirousmehr; Iesa khammari; Ahmad ghanbari; Esmaeil Seyedabadi
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In order to investigate the effect of tillage systems and the combination of chemical fertilizer and livestock manure on some characteristics of sunflower, an experiment was conducted as split plots in a randomized complete block design with three replications at the research farm of Zabol University ...
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In order to investigate the effect of tillage systems and the combination of chemical fertilizer and livestock manure on some characteristics of sunflower, an experiment was conducted as split plots in a randomized complete block design with three replications at the research farm of Zabol University in 2019. The main factor was tillage levels (1-reversible plow and disc, 2-sweep and disc, and 3-disc). The sub-factor included fertilizer levels (no fertilizer application, 100 kg/ha of diammonium phosphate, 25 tons/ha of livestock manure + 100 kg/ha of diamonium phosphate, 50 tons/ha of livestock manure + 100 kg/ha of diamonium phosphate, 25 tons/ha of livestock manure, 50 tons/ha of livestock manure). The results showed that the highest values were obtained from the 50 tons/ha of livestock manure in tillage with disk for grain yield (5072 kg/ha), and oil percentage (44.44 percent), 50 tons/ha of livestock manure in tillage with disc for oleic acid content (51.61 percent), and 50 tons/ha of livestock manure for linoleic acid content (31.1 percent). The highest amount of chlorophyll a, b and carotenoids (1.253, 0.45 and 1.04 mg/g, respectively) was obtained from the application of 100 kg/ha of diamonium phosphate in tillage with disc. In general, in order to increase and improve the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of sunflower, the application of 50 tons/ha of livestock manure was suitable in disc tillage conditions.
Babak Darvishi; Mehrdad Eshghi; Sarhad Bahrami; Hamid Nasiri; Rahmat Azad; Atefe Khandan; Rahman Bakhtar; abbas Norouzi
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Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) test is performed by Seed and Plant Certification and Registration Institute (SPCRI) or its legal representative according to articles 17-24 of second part of the executive regulations of the law on Registration of Plant Varieties. In this regard, in order to value ...
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Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) test is performed by Seed and Plant Certification and Registration Institute (SPCRI) or its legal representative according to articles 17-24 of second part of the executive regulations of the law on Registration of Plant Varieties. In this regard, in order to value for cultivation and use test of two imported chickpea cultivars (Araz and Goksu), an experiment set up based on complete randomized block design in three replications and four locations (Oshnavieh, Moghan, Saral and Kamyaran) during 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 . Results showed that the amount of chickpea seed yield in Oshnavieh location (temperate cold rejoin) was significantly higher than other studied locations (3365.5 kg.ha-1). Due to the significant interaction of cultivar × location on seed yield, different cultivars had the highest yield in different locations. The highest 100 seed weight belonged to Araz (39.11 gr), Goksu (37.04 gr) and Saeed (36.22 gr) cultivars. Goksu had the highest height of first pod (21.59 cm) and then came Hashem (20.13 cm), Araz (19.43 cm), Saeed (19.02 cm) and Mansour (18.08 cm). Goksu, Mansour and Saeed cultivars had longest physiological maturity period. The physiological maturity period in Araz and Areman cultivars was significantly shorter than the other studied cultivars. Araz and Goksu cultivars are considered as two suitable chickpea germplasm for cultivation in Iran due to their higher yield, higher 100 seed weight and higher first pod height.
Hadi asadpour; Saeid Hazrati; Amir reza Sadeghi-Bakhtvari; Bahman Pasban Eslam
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Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) reduce the effects of drought stress by altering some root properties and absorbing nutrients and water in plants. In order to evaluation the effect of AMF on some characteristics of spring safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.-cv. Sofeh) under water-deficit condition, ...
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Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) reduce the effects of drought stress by altering some root properties and absorbing nutrients and water in plants. In order to evaluation the effect of AMF on some characteristics of spring safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.-cv. Sofeh) under water-deficit condition, this experiment was carried out at research farm of the Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz in 2018. The experiment was done as a split plot in a completely randomized blocks design with three replications. The results showed that the highest petal yield under non-water stress was 281.6 kg/ha and the lowest stress from flowering stage to 197.3 kg/ha. In the control condition, the highest content of seed oil was 30.65% related to the seed inoculated with AMF. The highest oil yield was obtained from without stress with 1098.9 kg/ha, also in seed inoculated with fungus of 1107.8 kg/ha. The highest seed yield (4884.4 kg/ha) was obtained in the without water stress and inoculation of seeds and soil with AMF. In general, water stress leads to reduced yield and inoculation with AMF, especially inoculation of seeds and soil, yield of plants under water stress due to the positive effect on growth, improved nutrition and water uptake. Plants inoculated with AMF improved growth, yield and oil content under water stress conditions than non-inoculated plants.
Mohamad reza Kimiaei; Alireza Sirousmehr; Barat ALI Fakheri
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In order to investigate the effects of irrigation regimes and foliar silicon spraying on quantitative and physiological characteristics of borage (Borago officinalis), an experiment was conducted as split plot based on randomized complete block design with three replications in 2014 at the University ...
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In order to investigate the effects of irrigation regimes and foliar silicon spraying on quantitative and physiological characteristics of borage (Borago officinalis), an experiment was conducted as split plot based on randomized complete block design with three replications in 2014 at the University of Zabol research farm in Zahak. Treatments included: Irrigation regimes at three levels; (90, 70 and 50% FC) coprising the main-treatments and four levels of silicon sprying including spraying in the form of sodium silicate (Na2SiO3) (0, 2, 4 and 6 mM) as sub-treatments. The Results indicated highest amount of proline was obtained from the interaction of irrigation regime with 50% of field capacity, without the use of silicon at the rate of 0.7847 mg.g-1. Based on the results of average comparison, the highest amount of chlorophyll a (15.919 mg/g fresh weight), chlorophyll b (7.14 mg/g fresh weight), from the interaction of irrigation regime 70% of field capacity and application of 2 mM silicon, as well as number of flowers per plant, total dry yield of plant (520 kg.ha-1) and biological yield (1187 520 kg.ha-1) Per hectare), 70 and 50% of field capacity and application of 6 mM silicon were obtained from the interaction effect of irrigation regime, respectively. Overal results suggested that silicon application mitigate drought stress impact and led to increasing drought tolerance of borage. Since flower and flowering branches of plant has economic value, 4 mM silicon acid application recommended to obtain greatest flower yield under drought stress conditions.
mohsen zafaranieh
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In order, to evaluate the effects of planting date and plant density on phenology, seed yield and the essential oil quality of Guar an experiment was conducted during 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 growing seasons. The experiments were performed as split plot layout based on a randomized complete block design ...
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In order, to evaluate the effects of planting date and plant density on phenology, seed yield and the essential oil quality of Guar an experiment was conducted during 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 growing seasons. The experiments were performed as split plot layout based on a randomized complete block design with three replications. Different planting dates were considered as the main factor included 5th September to 5th February as monthly. Three plant densities were considered as sub-factor (20, 40 and 60 plants in a square meter). The required growing degree- day (GDD) from sowing to physiological maturity was between 1802.3 to 2347.9 °d on different planting dates. The highest GDD from sowing to physiological maturity observed on 5th May. The highest seed yield (3780 kg / ha) and galactomannan yield (1050 kg / ha), 100- seed weight (3.5 g) and the oil percentage (17.9%) were observed on 5th May + 40 plants per m2. by delaying planting time, 100- seed weight and oil percentage decreased and the seed yield (40%), galactomannan (68%) and the oil percentage (15%) were observed on September Therefore, it seems that the best time and density for planting Alyssum is 5th May and the density of 40 plants per m2.
saeedeh kermani poorbaghaei; Majid Pouryousef; Alireza yousefi; masoud rafie
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This study was carried out to assess yield, yield components and quality traits of dragon’s head )Lallemantia iberica L. ( ecotypes’ seeds grown using some anti-transpirant agents in rainfed system in two regions of Iran inc luding Karaj & Khorramabad in 2018. The experiment was performed ...
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This study was carried out to assess yield, yield components and quality traits of dragon’s head )Lallemantia iberica L. ( ecotypes’ seeds grown using some anti-transpirant agents in rainfed system in two regions of Iran inc luding Karaj & Khorramabad in 2018. The experiment was performed based on a randomized complete block design (RCBD)with a 4*3 factorial arrangement consisting of three replications. The first factor consists of four different ecotypes of dragon’s head)Kurdistan, Takab, Nazarkahrizi and Kalibar) and the second factor including three anti-transpirant compounds (kaolin with a concentration of 5 Percent, chitosan with a concentration of 1 Percent and Ista with a concentration of 2 Percent) and no anti-transpirant(control).The results indicated that the triple interaction of ecotypes, anti-transpirant and location on most of the studied traits was significant. Among anti-transpirant, chitosan had the greatest effect on cultivated ecotype & increased grain, biomass, oil and mucilage yields by 20, 4, 11, 18 Percent, respectively. Also, Nazarkahrizi, Kalibar, Kurdistan and Takab ecotypes cultivated in Karaj had the highest values in the studied traits under foliar application with anti-transpirant, respectively. According to the studies conducted in this study, the selection of a suitable ecotypes with the region and the use of antiperspirants improve the yield & yield components, quality traits of dragon’s head in rainfed cultivation conditions.
Babak Adouli; Bijan Moradi; Mohammad Ali Shiri; Masoumeh Kiaeshkevarian
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Preharvest citrus fruit splitting is a physiological disorder that causes significant damage to producers of susceptible cultivars by reducing the amount of crop available on the market. Proper management of tree nutrition and special attention to the three key elements of potassium, calcium and boron, ...
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Preharvest citrus fruit splitting is a physiological disorder that causes significant damage to producers of susceptible cultivars by reducing the amount of crop available on the market. Proper management of tree nutrition and special attention to the three key elements of potassium, calcium and boron, which are involved in the strength of cell walls and fruit peel flexibility, can be effective in reducing the fruit splitting severity. Therefore, an experiment was carried out in the Ramsar (Citrus and Subtropical Fruits Research Center) during 2018 and 2019 to investigate the effects of foliar application of 1.0% potassium nitrate, 1.0% calcium nitrate and 0.5% boric acid at the end of June drop on reducing the severity of splitting and some fruit traits of Page mandarin. This study was performed according to a combined analysis in time with two factors including years of experimentation and different treatments of foliar application of nutrients, based on randomized complete block design with three replications. The results showed that treatments especially 1.0% potassium nitrate reduced preharvest fruit splitting and increased the yield and improved the quantitative and qualitative fruit traits, whereas had no significant effect on the activity of polygalacturonase enzyme, cell density of blossom-end and navel diameter. Overall, foliar application of nutrients, especially 1.0% potassium nitrate, could be suggested as an effective approach to controlling preharvest fruit splitting and increasing the quantity and quality of Page mandarin fruit.
Amirali Mohammadi; Mehdi Hadadinejad; hosein sadeghi; Kamran Ghasemi
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Blackberry is a temperate plant that can also be grown in the greenhouse for off-season fruit production as well as greater profit. This study is conducted as a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design with three replications as a pot inside the soil. The first factor has been the cultivar ...
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Blackberry is a temperate plant that can also be grown in the greenhouse for off-season fruit production as well as greater profit. This study is conducted as a factorial experiment in a completely randomized design with three replications as a pot inside the soil. The first factor has been the cultivar (early, intermediate, and late) and the second one is the nutrition program at six levels of NPK(N0P0K0(control), N0P0K0, N50P0K25, N50P0K50, N50P25K50, and N50P12.5K25 kg/ha), applied as fertigation. Results show that the use of nutrients release the highest amount of nitrogen and potassium in the late cultivar. The highest shoot length and chlorophyll index belong to N50P0K25 treatment. Furthermore, blackberry’s response to different ratios of nutrients for shoot fresh weight in different cultivars show a different trend; however, the highest shoot fresh weight occurs in late cultivar in both N50P0K0 and N50P0K50 treatments. Results also show that maximum yield in early and intermediate cultivars in N50P0K25 treatment and in treatment with phosphorus (N50P25K50) could be observed in the late cultivar. The highest amount of soluble solids in early cultivar and N50P0K25 treatment belong to 12.9 Brixo. In general, though the use of NPK nutrients is effective in most studied traits, the role of N and K in improving the vegetative and reproductive traits in blackberry has been especially tangible for the two early and intermediate cultivars.
Asma Aslani; Mahroo Mojtabaie Zamani
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In order to investigate the possibility of reducing the negative effects of late-season heat stress using phosphate-solubilizing bacteria, this experiment is carried out as split factorial based on a complete randomized block design with three replications in a farm located in Haftkol city under the ...
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In order to investigate the possibility of reducing the negative effects of late-season heat stress using phosphate-solubilizing bacteria, this experiment is carried out as split factorial based on a complete randomized block design with three replications in a farm located in Haftkol city under the supervision of Ramhormoz Islamic Azad University, during the growing season 2016-2017. The main factor consists of planting date in two levels (22 November and 2 January) and the sub factors as a factorial consisted of five bread wheat cultivars (Chamran2, Mehregan, Sirvan, Shush and Barat) and of two levels application of phosphate solubilizing bacteria (inoculation and without inoculation). The results show that with a delay in planting and occurrence of heat stress in grain filling period, grain yield, biological yield, harvest index, and effective grain filling period are decreased and grain filling rate is increased. Also, the reaction intensity has varied depending on the cultivar. Mehregan cultivar has high yield in both planting dates and in the delayed planting date with the highest increase in grain filling rate and the lowest decrease in number of seeds per spike, had the highest grain yield and harvest index. By inoculating the seeds with bacteria, on both planting dates, on average, the number of seeds per spike is increased by 4.6%, grain yield by 7.6%, and biological yield by 7%, but the interaction effect between planting date, cultivar and bacteria on yield and its related traits is not significant. Therefore, the effect of phosphate solubilizing bacteria on mitigating the effect of heat stress is not proven and the positive effect of bacteria is the same on both planting dates. Overall, in this study, higher ability to increase grain filling speed and maintain more grain number per spike are identified as two important traits for achieving higher grain yield under late-season heat stress conditions.
Amir hooshang Jalali; Ahmad Mousapour Gorji
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The phenomenon of reduced potato yield have increased in recent years under adverse conditions, such as water stress. The effects of water stress on yield and yield component of three potato cultivars have been evaluated in this study during 2019 growing season. This investigation has been arranged as ...
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The phenomenon of reduced potato yield have increased in recent years under adverse conditions, such as water stress. The effects of water stress on yield and yield component of three potato cultivars have been evaluated in this study during 2019 growing season. This investigation has been arranged as split-plot experiment, based on a randomized complete block design with three replications at Rozveh Agricultural Research Station (Chadegan, Isfahan, Iran). The main-plots are assigned to irrigation levels (75% and 100% field capacity) and sub-plots to potato cultivars (Marfona, Agria, and Atousa). To ensure the initial establishment of the plant and prevent severe crop failure, one additional irrigation has been performed at the establishment stage, with two supplementary irrigations performed at the tuber initiation stage for all plots. There has been a significant interaction between irrigation level and cultivars for tuber yields (α<%1) as well as other traits (α<%5). In water stress conditions, yield and water use efficiency of Atousa, new cultivar, are more than the other cultivars. Marketable yield of Atousa cultivar is about 40% higher than Marfona and Agria cultivars. The new cultivar produces 6.53 kg of tubers per cubic meter of water, while water use efficiency for Marfona and Agria is only 4.82 and 5.02 kg m-3, respectively. In conclusion, it is suggested that Atusa cultivar in both water stress and in normal conditions is more suitable for cultivation in the study area than in Marfona and Agria cultivars.
Maryam Rahimi Jahangirlou; Gholam Akbari; Iraj Allah dadi; Saeid Soufizadeh; Maryam Rahimi Jahangirlou
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Studies to assess quality of dent maize grain are noteworthy because of its wide use as food, feed and ethanol production. This study aimed to evaluate the concentration and composition of starch and oil in maize grain in response to different cultivars (KSC704 and KSC260), planting dates (20 June and ...
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Studies to assess quality of dent maize grain are noteworthy because of its wide use as food, feed and ethanol production. This study aimed to evaluate the concentration and composition of starch and oil in maize grain in response to different cultivars (KSC704 and KSC260), planting dates (20 June and 21 July), irrigation (12-day and 6-day intervals) and nitrogen (0 and 184 kg N ha-1) rate as the strip-plot factorial statistical model during the 2018 growing season in Pakdasht county of Iran. The results suggested that nitrogen application increased grain yield by one tonnes ha-1. In addition, KSC260 had higher grain yield than KSC704 by 0.96 tonnes ha-1. All compositional variables except stearic acid were affected by the interaction effect of irrigation and nitrogen rate. In low irrigated treatments, nitrogen application reduced the amount of oil, palmitic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and linolenic acid. In low irrigated condition, nitrogen application had no effect on increasing the concentration of starch and amylopectin. The use of nitrogen fertilizer reduced the amount of stearic acid by 0.05 g kg-1. In conclusion, the balance between irrigation and nitrogen utilization seems to be important for improving the oil and starch properties of maize grain.
kamel sajed gollojeh; Saeid Khomari; parisa sheikhzadeh mosadegh; naser sabaghnia; mehdi mohebodini
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The present research is carried out to study the effects of foliar application of Nano material and Salicylic acid (SA) on some agronomy, yield, and yield components of spring rapeseed under different water limitation treatments. For this subject an experiment has been conducted as split plot based on ...
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The present research is carried out to study the effects of foliar application of Nano material and Salicylic acid (SA) on some agronomy, yield, and yield components of spring rapeseed under different water limitation treatments. For this subject an experiment has been conducted as split plot based on a randomized complete block design with four replications at the research fields of Faculty of Agriculture and natural resource of Mohaghegh Ardabili University, during 2017 and 2018 growing years. Water limitation treatments include full irrigation (control), irrigation termination at stem elongation, flowering and seed formation stages, and foliar spray of Nano-Material in form of Nano-silicon dioxide (nSiO2) at three levels of zero (control), 60, and 300 mg.L-1 as well as salicylic acid (SA) at three levels of zero (control), 0.5, and 2.5 mM. The results of combined analysis show that the effect of year has been significant on main branch and sub branches number per plant, number of pod per plant, number of seed per pod, and seed yield traits. Water limitation has decreased all studied treats, so the foliar application improves growth traits, yield, and yield components of rapeseed plants. The highest seed yields have been 2705 and 3271 kg.h-2, in first and second experiment years, respectively, which are from applying 300 mg.L-1 with 0.5 nSiO2 and/or 2.5 mM of SA at normal irrigation (control treatment). The lowest rate belongs to non-foliar application especially at irrigation termination at stem elongation, flowering stages.
Saeid Davazdahemami; Shekofe Enteshari; Marzyeh Allahdadi; shahram yasmani
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In order to investigate the effect of irrigation water salinity on some characteristics of Ajowan (Carum copticum L. C.B. Clarke), a field experiment has been conducted in a completely randomized design with 3 replications in Isfahan, Iran during 2013. The treatments involve different levels of saline ...
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In order to investigate the effect of irrigation water salinity on some characteristics of Ajowan (Carum copticum L. C.B. Clarke), a field experiment has been conducted in a completely randomized design with 3 replications in Isfahan, Iran during 2013. The treatments involve different levels of saline water, namely 2.5 (control), 6, 9, and 18 dS.m-1. The determined traits include the yield, biochemical parameters, mineral contents, and seed essential oil content and quality. Results show that increasing salinity decreases biological yield and seed yield. Changes in essential oil components, caused by salinity, have been low, showing no specific trend. The major compound in the seed essential oil of C. capticum is thymol (56.1% to 61.2% of the essential oil). The highest concentration of total protein (root: 3.6 and shoot: 8.2 mg g-1 DW) is assigned to the control treatment, dropping significantly as salinity levels rise. Increasing salinity enhances the amount of proline and reducing sugars so that the highest amount of root proline, equal to 12 mg g-1 FW, and reducing sugars (root: 30.5 and shoot: 62 mg g-1 DW) comes from salinity of 18 dS.m-1. Increasing salinity levels raises the amount of phenolic compounds in the shoot, though this increase has not been considerable. The treatment of 18 dS.m-1 has had the lowest concentration of K+ (root: 5 and shoot: 22 mg g-1 DW) and the highest concentration of Na+ (root: 54 and shoot: 64 mg g-1 DW).It can be concluded that by increasing salinity levels, the amount of resistant osmolytes rises.
Mohamad Nikbakht,; Mahmood solouki; Mehdi Aran
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In order to study the effects of foliar application of nitrogen with nano-and urea chemical fertilizers on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of bitter apple, an experiment has been conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications at the Agricultural Institute, University ...
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In order to study the effects of foliar application of nitrogen with nano-and urea chemical fertilizers on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of bitter apple, an experiment has been conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications at the Agricultural Institute, University of Zabol during 2019.Theexperimental treatment includes foliar application of nano-N (1000 and 2000 mg/l), urea (1% and 2%), and control. Results show that foliar application of N has had a significant effect on yield and number of fruit per bush, and shoot length, whereas it has had no effect on fruit average weight, fruit length and diameter. The highest yield per bush belongs to nano-N at 2000 mg/l concentration (961.08g) and urea at 2% concentration (864.66g) and, the highest amount of fruit number per bush (12) is found in nano-N at 2000 mg/l concentration. The highest weight of 100 seeds and seed protein are obtained from the foliar application of nano-N at concentration of 2000 mg/l and urea at 2% concentration. Seed phenol content, seed soluble carbohydrates, and oil percentage have been reduced by applying nitrogen treatments to the control. Foliar application of N has increased leaf N concentration, while having no effect on the leaf concentrations of P, K, and Zn. Given that in most measured quantitative and qualitative traits, the application of nano-N fertilizer at 2000 mg/l concentration shows better results than other treatments, this treatment can be recommended to reduce economic and environmental costs.
Faezeh Heidari; Jalal Jalilian; esmaeil gholinezhad
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This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of foliar application different nano-fertilizers on modulating negativeeffectsof salt stress on quinoa, in factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with three replications in the research farm of Urmia University in the pot during ...
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This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of foliar application different nano-fertilizers on modulating negativeeffectsof salt stress on quinoa, in factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with three replications in the research farm of Urmia University in the pot during 2018. The first factor was salinity of irrigation water using (Lake Urmia water at three levels: 0, 16 and 32 dS/m and the second factor was nano-fertilizers at five levels: calcium, silicon, zinc, potassium and control (no foliar application). The results showed that salinity stress caused negative effects on all traits affecting quinoa growth. The highest decrease in traits was observed in salinity stress of 32 dS/m. Salinity stress of 32 and 16 dS/m compared to control decreased plant height (20 and 17%), inflorescence number (48 and 36%), root volume (44 and 40%), main root length (41 and 23%), root dry weight (68 and 30%), relative leaf water content (26 and 13%), chlorophyll index (15 and 7%) and 1000-seed weight (31 and 23%), respectively; but increased ionic leakage by 14 and 6%, respectively. Foliar application with nano-fertilizer compared to control increased the yield, yield components and morphological traits. The highest seed yield was obtained under optimum conditions and severe salinity stress (32 dS/m) by foliar application with nano-fertilizer of zinc and silicon, respectively. Under severe salinity stress, foliar application with nano-fertilizer of silicon compared to non-foliar application increased the dry weight of inflorescences, total dry weight and seed yield by 35%, 16% and 43%, respectively, and moderated the effects of salinity stress. Foliar application with nano-fertilizer via enhancing chlorophyll index, relative leaf water content and improving root characteristics, led to increase yield and seed yield components of quinoa. Therefore, it seems that foliar application of nano-fertilizers is suitable to improve the yield of quinoa especially in salinity stress conditions.
Yonus Mohammad Nezhad; Majid Basirat; Hossein HajiAbaee; Benjamin Torabi
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In the fields around Golestan dam, crop rotation is not performed, putting the soil fertility at risk. This experiment aims at evaluating the nutritional status of the region’s soils and determining the need for fertilizer with emphasis on macronutrients. The fertilizer requirement of these soils ...
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In the fields around Golestan dam, crop rotation is not performed, putting the soil fertility at risk. This experiment aims at evaluating the nutritional status of the region’s soils and determining the need for fertilizer with emphasis on macronutrients. The fertilizer requirement of these soils in 2017-2018 has been determined, using the QUEFTS model. At first, 30 fields in the Golestan dam region, irrigated by the dam itself, have been chosen. In each field, a small section has been selected as a non-fertilized one. All agronomic practices have been done in accordance with conventional farmers' method. From each field (fertilized and non-fertilized), five one-meter squared quadrats have been used to cut off the crop and the grain yield and non-grain yield, and measure its N, P, and K concentration. Results reveal that the mean value of N, P, and K uptake by shoots have been 54, 19.5, and 98 kg/ha, respectively, with the average grain yield being 4150 kg/ha in farmers' field. For 1000 kg of grain production per hectare, one requires 13, 4.5, and 22 kg of N, P, and K, respectively. Therefore, according to the proper validation results of the QUEFTS model, it is recommended to apply 325 kg/ha urea fertilizer, 195 kg/ha triple super phosphate fertilizer, and 60 kg/ha potassium sulfate fertilizer to produce about 5000 kg/ha wheat grain in this area.
Seyed Morteza Zahedi; Rahmatollah Gholami; Mahdieh Karimi; Hojattollah gholami
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Sunburn is one of the important factors, limiting pomegranate production, especially in regions with hot summers. Since exogenous application of kaolin can increase tolerance to some environmental stresses by improving metabolic pathways and increasing net photosynthesis, this paper studies the effect ...
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Sunburn is one of the important factors, limiting pomegranate production, especially in regions with hot summers. Since exogenous application of kaolin can increase tolerance to some environmental stresses by improving metabolic pathways and increasing net photosynthesis, this paper studies the effect of kaolin spraying on some pomological and biochemical characteristics of commercial pomegranate cultivars in Rijab region (Kermanshah province). Accordingly, it carries out a factorial experiment, based on a RCBD, which is consisted of three concentrations of kaolin (i.e., 0 (distilled water), 3%, and 6%) as well as two pomegranate cultivars (Malas Torsh & Yosef-Khani) with three replications. Results show that in both cultivars, kaolin treatment at 6% concentration improves fruit weight, the length and width of aril and fruit, aril weight, and the yield. In addition, fruits of both pomegranate trees with kaolin treatment at both concentrations, especially at 6% concentration, show increased soluble solids, fruit juice, and total phenol content. Despite the different morphological and biochemical reactions in the two cultivars, one of the cultivars could be used in accordance to different purposes and conditions. In addition, a high concentration of kaolin reduces sunburn and cracking of pomegranate fruits in both cultivars, increasing yield per hectare. This treatment can serve as a suitable method to reduce physiological disorders in pomegranate growing areas such as Rijab region.
Hassan Nouriyani
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In order to investigate the effect of different levels of nitrogen on some grain storage compounds and quantitative and qualitative yield of three sunflower cultivars, an experiment was carried out as split plots based on randomized complete block design with four replications in Dezful region during ...
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In order to investigate the effect of different levels of nitrogen on some grain storage compounds and quantitative and qualitative yield of three sunflower cultivars, an experiment was carried out as split plots based on randomized complete block design with four replications in Dezful region during 2017-2018. In this research, four levels of nitrogen fertilizer (0, 60, 120 and 180 kg ha-1 N) were considered as the main factor and three sunflower cultivars (Ghasem, Record and Progress) as a sub factor. The results showed that increasing nitrogen consumption reduced the percentage of oil, percentage of stearic acid and linoleic acid percentage but, protein percentage, oleic acid and palmitic acid percentage increased significantly. There were significant differences between different cultivars in grain yield and oil content where Qasem cultivar had the highest grain yield (3920 kg ha-1) and oil (1860 kg ha-1) with the consumption of 180 kg ha-1 N. Also, the results indicated that the highest correlation of grain yield with the studied traits belonged to oil yield (r=0.97**) followed by protein content (r=0.85**) and the lowest to linoleic acid (r=-0.58*). In general, it can be stated that more nitrogen consumption has been effective in increasing the quality and quantity of sunflower and Qasim cultivar had a higher ability to absorb nitrogen in order to increase yield per unit area.
Kamal Sadat Asilan
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A factorial experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications at research fields of Faculty of Agriculture of Tarbiat Modares University, during 2017-2018 growing season. Treatments consisted of three different levels of salinity stress (control), salinity of 5 and ...
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A factorial experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications at research fields of Faculty of Agriculture of Tarbiat Modares University, during 2017-2018 growing season. Treatments consisted of three different levels of salinity stress (control), salinity of 5 and 10 dS.m-1) and two levels of calcium silicate (control and foliar application of 8 kg.ha-1) which salinity stress was applied from the beginning of flowering and the calcium silicate was applied at flowering time, and dry weight of the plant, grain yield, yield components, harvest index, oil yield, oil percentage and greenness were evaluated. Foliar application of calcium silicate had positive effects on the all of the traits in both Zarfam and Sarigol cultivars and it increased yield in rapeseed. On the other hand, it was observed that Sarigol had a higher amount in number of pods, number of seeds per pod, 1000 grain weight, harvest index, oil percentage, oil yield and greenness index than the Zarfam. Zarfam had the maximum plant dry weight. In addition, it was observed that salinity stress at 5 and 10 dS.m-1 had negative effects on all studied traits in present study. In general, salinity stress reduced the yield and yield components of rapeseed and the use of calcium silicate reduced the negative effects of salinity stress in both Zarfam and Sarigol cultivars and Sarigol cultivar had more resistance than Zarfam cultivar to salt stress and it used more effectively from calcium silicate.
Sakineh Abdi
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To investigate the effects of different intercropping arrangement on fenugreek and savory yield and essential oil. An experiment based on randomized complete block design (RCBD) was conducted with three replications. Treatments included different row intercropping systems; 1+1, 1+2, 2+1, 2+2, 1+3, 3+1 ...
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To investigate the effects of different intercropping arrangement on fenugreek and savory yield and essential oil. An experiment based on randomized complete block design (RCBD) was conducted with three replications. Treatments included different row intercropping systems; 1+1, 1+2, 2+1, 2+2, 1+3, 3+1 (savory+fenugreek) and sole cropping fenugreek and savory. Results revealed that fenugreek yield in sole cropping is significantly higher than that of intercropping system. The highest percentage of fenugreek grain protein, savory dry weight, savory essential oil percentage and essential oil yield was obtained in 1 row savory+1 row fenugreek. The highest fenugreek essential oil yield was achieved in sole cropping and 1 row savory+3 row fenugreek. Among the used intercropping treatments, the highest intercropping advantage (IA) (1.29) was obtained in 1 row savory+3 row fenugreek. The maximum land equivalent ratio (LER) values (1.94) was obtained in 1 row savory+1 row fenugreek, indicating yield improvement in intercropping systems by 94 percent as compared with sole cropping. According to the yield and agronomic and economic benefits, it seems that 1 row savory+1 row fenugreek is suitable for increasing the income of farmers and land use efficiency.
Zeinab Rafie-rad; Ahmad Golchin; Yahya Tajvar; Javad Fatahi-moghadam
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Considering the limited water resources in Iran, utilization of modern methods of water conservation and preservation, such as the application of superabsorbent polymers in the soil, is one of the confront approaches of water deficit. For this purpose, in order to investigate the effect of superabsorbent ...
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Considering the limited water resources in Iran, utilization of modern methods of water conservation and preservation, such as the application of superabsorbent polymers in the soil, is one of the confront approaches of water deficit. For this purpose, in order to investigate the effect of superabsorbent on vegetative and reproductive growth of Page Mandarin in drought stress condition, a factorial experiment bases on the completely randomized design with three replications was conducted in 2016 at the Citrus and Subtropical Fruits Research Center of Ramsar. Factors were consisted of three levels of water stress (100, 75 and 50% of field capacity) and superabsorbent (0, 0.25 and 0.5% wt). The results showed that by increasing of water stress, amounts of electrolyte leakage, proline, fruit cracking and titratable acidity were increased. As well as 50% of field capacity level, 0.5% superabsorbent application was caused significantly increase leaf relative water content, total chlorophyll content, leaf water potential 60%, 15%, 23% and 87.5% and decrease electrolyte leakage and total soluble solids 65% and 22% respectively, compared with condition of treatment without applying superabsorbent. So, it seems that superabsorbent can increase the plant tolerance in counteracting moisture stress by maintaining unusable water.
Abasalt Rostami Ajirloo; Ebrahim Amiri
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In order to investigate the effect of potassium nano fertilizer on soybean growth under cutting irrigation condition, an experiment was carried out as split plots arrangement based on completely randomized block design with three replications in Moghan plain at 2015 and 2016 cropping seasons. The main ...
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In order to investigate the effect of potassium nano fertilizer on soybean growth under cutting irrigation condition, an experiment was carried out as split plots arrangement based on completely randomized block design with three replications in Moghan plain at 2015 and 2016 cropping seasons. The main factor included four levels of irrigation normal irrigation, cutting irrigation during vegetative phase, cutting irrigation during flowering phase and cutting irrigation during grain filling phase and a sub factor included three levels of potassium nano fertilizer five, 10 and 15 kg per hectare. The results showed that at all stages of irrigation, the use of potassium nano fertilizer reduced the effect of drought stress. So that the greatest seed yield and yield components under normal irrigation and off-irrigation conditions were obtained with use of 15 kg / ha of potassium nano fertilizer. Also, the highest plant height (66 cm), the distance between the first pod of ground (20 cm), number of leaves per plant (345) and the number of lateral branches (19.66) in normal irrigation treatment with consumption 15 kg of potassium nano fertilizer was obtained and the least of them was obtained in irrigation cut during vegetative phase with use of 5 kg/ha of potassium nano fertilizer. According to the results, it can be concluded that using 15 kg / ha of potassium nano fertilizer can reduce the effects of drought stress on yield, especially in seed filling stage in soybean plant, by 15%.
Nabi Khaliliaqdam; Rojan Hasani; Toraj Mir Mahmoudi
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Meta-analysis is compressive science and statistical analysis of a large content statistical results of different studies in order to the organization of findings. In this study, the effects of some agricultural operations were studied on grain yield, biological yield and harvest index of wheat. The ...
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Meta-analysis is compressive science and statistical analysis of a large content statistical results of different studies in order to the organization of findings. In this study, the effects of some agricultural operations were studied on grain yield, biological yield and harvest index of wheat. The treatments were included soil tillage, nitrogen fertilizer, salt stress, hydro-priming, osmopriming, hormopriming, and physical priming which tested using Hedges method. Therefore, the studies that have control treatment and other treatments, after the weighting of value of traits, effect size, and reaction relation and confidence range estimated. Meta-analysis results showed that nitrogen fertilizer in ranges of 50-250kg/ha caused increasing in grain yield, biological yield, and harvest index. The highest grain yield and biological yield achieved in 125-150 kg/ha and the most harvest index obtained in 230-250 kg/ha. Secondary, tillage in both of fields (irrigated and dry farming) decreased grain yield, biologic yield, and harvest index, so a reduction in dry farming was serious. The lowest (21.15%) and the highest (76.41%) of reduction in wheat production (grain yield) obtained in 4-6 and 12-16 ds/m.s, respectively. Outcomes also showed that hydro-priming, osmopriming, hormopriming have positive effects on grain yield, biologic yield, and harvest index, so that hydro priming increased biologic operation (23%), grain yield (16%) and harvest index (19%). Furthermore, osmopriming had 30% increasing effect in biologic yield and it was to 50% and 59% in biologic operation and seed operation while this effect has caused the small amount of 1% increase in harvest index. The influence of physical priming on characteristics was not significant and it just led to 3% increase grain yield. Overall, concludes emphasis on consuming 125-150kg/ha N, notice to results of replacing secondary tillage with current tillage in dry farming, advice to planting in soils and irrigation with salinity<4 µs/m.s, positive effects of hormo, hydro and osmopriming, as well as expressing of the goodness of meta-analysis method to detect and finalize the positive and negative effects of these different treatments on the production of wheat.
Sajad Sheikhpour; Alireza Sirousmehr; Barat Ali Fakheri
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In order to study the effects of nitrogen rates and nitroxin inoculation levels on quantitative traits of borage, a field experiment was conducted as split plots arrangement based on a randomized complete block design with three replications during growing season 2011-2012. Treatments consisted of four ...
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In order to study the effects of nitrogen rates and nitroxin inoculation levels on quantitative traits of borage, a field experiment was conducted as split plots arrangement based on a randomized complete block design with three replications during growing season 2011-2012. Treatments consisted of four nitrogen rates (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg/ha) and three nitroxin amounts (0, 0.5 L/ha Seed inoculation and 0.5 L/ha as a foliar application) which were allocated to main plots and sub plots, respectively. Result indicated that the treatments had significant effects on plant height, stem height, number of leaves, number of flowers per plant, number of branches, the yield of inflorescence and total dry yield of borage. The highest plant was related 100 kg/ha nitrogen + seed inoculation and the lowest value was achieved control. There was a significant interaction between nitrogen and nitroxin due to most traits. The highest inflorescence yield (1168.11 kg/ha) and yield of the plant (9294.01 kg/ha) were achieved by using 100kg/ha nitrogen + seed inoculation, which was 50% higher than the control.
Mohammad Ghasem Jami; Amir Ghalavand; Seyed Ali Mohammad Modares Sanavy
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To decrease the use of chemical fertilizers and improving the yield and yield components of sunflower, a field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm of Tarbiat Modares University in 2014 and 2105. Three irrigation regimes (irrigation after depleting 40, 60 and 80% of soil water at field capacity ...
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To decrease the use of chemical fertilizers and improving the yield and yield components of sunflower, a field experiment was conducted at the Research Farm of Tarbiat Modares University in 2014 and 2105. Three irrigation regimes (irrigation after depleting 40, 60 and 80% of soil water at field capacity (FC)), three soil fertility systems (100% farmyard manure (35% chicken manure + 65% sheep manure), 50% farmyard manure + 50% chemical fertilizer and 100% chemical fertilizer (urea)) and three zeolite rates (0, 5 and 10 ton ha-1) were studied in a split factorial arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications, with irrigation regimes as the main plots, and factorial combination of the other two factors as the subplots. Over two experimental years, there were significant increases in grain yield and water use efficiency by applying either 100% farmyard manure (28.2 + 14.6 ton sheep + chicken manure ha-1, respectively) or integrated fertilizer (14.1 + 7.3 ton sheep + chicken manure ha-1, respectively plus 65 kg urea ha-1) with 5 or 10 ton zeolite ha-1 under all irrigation treatments. Based on the results, irrigation after depleting 40% of soil water at FC was revealed as a most performance of all treatment combinations. The highest oil and protein concentrations of grain were obtained with zeolite application under non-stress conditions. Chemical fertilizer application increased grain protein concentration, while organic manure increased grain oil concentration.