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- Title
EFFECT OF VARYING IRRIGATION FREQUENCIES ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF PEA SEED.
- Authors
Ashraf, Irfan; Pervez, M. A.; Amjad, M.; Ahmad, R.
- Abstract
Effect of various irrigation frequencies on pea seed yield and seed quality was investigated under field conditions at the Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan during the years of 2005-06 and 2006-07. Two promising pea cultivars i.e. Meteor and Climax were tested in these investigations. Four irrigation levels i.e. 8 irrigations upto flowering (I1): 10 irrigations upto pod filling (I2): 12 irrigations upto seed filling (I3) and 13 irrigations upto seed maturity (I4) were applied. Each irrigation.(7.5 cm) was applied at ten days interval. The data on stem length, number of leaves per plant, leaf area , number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, seed fresh weight per plant, seed dry weight per plant, 1000-seed weight and seed yield per hectare were recorded. Quality of pea seeds was checked by germination percentage, emergence percentage and electrical conductivity. The results indicated that cultivar Meteor produced significantly higher seed yield (2.5 t/ha) in treatment I3 (12 irrigations. upto seed filling) while Climax gave maximum yield (2.2 t/ha) in I4 (13 irrigations upto seed maturity). On overall basis Meteor performed better than Climax for all vegetative and reproductive traits. For quality parameters cultivar Climax was found better.
- Subjects
FAISALABAD (Pakistan); PAKISTAN; IRRIGATION; PEA seeds; CROP yields; CULTIVARS
- Publication
Journal of Agricultural Research (03681157), 2011, Vol 49, Issue 3, p339
- ISSN
0368-1157
- Publication type
Article