Effect of Different Planting Distributions on Yield and Forage Quality of Common Vetch (Vicia sativa L. )

Subject Areas : Research On Crop Ecophysiology

NASIM PIRSAMADI ¹ (Department of Agronomy and Plant breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mohaghegh Ardabil, Ardabil, Iran)
MOHAMMAD SEDGHI ² (Department of Agronomy and Plant breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mohaghegh Ardabil, Ardabil, Iran)
RASOUL RASOUL FAKHARI ³ (Weed science MSc, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mohaghegh Ardabil, Ardabil, Iran)
NASIM HASANZADEH ⁴ (Department of Agronomy and Plant breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mohaghegh Ardabil, Ardabil, Iran)
ALI BARGHI ⁵ (Department of Agronomy and Plant breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mohaghegh Ardabil, Ardabil, Iran)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2014-06-01

Keywords: Forage yield, Planting distribution, Keywords : Common vetch, Distance between rows and between plants,

Abstract :

Abstract NASIM PIRSAMADI1, MOHAMMAD SEDGHI1, RASOUL FAKHARI2*, NASIM HASANZADEH1, ALI BARGHI11- Department of Agronomy and Plant breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of MohagheghArdabil, Ardabil, Iran2- Weed science MSc, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mohaghegh Ardabil, Ardabil, Iranrasoulfar100@g *Corresponding author E-mail: mail.comReceived: 20 February 2014 Accepted: 5 May 2014 In order to select the best planting distributions on the rows and study their effects on morphological traits and uptake amount of some nutrients including nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium in forage of common vetch (Vicia sativa) a factorial experiment was carried out with randomized complete block design and 3 replications in research field of Mohaghegh Ardabili University in Ardabil, Iran. The first factor was the distance between rows including 25, 35 and 50 cm and the second factor was the distance between plants on the rows including 10, 15 and 20 cm. Results demonstrated that the effect of distance between rows was significant on green cover percentage. But the main effects and interaction of distance between rows and between plants on the rows were not significant on traits including number of secondary branches, plant height and plant weight at 10 percent flowering stage. Also, effect of distance between rows and between plants was not significant on fresh forage yield and by decreasing these distances, the yield increased. Mean comparisons demonstrated that planting distributions of 35×20, 35×15 and 50×20 cmincreased phosphorus percentage of plants compared to other treatments and the least amount of phosphorus was acquired by planting distribution of 20×20 cm. The effect of planting distribution was not significant on potassium and calcium percentage. Generally, in this experiment the best planting distribution in order to acquire maximum amount of fresh and dry forage in vetch was 20×20 cm,but for the maximum protein content the pattern of 20×50 cm is recommended.