Agriculture and horticulture
M.H. Rad; R. YazdaniBiouki; V. Soltany gerdeframarzi; N. Besharat
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To investigate the effects of irrigation water salinity (3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 dS.m-1) on morphophysiological characteristics of seedless barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.) aerial parts, an experiment was conducted using drained big pots in a completely randomized design with three replications at the central ...
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To investigate the effects of irrigation water salinity (3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 dS.m-1) on morphophysiological characteristics of seedless barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.) aerial parts, an experiment was conducted using drained big pots in a completely randomized design with three replications at the central station of National Salinity Research Center, Yazd during 2018-2021 years. The salinity levels affected the height, diameter, area, and volume of plants canopy, number of new branches, number of new basal shoots, number of leaves per plant, total leaves area, leaf area index, leaf dry weight, leaves damage percentage at high temperature, amount of total chlorophyll, chlorophylls a and b, carotenoids, proline, total sugar, leaf anthocyanins, leaf phenols, and antioxidant activity significantly (P<0.01). Based on the results, B. vulgaris tolerated the salinity stress well. Despite the growth reduction at salinity levels above 9 dS.m-1, plant physiological resistance was observed through the production of secondary osmolytes and survival under saline conditions up to 12 dS.m-1. Accordingly, in suitable barberry production habitats, it is possible to take advantage of water resources and saline soil to grow seedless barberry, especially to increase phenolics, by ture management of the root environment and control of the saturated soil extract salinity up to 12 dS.m-1.
Agriculture and horticulture
M. Naghizadeh; R. Moradi
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This study was conducted to investigate the potential of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) additive intercropping to improve the radiation use efficiency as a factorial based on the randomized complete block design with three replications at the research ...
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This study was conducted to investigate the potential of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) additive intercropping to improve the radiation use efficiency as a factorial based on the randomized complete block design with three replications at the research farm of Bardsir Agricultural Faculty, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, in 2018-2019 crop year. The experimental treatments included the fertilizer at four levels (1- Control, 2- NPK: 69-46-25 kg ha-1, 3- Cow manure: 20 t ha-1, and 4- Combination the half values of NPK and cow manure) and the planting pattern at three levels (1- Sole cropping of lavender, 2- Sole cropping of chamomile, and 3- Additive intercropping of lavender (main plant) and chamomile (associated plant)). The results showed that the total leaf area index of the two plants in intercropping was significantly higher than the sole cropping of them. The combined application of cow manure + NPK caused the highest lavender dry matter (DM) (868 kg ha-1), chamomile flower yield (366 kg ha-1), essential oil percentage of chamomile (0.56%) and lavender (0.80%), and radiation interception (1321 MJ m-2) in all the planting patterns. There was no significant difference between the planting patterns in terms of essential oil percentage. Due to the canopy overlap of the two plants in the intercropping, the value of photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) intercepted during the growing season in the intercropping treatment was higher than the sole cropping of both plants. The land equivalent ratio (LER) in terms of PAR (LERPAR) varied between 1.33 and 1.37 in fertilizer treatments. The highest radiation use efficiency (1.63 g DM MJ-1 radiation) was obtained for chamomile in the intercropping at the cow manure + NPK treatment. In general, the results illustrated that the application of cow manure + NPK treatment and intercropping of lavender and chamomile could be an appropriate approach for more efficient radiation use and improving the quantitative and qualitative yield of the two plants.
F. MalekMaleki; N. Abasi; E. Sharifi Ashoorabadi; M. Barari; M.J. Zare
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This research was conducted to investigate the effect of row spacing on yield (performance), morphological indices and essential oil content of two ecotypes of Thymbra (Thymbra spicata L.) in field growing conditions during two years of 2016 and 2017. The experiment was conducted in factorial based on ...
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This research was conducted to investigate the effect of row spacing on yield (performance), morphological indices and essential oil content of two ecotypes of Thymbra (Thymbra spicata L.) in field growing conditions during two years of 2016 and 2017. The experiment was conducted in factorial based on randomized complete block design with three replications at the Research Farm of Faculty of Agriculture, Ilam University. The treatments consisted of three-row spacing (20, 30 and 45 cm) and two ecotypes (Malekshahi and Sumar). The results of the combined analysis revealed that plant spacing and ecotypes had a significant effect on many parameters such as dry matter yield of leaf and plant, percentage, essential oil yield, leaf area index, number of branches, number of flowers per plant and plant height. The comparison of the mean for simple and interaction effects of parameters showed that when row distance between plants increased up to 30 cm, plant dry matter yield, leaf area index, the number of branches and canopy diameter increased in the plant. According to the positive correlation of these parameters with essential oil yield, the highest yield of essential oil was observed in this treatment. Among the two ecotypes, the Malekshahi ecotype was superior to Sumar in terms of dry matter yield of leaf and plant, essential oil, percentage and yield, number of branches, canopy diameter and leaf area index. The results of two-year planting of Thymbra spicata indicated that the highest dry matter of plant yield, leaf area index, number of branches, canopy diameter, length of inflorescence and essential oil percentage were achieved in the second year of cultivation in the row spacing of 30 cm and Malekshahi ecotype.
