Effects of water supply on field performance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars

Ghassemi-Golezani, K. and Ghassemi, S. and Bandehhagh, A. (2013) Effects of water supply on field performance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars. International journal of Agronomy and Plant Production, 4 (1). pp. 94-97.

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Abstract

In order to investigate the effects of water supply (I1, I2, I3 and I4: irrigation after 70, 100, 130 and 160 mm evaporation from class A pan, respectively) on yield and yield components of three chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars (Azad, Arman and Jame), a split plot experiment (using randomized complete block design) with three replications was conducted in 2012. Pods per plant, grains per plant, 100 grains weight, biological yield, grain yield and harvest index decreased with decreasing water supply. Azad was a superior cultivar in grains per pod, 100 grain weight, plant biomass, grain yield and harvest index, compared with Arman and Jam. The superiority of Azad in grain yield was more evident under normal irrigation conditions. Differences between Arman and Jam in grains per pod, 100 grains weight and biological yield were not significant. Therefore, yield and yield components of chickpea can be reduced under water stress, depending on the severity of stress and cultivar.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chickpea, Grain yield, Plant biomass, Water stress
Author Affiliation: Department of Plant Eco-Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran;
Subjects: Plant Production
Divisions: Chickpea
Depositing User: Mr. SanatKumar Behera
Date Deposited: 03 Feb 2013 11:01
Last Modified: 03 Feb 2013 11:01
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/9503

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