Effects of water supply on seed development and quality of chickpea cultivars

Kazem Ghassemi-Golezani

golezani@gmail.com
Department of Plant Eco-Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Saeid Ghassemi


Department of Plant Eco-Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)


Abstract

A split  plot experiment  (using  RCB design)  with three replications  was conducted  in 2012 and  seed physiological quality of three chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars (Azad, Arman and Jame) was evaluated at seven stages under well and limited irrigation conditions. Maximum seed weight (mass maturity) was achieved at 40-45 days after flowering. However, maximum seed quality was obtained 7 to 10 days after mass maturity, depending on irrigation intervals and cultivars. At earlier harvests, because of immaturity, and at later harvests, due to ageing, seed quality was low. Seed filling rate and maximum seed weight of chickpea decreased with decreasing water supply, but water deficit had no significant effects on seed quality as measured  by germination  percentage,  germination  rate and seedling  dry weight.  Significant  differences  in seedling dry weight among chickpea cultivars were attributed to significant variation in seed weight affected by genetic constitution.


Keywords:

chickpea, seed filling, seed quality, water supply

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2012-12-20

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Ghassemi-Golezani, K. ., & Ghassemi, S. . (2012). Effects of water supply on seed development and quality of chickpea cultivars. Plant Breeding and Seed Science, 67, 37–44. Retrieved from http://ojs.ihar.edu.pl/index.php/pbss/article/view/303

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Kazem Ghassemi-Golezani 
golezani@gmail.com
Department of Plant Eco-Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of

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Saeid Ghassemi 

Department of Plant Eco-Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran Iran, Islamic Republic of

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