Effect of mycorrhiza application on corn hybrids tolerance to drought stress
Subject Areas : Agroecology Journalkhatereh tavakoli oujani 1 , Varahram Rashidi 2 , Mehrdad Yarnia 3 , Alireza Tarinejad 4 , Bahram Mirshekari 5
1 - Department of Agriculture and Plant Breeding, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Department of Agriculture and Plant Breeding, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Department of Agriculture and Plant Breeding, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
4 - Associate professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
5 - Department of Agriculture and Plant Breeding, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
Keywords: water stress, mycorrhizal fungi, sensitivity index, single cross,
Abstract :
This study aimed to evaluate corn hybrids under drought stress reaction to application of mycorrhiza as split factorial experiment based on randomized complete block design during 2015 and 2016 at Research Station of Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Iran. The main factor included drought stress based on evaporation from class A pan at two levels of 70 millimeters as control and 140 millimeters as drought stress. The sub factor was 14 factorial combinations of mycorrhiza fungi application and non-application with seven corn hybrid including SC260, SC301, SC400, SC4015, SC703, SC704, and SC705. To evaluate tolerance and sensitivity of corn hybrids to drought stress, the stress tolerance index, stress sensitivity index, tolerance index, mean productivity and the geometric mean of the product were used. Two-year complex analysis showed that in most of the studied traits, the interaction of year and stress was significant in corn hybrids. Seed yield in two years was increased more with mycorrhiza application in hybrid SC301 than other hybrids considered as the most tolerant corn hybrid to drought stress. Indices of stress tolerance index and geometric mean productivity had positive and significant correlation with grain yield in both years. Also, mycorrhiza application had a different effect on mitigating of drought stress effects, but in general it increased maize yield under drought stress conditions.
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3. Alipour M, Ranjbar GA, Khourasani S, Babayan Jelodararan A (2014) Evaluation of drought tolerance in maize hybrids (Zea mays L.). Journal of Crop Breeding 6: 41-53. [in Persian with English abstract]
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5. Cheng LI, Sun BC, Tang HJ, Wang TY, Yu LI, Zhang DF, Xie XQ, Shi YS, Song YC, Yang XH, Li JS (2017) Simple nonlinear model for the relationship between maize yield and cumulative water amount. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 30(16): 858 - 866.
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15. Mesrzadeh-Azar A, Afkari A (2014) The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth parameters of maize. Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources. Tehran, Iran. [in Persian]
16. Miransari M (2010) Contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis to plant growth under different types of soil stresses. Plant Biology 12: 563-569.
17. Naderi A, Hashemi Dezfuli A, Rezaee A, Noor Mohammadi GH (2000) Analysis of performance indicators to assess the tolerance of crops to environmental stresses and introduce a new index. Seed and Plant 15: 390-40.
18. Rabbani S, Imami Y (2011) Response of grain yield of maize hybrids to drought stress at different stages of growth. Seed Production and Processing of Crops and Gardens 1(2) 2: 65-78.
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