Impact of Inter-Row Spacing on Yield and Yield Components of several Annual Medics Species

Authors

  • Mahnaz BAGHERI (IR)
  • Seyed Ali Mohammad MODARRES SANAVY (IR)
  • Aria Dolatabadian (IR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb244890

Keywords:

annual medics, forage, row spacing, yield, yield components

Abstract

A field study was conducted in Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran to evaluate the effects of three within-row spacing treatments (20, 30 and 40 cm) on forage and seed production of five species of annual medics (Medicago scutellata cv. ‘Sava’; M. littoralis cv. ‘Herald’; M. polymorpha cv. ‘Santiago’; M. minima cv. ‘Orion’ and M. truncatula cv. ‘Mogul’). The experiment was carried out in Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran. The results of the experiment indicated that M. polymorpha had the highest forage yield out of the highest plant population. Latter with average 443.09 Kg ha-1 and M. scutellata with average 409.99 Kg ha-1 produced the highest seed yield. Also, the last species with 1306.78 Kg ha-1 had the highest pod yields. The highest seed yield and pod yield were produced at 20 cm within-row spacing because there were not adequate plants for maximum seed and pod yields in 30 and 40 cm within-row spacing. The tested plant densities did not affect on seeds number per pod, 1000 seeds weight and seeds to burr pod weight ratio. The M. truncatula and M. minima have the highest seeds number per pod. In addition, M. scutellata had the highest 1000 seeds weight with an average of 12.57 g. The highest seeds to burr pod ratio was observed in M. polymorpha. The most pod numbers were obtained in 20 and 30 cm within-row spacing and M. polymorpha while, the least pod numbers was observed in M. scutellata. Plant densities did not affect on pod numbers of the mentioned species. The highest dry forage yield was produced in 20 cm within-row spacing. Among the tested tested species, M. truncatula had the highest forage yield with average 870.07 Kg ha-1. This experiment indicated that there is possibility for seed and forage production of tested annual medics in the mentioned zone with the considering suitable plant densities.

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Published

2010-12-05

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BAGHERI, M., MODARRES SANAVY, S. A. M., & Dolatabadian, A. (2010). Impact of Inter-Row Spacing on Yield and Yield Components of several Annual Medics Species. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2(4), 116–124. https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb244890

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DOI: 10.15835/nsb244890

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