Estimation of Yield Response Factor to Water Stress in Garlic Plant under Deficit Irrigation

Subject Areas : Farm water management with the aim of improving irrigation management indicators

Arash Tafteh ¹ , Fatemeh Keykhaei ² , Mojtaba Hadizadeh ³

1 - Assistant professor, Department of irrigation and soil physics, Soil and Water Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran.
2 - Research Instructor, Department of irrigation and soil physics, Soil and Water Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran.
3 - PhD student in Irrigation and Drainage, Zabol University.

Received: 2021-12-29 Accepted : 2022-04-21 Published : 2022-06-22

Keywords: production function, Evaluation, Calibration, growth period,

Abstract :

Background and Aim: Due to the importance of determining the behavior of plants in water shortage conditions, it is necessary to determine the coefficients of plant sensitivity to water at different stages of plant growth. Water shortage in the Sistan plain is a serious and important issue, so that the lack of water supply to the Helmand border river, which is the only source of water supply in the region, leads to the destruction of agriculture. The low possibility of increasing new water resources and the need to increase agricultural production from limited water resources in this region requires the use of appropriate scientific and technical methods to increase the productivity of agricultural water consumption. Also, changing the pattern of cultivation and replacement of high-income crops in recent years in arid areas has received much attention from farmers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of water stress on the behavior of garlic in dehydrated conditions to calibrate the production function of this plant to obtain yield response coefficients in conditions of water shortage.Method: In this study, garlic plant was implemented in the form of a randomized complete block design with three replications in 1398 and 1399 in Sistan and Baluchistan province. Treatments were applied based on stress levels compared to control 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60 and 70% of water requirement. This station is located 20 km southeast of Zabol city at latitude 61 degrees and 41 minutes and latitude 30 degrees and 54 minutes in Sistan region. The altitude of the station is 483 meters above sea level, the average annual rainfall is 55 mm and the annual evaporation rate is 4500 to 5000 mm. This region has a very dry climate with very hot summers and mild winters. The area of ​​the experimental plot was equal to 750 square meters was selected for planting garlic of Chinese cultivar before planting the bed was reinforced with animal manure and after growing based on soil fertilizer test, 300 kg of potassium phosphate, 200 kg of triple phosphate and 100 kg. One kilogram of urea was added to the soil. Then plow and disc and finally leveled. On the 24th of October, grooves were planted with a shovel at a distance of 20 cm and a depth of 5 cm to plant garlic of Chinese cultivar, and garlic tubers were planted at a distance of 8 cm on the rows. Then, based on the obtained information, the two functions of Tafteh and Raes production were investigated and yield response factors were determined during the growing period.Results: Comparing the two methods used the highest yield of garlic in the study was 8240 kg / ha, for the production of which 833 mm of water was used. The data of the first year were used to calibrate the yield response factors of garlic and after calibrating the two production functions of Raes and Tafteh, the values ​​of the yield response factors of garlic were presented. This coefficient was different in the range of 0.5 to 1.2 in different periods of garlic plant growth, the change curve was presented. Evaluation of Rice method in the second year with root mean square error of 1302 kg / ha and normalized value was about 23%.Conclusion: In the method of Tafteh the mean root mean square error was 485 kg / ha and the normalized value was about 11%. Therefore, the method of Tafteh is recommended in determining the yield of garlic under water stress conditions.

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