Reza Poorsatari; Shahryar Dashti; Sirous Hasan Nejad
Abstract
Weed identification and their distribution are the most important principals to weed managements. Therefore, the weeds of chickpea fields in rain-fed areas of Maragheh, North west Iran, were systematically sampled and the traits of species distribution, life cycle, canopy, species diversity and similarity ...
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Weed identification and their distribution are the most important principals to weed managements. Therefore, the weeds of chickpea fields in rain-fed areas of Maragheh, North west Iran, were systematically sampled and the traits of species distribution, life cycle, canopy, species diversity and similarity indices were studied. Convolvulus arvensis, Cardaria draba, Sophora alopecuroides, Acroptilon repens, Tragopogon graminifolius, Euphorbia helioscopia, Geranium tuberosum and Falcaria vulgaris had a high frequency among the weeds. Also diversity, uniformity and dominance of weed population were evaluated via Shannon-Wiener index and similarities and differences between various regions based on species diversity were evaluated using Sorensen - and Jaccard indices. Among the studied areas, the highest and lowest richness index was belonged to Khodajo (44 species) and Khorma Zard (28 species), respectively, whereas, the regions had the equal Shanon-Winener diversity index. Tragopogon graminifolius, Convolvulus arvensis and Galium tricornutum with relative dominance indices of 38.82, 32.92 and 28.39 respectively, were detected as dominant weeds in Maragheh chickpea fields.
Mahmoud Lotfi; Elham Ali abadi; Ali Rezvani; Reza Amiri
Volume 13, Issue 1 , August 2011, , Pages 65-74
Abstract
The effects of priming treatment using five osmotic solutions (PEG, manitol, KNO3, KH2PO4 and combination of two salts) in six osmotic potentials (-1 to -1.5 MPa) was studied on germination percentage, rate and uniformity of melon seeds. The best results were obtained with high concentrations of KNO3 ...
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The effects of priming treatment using five osmotic solutions (PEG, manitol, KNO3, KH2PO4 and combination of two salts) in six osmotic potentials (-1 to -1.5 MPa) was studied on germination percentage, rate and uniformity of melon seeds. The best results were obtained with high concentrations of KNO3 and lower concentrations of manitol. Mean germination time of melon seeds in 19°C was preceeded 36 to 48 hours and more uniformity observed but percent germination decayed a little (1-4 percent) reduced in some cases. In addition, storage of primed seeds in room temperature for four months reduced their quality lightly however major priming effects were conserved. In second trial which was done using KNO3 and manitol seeds were suspended in solutions freely or inside bags and also under temperatures 19°C and 22°C, the fastest germination was occurred using manitol inside bags and -1.5 MPa. Effects of priming were more abvious in lower temperatures and also lower potentials showed had better results for uniformity, consistantly.