Badani, Hana and Katzir, Ishay and Shemesh, David and Gera, Gavriel and Hovav, Ran and Segev, Aharon and Galili, Shmuel (2010) Influence of sowing date on yields of fresh-harvested Chickpea. Journal of Agricultural Science, 2 (4). pp. 83-88.
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Abstract
Chickpea is the main pulse crop in Israel, covering about 10 000 ha. In order to increase the cultivation area of<br />this crop, efforts have been made to develop agro-techniques for the fresh (immature green) harvesting chickpea.<br />The objective of this study was to determine the effects of five sowing dates on the fresh and dry yields of two<br />important Israeli chickpea cultivars, Zehavit and Bar. A field test conducted during the 2007-2008 winter season<br />employed a split-plot design, in which the first and the second factors were sowing date and cultivar,<br />respectively. The fresh yield, percentage of waste, expected fresh yield, intermediate dried yield and final dry<br />yield were calculated for each plot. Cultivar Zehavit was superior to cv. Bar in terms of all of these parameters,<br />except final dry yield. Thus, cv. Zehavit is the better cultivar for production of fresh-harvested chickpea, due to<br />its ability to produce high yields of fresh seed with a lower percentage of waste. Our results indicate that some<br />chickpea cultivars can be commercialized for production of the fresh-harvested crop in semi-arid climates
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Agronomy and Natural Resources Department, Agricultural Research Organization The Volcani Center, P.O.B. 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement Crop Improvement > Plant Breeding |
| Divisions: | Chickpea |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2011 04:54 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2011 04:56 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/1828 |
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