Effect of Irrigation Regimes on Yield of Two Commercial Varieties of Pomegranate in the Climatic Condition in Yazd

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Article 2, Volume 30, Issue 3 - Serial Number 47, July 2016, Pages 698-705   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jsw.v30i3.40292

Authors

ali bafkar^* ; mosayeb karimi; Mohammad hadi Rad

Razi University, Kermanshah

Abstract

Introduction: The maximum water efficiency and water productivity of the agricultural sector is one of the most important and effective ways to deal with the water crisis and mitigate the effects of drought. Therefore, scientific and practical agricultural water productivity in terms of planning and development must be followed. Local or drip irrigation systems supply some of the moist around the roots and the plant uses the moisture in the soil. Irrigation systems and irrigation scheduling affect water uptake by plants.
Matrials and Methods: In order to evaluate the effect of irrigation on the yield of 4-year-old pomegranate trees with local irrigation system (Bubbler) in sandy loam soil with bulk density 1.15 grams per cubic centimeter a research was performed in Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Yazd province with an altitude of 1230 meters . The region has an arid climate with 51 mm average annual rainfall and average annual temperature of 20 ° C, which is located 10 kilometers from the center of the city of Yazd. This project was designed in a factorial experiment with a randomized complete block with three irrigation regimes I1, I2, I3, including irrigation (FC100%), 25% of deficit irrigation (FC75%) and 50 percent deficit irrigation (FC50%) on two commercial cultivars of pomegranates, which have been growing at 3 × 4 with three replications. To prevent penetration of water per tree, plots adjacent to each block strip (three meters between rows and between plants within one and a half meters without irrigation tape) were used as a guard. Trees around the pool shaped a rectangular building with a flow rate of 96 liters per hour for each tree using Bubbler system. The use of such a system with high flow rate, suitability and cost of such a system in orchards and vineyards, water supply reduces energy consumption in a tree in a short time. To prevent clogging of the filter, disc dropper was used at the beginning of the project. At the beginning of each block a flow meter was installed to measure the amount of water distribution. All the operations, including pruning and combat weeds, fertilizing, leaching requirement, according to the research center for all three irrigation regimes in the garden was the same as usual conditions. Due to the salinity of irrigation water and soil salinity testing during the growing season only once and 25 percent, respectively water and soil physical and chemical properties of the test was run.
Results and discussion: Analysis of variance and comparison of performance for the three treatments was shown in table (number of the table). In calculating the yield, weight per hectare garden products were considered. Analysis of variance showed that the yield of the different treatments in the water by five percent (p

Keywords

Drout; Gurden; Local irrigation; Irrigation Deficit; Prodact

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