Improving physiological traits, yield and essential oil of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) via application of phosphorus bio-fertilizers and supplementary irrigation under dryland condition

Mehrabi, Y.; Movahhedi Dehnavi, M.; Salehi, A.; Mohatashami, R.; Hamidian, M.

doi:10.22092/ijmapr.2020.127588.2626

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ M.Sc. student of Agronomy, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran

² Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran

³ Department of Plant Improvement Research, Kohgiluyeh and Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Yasouj, Iran

⁴ B.Sc. Student of Plant Production and Genetic, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture,Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22092/ijmapr.2020.127588.2626

Abstract

In order to investigate the effects of different levels of supplementary irrigation and bio-fertilizers on some physiological traits, yield, and essential oil percentage of medicinal plant cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.), an experiment was conducted as split-plot in a randomized complete block design with three replications in the research field of Kohgiluyeh and Buyer-Ahmad Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Training Center in 2017. The main plot included supplementary irrigation (complete rainfed conditions, supplementary irrigation at 50% flowering and at the start of seed formation) and the subplot included bio-fertilizer
(no phosphorus bio-fertilizer, mycorrhiza Glomus mosseae, phosphorus bio-fertilizer, and combination of mycorrhiza and phosphorus bio-fertilizer). The application of supplementary irrigation with bio-fertilizer increased the total chlorophyll and carotenoid and decreased the proline content. Phosphorus bio-fertilizer also increased catalase enzyme activity in the plant. The effects of supplementary irrigation and phosphorus bio-fertilizer on the number of umbrella per plant, plant height, 1000-seed weight and the number of seeds per umbrella were significant. The highest amount of 1000-seed weight (2.55 g), seed yield (622.4 kg ha^-1), biological yield (1252 kg ha^-1), and essential oil percentage (54.86%) was obtained in the mycorrhiza treatment together with the phosphorus bio-fertilizer. In general, the results showed that using phosphorus bio-fertilizer, mycorrhiza, and supplementary irrigation can improve physiological traits, yield, and essential oil of cumin under rainfed conditions.

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Improving physiological traits, yield and essential oil of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) via application of phosphorus bio-fertilizers and supplementary irrigation under dryland condition

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Volume 35, Issue 6 - Serial Number 98January and February 2020Pages 1044-1057

Volume 35, Issue 6 - Serial Number 98
January and February 2020
Pages 1044-1057