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Gholamhassan Ranjbar; Farhad Dehghani; Arash AlaEddin; Vali Soltani Gerdfaramarzi; Sardar Keshtkar
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Lack of fresh water resources has led to production of salt tolerant species. This study was conducted in 2019-2020 to investigate the effect of irrigation water salinity on forage yield, plant height, and shoot ash content of Salicornia bigelovii and native Salicornia ecotypes including Bushehr (S. ...
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Lack of fresh water resources has led to production of salt tolerant species. This study was conducted in 2019-2020 to investigate the effect of irrigation water salinity on forage yield, plant height, and shoot ash content of Salicornia bigelovii and native Salicornia ecotypes including Bushehr (S. sinus persica), Central Plateau, Gorgan and Urmia of S. persica under irrigation with Persian Gulf (60 dS m-1) and groundwater (20 dS m-1), in Bushehr and Yazd conditions, respectively. Results showed that there were significant differences between the species and ecotypes in terms of fresh and dry weight of forage in both conditions. The highest fresh and dry weight of forage were related to Bushehr ecotype in both conditions, but the lowest of these traits were in S. bigelovii in Yazd and in Gorgan and Urmia ecotypes in Bushehr conditions. The amount of fresh forage for Bushehr ecotype were about 9333 and 22940 g m-2 in Bushehr and Yazd, respectively. In general, plant height under seawater irrigation conditions varied from 23.0 cm to 35.5 cm in Bushehr condition, and 56.5-78.0 cm in Yazd condition under saline groundwater. Regardless of species and ecotypes, the average shoot ash content in Bushehr and Yazd conditions were, respectively, 53.83% and 47.76%. Based on the results of the study, Bushehr ecotype could be considered as superior for planting and forage production in the southern coastal strip. In Yazd condition, due to better water quality, all species and ecotypes produced high fodder yield. However, due to high water requirement of Salicornia, its production in arid areas, especially in the central regions of the country, is not recommended.
Rostam Yazdani-Biouki; Mohammad Hsan Rahimian; Gholamhasan Rnjbar; MohammadHadi Rad; Hossein Beyrami; Heidar Meftahizadeh
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In order to investigate the effect of salinity stress on applied water, yield and water use efficiency of Damask rose, an experiment was conducted based on completely randomized design with three replications and four levels of water salinity including 2.8, 5, 8 and 11 dS.m-1 at Research Greenhouse of ...
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In order to investigate the effect of salinity stress on applied water, yield and water use efficiency of Damask rose, an experiment was conducted based on completely randomized design with three replications and four levels of water salinity including 2.8, 5, 8 and 11 dS.m-1 at Research Greenhouse of National Salinity Research Center, during 10 Oct 2018 to 30 Sep 2019. In this study, volume of applied water and drainage water, evapotranspiration, flower yield, essential oil yield, and water use efficiency (based on flower yield) were determined. The results showed that the average of applied water, evapotranspiration and drainage water in each irrigation were 14.3, 8.4 and 5.9 L per plant for all treatments, respectively. Also, sum of applied water, evapotranspiration and drainage water volume during the experiment were equal to 616, 363 and 253 L per plant, respectively. The sum of irrigation water volume was 619, 625, 610 and 610 L per plant in 2.8, 5, 8 and 11 dS.m-1 treatments, respectively. Flower yield in 2.8, 5 and 8 dS.m-1 treatments were 60.3, 55.8 and 57.1 g/plant and had no significant difference, such that plants treated with 5 and 8 dS.m-1 had a decrease of 7.46% and 5.25% compared to the 2.8 dS.m-1 treatment, respectively. However, treatment of 11 dS.m-1 had the lowest flower yield (22.66 g/plant) with a decrease of 62.42% compared to the treatment 2.8 dS.m-1. The results showed that the highest water use efficiency of Damask rose was obtained in treatments 2.8, 5, and 8 dS.m-1 (0.09, 0.08 and 0.09 kg/m3) and the lowest (0.03 kg/m3) was in salinity of 11 dS.m-1. Salinity stress levels of 8 and 11 dS/m caused the highest percentage of essential oil (0.025% and 0.027%, respectively) and salinity of 2.8 and 5 dS/m caused the lowest percentage of essential oil (0.022% and 0.021%, respectively).
Ali Momenpour; Ali Imani; davod bakhshi; Gholamhasan ranjbar
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Salinity tolerance threshold of fruit crops is obtained based on the reduction in yield under saline conditions compared to non-saline conditions. In order to determine salinity tolerance threshold and yield reduction per unit increase in soil salinity in selected almond genotypes, a factorial experiment ...
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Salinity tolerance threshold of fruit crops is obtained based on the reduction in yield under saline conditions compared to non-saline conditions. In order to determine salinity tolerance threshold and yield reduction per unit increase in soil salinity in selected almond genotypes, a factorial experiment was carried out. The study was based on completely randomized design (CRD), with two factors: (1) genotypes in 11 types (Tuono, Nonpareil, Mamaei, Shokoufeh, Sahand, Shahrood12, A200,1-25, 1-16 and 13-40 budded on GF677 rootstock, and GF677 rootstock (without budding as control), and (2) salinity of irrigation water at five levels (0.5, 2.5, 4.9, 7.3 and 9.8 dSm-1). At the end of experiment, salinity tolerance threshold and yield reduction slope were calculated based on dry weight (biomass).The results showed that the type and combination of rootstock and scion affect the salinity tolerance threshold and yield reduction slope. The lowest salinity tolerance threshold was observed in 1-16 (2.22 dS/m), Mamaei (2.28 dS/m), and Sahand (2.39 dS/m) genotypes, respectively. On the contrary, the highest salinity tolerance threshold was observed in Shokoufeh (5.80 dS/m), Shahrood12 (4.84 ds/m) and 1-25 (4.80 ds/m).The highest yield reduction slope was observed in 13-40 (8.05%), A200 (7.86%), and Nonpareil (7.55%) genotypes, respectively. In contrast, the lowest yield reduction slope was observed in Shahrood 12 (5.60%). Overall, the results showed the level of salinity that reduced the yield by 50% in Shahrood 12, Shokoufeh, and 1-25, were 5.05, 4.43 and 3.55 dS/m greater than GF677 rootstock (without budding), respectively. EC50 in Shahrood 12, Shokoufeh, 1-25 and GF677 was observed in salinity intensity of 13.23, 12.59, 11.71 and 8.16 dS/m. It should be noted that in previous studies, 100% decrease in yield was reported by salinity level of 7 dS/m, while in Shahrood 12 and Shokoufeh cultivars budded on GF677 rootstock, we observed only 12% and 9% yield reduction by salinity of 7 dS/m. Therefore, we suggest that Shahrood 12 and Shokoufeh cultivars budded on GF677 rootstock could be cultivated in areas with moderate salinity.
gh r; Vali Soltani Gerdfaramarzi
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A field study was carried out to determine the effect of kochia (Kochia indica) planting density and water salinity on sorghum and kochia yield performance during 2012 and 2013. Treatments were irrigation water salinity levels (2, 6, 10 and 14 dS m-1) and kochia planting density of 0.0, 2.5, 3.3 and ...
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A field study was carried out to determine the effect of kochia (Kochia indica) planting density and water salinity on sorghum and kochia yield performance during 2012 and 2013. Treatments were irrigation water salinity levels (2, 6, 10 and 14 dS m-1) and kochia planting density of 0.0, 2.5, 3.3 and 5.0 plants m-2 on the sorghum rows. Results showed that sorghum dry matter (SDM) decreased as kochia density increased in all salinity levels. Salt tolerance threshold values for SDM were obtained at ECe 4.1 dS m-1. Each unit increase in ECe above this point reduced SDM by 10.5%. Contrary to the SDM, kochia dry matter was not affected by salinity levels in both years. Irrigation water salinity reduced height of sorghum and kochia in both years. Averaged over two years, leaf Na+ concentrations of kochia were 94.4, 86.6, 78.7, and 76.8 times more than that of sorghum at 2, 6, 10 and 14 dS m-1, respectively. Leaf Cl- concentrations of kochia were about 2.3, 2.4, 2.0 and 2.2 times higher than those obtained in sorghum under 2, 6, 10 and 14 dS m-1 salinity treatments in 2012, respectively. These values for 2013 were 3.6, 2.9, 2.5 and 1.9 times, respectively. Calcium concentration of kochia leaves at 2, 6, 10 and 14 dS m-1 were 2.9, 3.4, 2.4 and 2.7 times more than that of sorghum, respectively. In addition, kochia as a superior competitor could reduce yield of summer crops such as sorghum in saline conditions. It is recommended to cultivate the plant in marginal lands for forage production.
GH RANJBAR; M.J ROUSTA; A.M CHERAGHI
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To determine the effects of saline water with and without magnetic treatments on seed emergence and yield of wheat, two experiments were conducted in the National Salinity Research Center, Iran. The first experiment was done under controlled environment conditions with day and night temperatures of 25 ...
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To determine the effects of saline water with and without magnetic treatments on seed emergence and yield of wheat, two experiments were conducted in the National Salinity Research Center, Iran. The first experiment was done under controlled environment conditions with day and night temperatures of 25 ◦C and 15 ◦C, respectively. The emerging wheat seeds were measured under four irrigation water qualities including 2.5, 6, 10 and 12.7 dS/m with and without magnetic device. To determine the effect of magnetic treatment on wheat yield under saline conditions, another experiment was done in 18 fiber glass boxes (0.5 x 0.45 x 0.50 m deep) in the ambient environment for two years. Treatments included use of magnetic device (Model: MAG 4000) and without it and three water qualities (2, 6 and 10 dS/m). Results showed that salinity treatments had no significant effect on final emerged seeds and emergence percentage. However, salinity significantly reduced rate of emergence, coleoptile length, grain yield, plant height, spike length, and the number of kernels per spike. Magnetic treatment and interaction between magnetic treatment and salinity had no effect on the number of emerged plant, emergence rate, emergence percentage, coleoptile length, grain yield, plant height, spike length, and number of kernels per spike. These results were obtained using a specific magnetic device. Probably, using a different magnetic device with different composition of irrigation water applied to various crops may lead to different results.