Comparison winter and spring sowing dates and effect of plant density on yield, yield components and some quality, morphological traits of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under environmental condition of Urmia, Iran.

Valimohammadi, F. and Mehdi, T. and Ali, S. (2007) Comparison winter and spring sowing dates and effect of plant density on yield, yield components and some quality, morphological traits of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under environmental condition of Urmia, Iran. Journal of Agronomy, 6 (4). pp. 571-575.

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Abstract

A field experiment was carried out during 2005-2006 growing season to comparison winter and spring sowing dates and studies the effect of plant density on the yield, yield components and some quality, morphological traits of one local cultivar chickpea (ghazvin). The experiment comprised of three sowing dates viz. mid November, mid March and mid April, four planting densities viz., 30x7.5, 30x10, 30x15 and 30x20 cm that representing 45, 34, 23 and 17 plant m-2. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design, based on the completely randomized blocks. Results indicated that early sowing (mid November and mid March) crops produce higher yield as compare to mid April and plant density did not significantly affect on the yield. Also effect of sowing date and different plant density on the height plant, branch number per plant and 100 seed weight were not significant but highest number pod per plant attained in mid November sowing date at a density of 30x15 cm, the number of days to maturity was the highest in planted on mid March with a plant density of 30x20 cm and the highest seed protein content was obtained in planted on mid March at densities of 30x7.5 cm.

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Uremia University, Uremia, Iran
Subjects: Plant Production > Production Practices
Divisions: Chickpea
Depositing User: Mr T L Gautham
Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2010 16:22
Last Modified: 15 Dec 2010 16:22
Official URL: http://scialert.net/qredirect.php?doi=ja.2007.571....
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/1018

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