Title of article
Effects of Sowing Season and Method on Seedling Emergence and Survival Rate of Vicia variabilis in Kermanshah, Iran
Author/Authors
Gheitury, Mohammad Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Department - Kermanshah Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization , Heshmati, Mosayeb Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Department - Kermanshah Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization , Fayaz, Mohammad Forests and Rangelands Research Institute - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization , Parvizi, Yahya Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Department - Kermanshah Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center - Agricultural Research - Education and Extension Organization , Safari, Hoshmand Natural Resources Department - Kermanshah Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center - Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization
Pages
6
From page
426
To page
431
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the sowing season and sowing methods for Vicia variabilis using split plot design based on completely randomized block with three replications in Meleh-Kabud, Gahvareh, and Kermanshah, Iran during 2016-17. The first factor was sowing season (spring and autumn) and the second one was sowing method (row sowing and scatter sowing). Result showed that sowing method had a significant effect on seedling emergence percent (P<0.01). Means of this trait were 19.96% and 2.61 at row sowing and scatter sowing, respectively. Similarly, effects of both factors and their interaction were significant on survival rate (P<0.01). The higher value of survival rate as 22.6% was obtained in row sowing method in spring. It was concluded that row sowing is an optimal method in early spring for rangelands improvement in Kermanshah province, Iran.
Keywords
Row sowing , Scatter sowing , Degraded rangelands , Vicia variabilis
Serial Year
2019
Record number
2493417
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