Jaefar Nikbakht; Marzieh Khadehrouyan; Afshin Tavakoli; Mehdi Taheri
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of deficit irrigation with magnetized water on yield and water productivity of maize. The research was carried out as factorial with 2 factors arranged in complete randomized blocks design with 4 replications in the greenhouse of Zanjan Agricultural ...
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of deficit irrigation with magnetized water on yield and water productivity of maize. The research was carried out as factorial with 2 factors arranged in complete randomized blocks design with 4 replications in the greenhouse of Zanjan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center from July to September 2011. The factors were the amount of irrigation water consisting of 100%, 80%, 60% and 40% of crop water requirement (T1 (control treatment), T2, T3, T4) and water type consisting of magnetized and tap water. Based on the results, passing the tap water through a magnetic field reduced the amount of calcium and chlorine ions by 41.11 and 35.5 mg/lit, respectively. Leaf area, leaf chlorophyll content, total wet and dry mass, and water productivity of plants irrigated with magnetized water increased by 9.5%, 10.68%, 8.31%, 17.41%, and 9% compared to plants irrigated with tap water. These differences were statistically significant. The results showed that deficit irrigation caused significant difference at 4 levels in leaf area, leaf chlorophyll content and total wet and dry mass. Total wet weight and water productivity (based on total wet weight) in the magnetized and tap water treatments were 31.56 ton/ha and 14.22 kg/m3, and 28.94 ton/ha and 12.94 kg/m3, respectively.
j nikbakht; m taheri; m sakaki
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To evaluate deficit irrigation effect on quantity and quality characteristics of olive fruit (Olea europaea L. cv. Koronaiki), this study was carried out in 2009 in Gilvan (49o 5¢ E longitude, 36o 47¢ N latitude, and elevation 330 m above sea level) located in Tarom region in Zanjan province, ...
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To evaluate deficit irrigation effect on quantity and quality characteristics of olive fruit (Olea europaea L. cv. Koronaiki), this study was carried out in 2009 in Gilvan (49o 5¢ E longitude, 36o 47¢ N latitude, and elevation 330 m above sea level) located in Tarom region in Zanjan province, Iran. Soil texture of the farm was loam. The experimental design was randomized complete blocks with 4 replications. The irrigation treatments were T1, =100% (control treatment), T2= 75%, T3= 50%, and T4= 25 % of olive water requirement (OWR). Trees were watered by drip irrigation system with loop layout. OWR was calculated based on Gilvan synoptic weather station data and FAO Penman-Monteith equation and the FAO-56 recommended crop coefficient.
Based on the results, the effect of deficit irrigation on percentage of fruit oil, ratio of fruit length to diameter, percentage of complete flowers, and percentage of secondary fruits were significant at 1% probability, while the effects on percentage of primary fruits produced were significant at 5% probability. However, deficit irrigation effects on the percentage of fruits dry mass and pulp/pit ratio were not significant. The results showed that the percentage of complete flower produced in T4 was the least (42%). Deficit irrigation caused significant difference (P=5%) between T1 and the other treatments in terms of percentage of primary fruits produced (about 31% difference). Also, deficit irrigation caused differences between percentage of the primary and secondary fruits in T4. Based on the results, difference in ratio of fruit length to diameter between T1 and deficit irrigation treatments were significant (P=5%). Therefore, deficit irrigation was not suggested for cannery objectives. The maximum content of fruit oil (28.49%) and the least content (22.73 %) were obtained from 75% and 25% OWR treatments, respectively. Therefore, in the research site, to irrigate olive trees cv. Koroneiki, 25% continuous deficit irrigation (irrigation with 75% OWR) is suggested in order to save on water use.