S730 : Study on the Effect of Priming in the Incremental Mixed Cropping of Corn and Beans in the Davarzan Region
Thesis > Central Library of Shahrood University > Agricultural Engineering > MSc > 2024
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Increasing the quality of forage increases the feed yield and improving the quality of forage is one of the important goals of agricultural operations in forage cultivation. On the other hand, one of the problems of corn cultivation is the poor germination of the seeds of this plant, which causes the failure to achieve the desired density and uniformity in the distribution of plants and reduces the efficiency of input use. This experiment was conducted in the Davarzen region in a factorial manner and baxsed on a randomized complete block design with two factors. The first factor was determined in two levels: control (non-priming) and (primed), and the second factor included the combination of corn and bean intercropping in five levels (pure corn, corn + 25% beans, corn + 50% beans, corn + 75% beans, corn + 100% beans) in four replications. The results of the study showed that plant height, stem fresh weight, leaf fresh weight, ear fresh weight, leaf area index, stem dry weight, leaf dry weight, ear dry weight, leaf greenness index, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll, carotenoids, 100-grain weight, biological yield, grain yield, and land equivalence ratio were affected by different intercropping ratios. The priming method had a significant effect on all indices compared to the control (no hydropriming). The lowest values of the studied indices were obtained in monoculture treatments (pure corn). The highest values of plant height, stem fresh weight, leaf fresh weight, ear fresh weight, leaf area index, stem dry weight, leaf dry weight, ear dry weight, leaf greenness index, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll, carotenoid, hundred grain weight, biological yield, grain yield and land equivalence ratio were obtained in the ratio of corn + 50% beans, so that in priming conditions and the mixing ratio of corn + 50% beans, leaf dry weight, stem dry weight, leaf greenness index, biological yield and grain yield increased by 43%, 26%, 25%, 31% and 42%, respectively, compared to the control. Therefore, it is recommended to use corn + 50% beans intercropping and priming technique in order to achieve sustainable agricultural goals and harvest higher quality forage.
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#Hydropriming #Grain yield #Land equivalence ratio #Biological yield Keeping place: Central Library of Shahrood University
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