Effects of Seed Priming on Morphophenological and Yield Characteristics of Different Lentil Genotypes (Lens culinaris L.) under Rain-fed and Supplemental Irrigation Conditions

Subject Areas : Journal of Crop Ecophysiology

N. Pakbaz ¹ , M. Barary ² , A. A. Mehrabi ³ , A. Hatami ⁴

1 - M.Sc. Graduate of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran
2 - Assistant Prof., Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilam
3 - Assistant Prof., Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilam
4 - Assistant Prof., Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilam

Received: 2014-01-27 Accepted : 2014-09-21 Published : 2015-01-21

Keywords: genotype, Lentil, Supplemental Irrigation, seed priming, Rain-fed,

Abstract :

To study the effects of seed priming on Phenological and morphological characteristics of different lentil genotypes (Lens culinaris L.) under rainfed and supplemental irrigation condidions, a field experiment was conducted at the Research Field of the Faculty of Agriculture, Ilam University in 2011–2012. The experiment used was a split- factorial based on RCBD with three replications. The main plots were allocated supplemental irrigation and rainfed conditions and sub plots to the factorial of different lentil genotypes (Gachsaran, Kimia, ILL6037, landrace) and seed priming treatments (Control, hydro, Kinetin, KNO3, PEG 8000). The results showed that genotypic effects, on almost all characteristics were significant at 1% probability levels. The triple interaction was significant at 1% probability levels fornumber of leaves and number of secondary branches, number of flowers and number of dried flowers per plant and also plant dry weight. Seed primings of landrace genotype with KNO3 for morphological characteristics and ILL 6037 with this chemical for seed yield under rain-fed conditions were the best treatment conbinations.