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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.
Ali Momenpour; Maryam Dehestani; Vali Soltani Gerdfaramarzi; Mohammad Hadirad; Mohammadreza Vazhfeshenas; Amin Anagholi; Fatemeh Ahmadi; Zahra Jamaati
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In order to determine salinity tolerance threshold and yield decrease per unit increase of soil salinity in selected pomegranate genotypes, a factorial experiment was carried out based on completely randomized design (CRD), with two factors: genotypes in 12 types (Shisheh Kap Ferdus, Malas Yazdi, Malas ...
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In order to determine salinity tolerance threshold and yield decrease per unit increase of soil salinity in selected pomegranate genotypes, a factorial experiment was carried out based on completely randomized design (CRD), with two factors: genotypes in 12 types (Shisheh Kap Ferdus, Malas Yazdi, Malas Saveh, Rabab Neyriz, Golnar Saveh, Golnar Sarvestan, Golnar Shahdad, Narak Lasjerd Semnan, Vahshi Babolsar, Post Siyah Ardakan, Chah Afzal and Voshik Torsh Saravan) and soil salinity at five levels (1.5, 3.8, 6.2, 9.3 and 12.6 dSm-1). According to the results, the lowest salinity tolerance threshold was observed in Voshik Torsh Saravan (3.02 dS/m), Malas Saveh (3.25 dS/m) and Golnar Saveh (3.40 dS/m) genotypes, and the highest salinity tolerance threshold was observed in Golnar Shahdad (4.90 dS/m), Chah Afzal (4.70 dS/m), Post Siyah Ardakan (4.38 dS/m), and Malas Yazdi (4.17 dS/m) genotypes. The highest yield reduction slope was observed in Golnar Saveh (7.89%), Golnar Sarvestan (7.39%), Voshik Torsh Saravan (6.69%), and Malas Saveh (6.33%) genotypes, respectively. In contrast, the lowest yield reduction slope was observed in Chah Afzal (2.83%), Post Siyah Ardakan (2.88%) and Narak Lasjerd Semnan (2.89%) genotypes, respectively. Overall, the results showed the levels of salinity that reduced the yield by 50% in Chah Afzal, Post Siyah Ardakan and Narak Lasjerd Semnan genotypes were about twice greater than salinity that reduced the yield by 50% in Golnar Saveh, Golnar Sarvestan, Voshik Torsh Saravan and Malas Saveh genotypes. EC50 in Chah Afzal, Post Siyah Ardakan, and Narak Lasjerd Semnan genotypes were observed at 22.37, 21.74 and 21.10 dS/m. At salinity level of 8.4 dS/m, yield reductions in Chah Afzal, Post Siyah Ardakan and Narak Lasjerd Semnan genotypes were only 10.47%, 11.58%, and 13.30%, respectively, which were lower than the 50% value previously reported. Therefore, these three genotypes were selected for further studies and planting as rootstocks in Chah Afzal Station of National Salinity Research Center.
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.