Sina Fallah; razieh kakolvand; ali abbasi
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Increasing water use efficiency (WUE) is one of the most important strategies for mitigating water deficiency crisis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of plant competition on water use efficiency of intercropping under different moisture regimes. The experiment was a ...
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Increasing water use efficiency (WUE) is one of the most important strategies for mitigating water deficiency crisis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of plant competition on water use efficiency of intercropping under different moisture regimes. The experiment was a split–split-plot design with three replications. The main plot consisted of three levels of soil moisture including W1: full irrigation, W2: mild stress (irrigation on the basis of 75% W1), W3: severe stress (irrigation on the basis of 75 % W1). The subplot contained five planting patterns: fenugreek sole crop, nigella sole crop and three mixed ratios (2:1, 1:1, 1:2 of fenugreek and nigella). Results showed that the greatest WUE for seed production (WUEs) was obtained in fenugreek: nigella (1:2) treatment under drought stress conditions. Under mild stress conditions, the WUEs in fenugreek: nigella (1:2) treatment was even higher than nigella sole crop under no stress conditions, under which the highest WUE for biomass was observed in fenugreek: nigella (1:2) and (2:1) treatments and the lowest level was in nigella sole crop. The water equivalent ratio (WER) of intercropping treatments was superior to each of the sole crops of fenugreek and nigella. Under mild stress conditions, the maximum level of WER in fenugreek: nigella (1:2) and (2:1) treatments was 1.44 and 1.47, respectively. It can be concluded that interspecies competition is one of important strategies to increase the WUE and production under drought stress conditions.
A.M J; Hormoz Soltani; seyyed moinoddin Rezvani; Ali Ghadami Firouzabadi
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Innovative irrigation practices can enhance water consumption efficiency and economic returns. In this study, the effect of two irrigation methods and four different planting patterns on the yield and economic returns of potato crop were evaluated. For this purpose, an experiment was conducted ...
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Innovative irrigation practices can enhance water consumption efficiency and economic returns. In this study, the effect of two irrigation methods and four different planting patterns on the yield and economic returns of potato crop were evaluated. For this purpose, an experiment was conducted in Ekbatana Agricultural Research Station in Hamedan for three years (2013-15), using a split plot randomized complete block design. The treatments included two main factors, sprinkler and drip irrigation, and four planting pattern in subplots. Economic analysis of the treatments was conducted by using Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and Equivalent Uniform Annual Net Profit (EUANP) criteria. The results showed that the conventional planting in drip irrigation method was economically the superior treatment. For superior treatment, the calculated BCR was 1.48, with IRR of 287.49% and EUANP of 79.1 million Rials/ha. The impact of planting pattern in sprinkler irrigation method on economic return of the treatments was remarkable, such that the IRR and EUANP of all sprinkler treatments were more than double the conventional planting. The planting pattern with 60 cm distance in sprinkler irrigation method had the highest economic return.