مجله علوم گیاهان زراعی ایران
سال پنجاه و چهارم شماره 4 (زمستان 1402)

In order to compare 25 genotypes of bread wheat in terms of morpho-physiological and biochemical traits, an experiment was conducted in a randomized complete blocks design with three replications in the rainfed and irrigated conditions at Razi University, Iran, in 2016-2017. GT-biplot was used to evaluate genetic diversity and to identify stable genotypes with high yield and drought tolerance. Combined variance analysis showed that there was high variability among genotypes for the most of traits. Examining the correlation of traits in two environmental conditions showed that morpho-physiological traits; especially yield components, were the most related to yield. The results of the GT-biplot method showed that the first and second principal components explain 41.7% and 40.1% of the total changes in rainfed and irrigated conditions, respectively. Based on the GT-biplot analysis diagrams of genotypes 10, 15, 6, 13, 2, 14, and the Pishtaz cultivar in terms of physiological traits, yield and its components and the traits related to stem and spike in irrigated conditions, and genotypes 10, 15, 6, 18, and 17 in terms of biochemical traits, yield and its components, and traits related to stem and spike in rainfed conditions were recognized as superior genotypes. The genotypes 2 and 6 in irrigated conditions and the genotype 6 in rainfed conditions had the lowest genotype×trait interaction. Finally, the genotypes 10, 15, and 6 were superior in two environmental conditions and the genotype 6 had the least interaction effect in both conditions. Therefore, these genotypes can be used in breeding programs.

Sunflower is one of the most important oilseed crops with more than 50% of nutritional (table) consumption. Considering the climate changes, the development of genotypes tolerant to abiotic stresses is more important than before. In the present research, the recovery capacity of two oilseed sunflower genotypes (DM-2 and H158A/H543R) was evaluated 24 hours after irrigation following sever drought stress (30% of field capacity) by evaluating the changes in enzymes activity at 8-leaf stage and quality and quantity of end product at adult plant stage. The experiments were conducted in frame of completely randomized design with 3 replications under controlled conditions. A significant difference was observed between genotypes in the terms of guaiacol, ascorbate, lipoxygenase and proline contents, as well as leaf area, leaf length, root weight, plant height and root sodium-potassium ratio in recovery conditions. Based on the results of the evaluations and changes in the mean of traits in the comparison of two normal and recovery conditions, as well as the pattern of fatty acids, genotype DM-2 has a high recovery ability.

In order to evaluate yield and yield components in intercropping barley with vetch, a two-year field experiment was conducted at the Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Station of Miandoab. The arrangement consisted of 9 mixing treatments with densities of 200 Vetch plant + 300 Barley plant, 200 Vetch plant + 500 Barley plant, 200 Vetch plant + 700 Barley plant, 400 Vetch plant + 300 Barley plant, 400 Vetch plant + 500 Barley plant, 400 Vetch plant + 700 Barley plant, 600 Vetch plant + 300 Barley plant, 600 Vetch plant + 500 Barley and 600 Vetch plant + 700 Barley plant per square meter and sole culture of both crops. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design with four replications. The result showed The highest spikes per square meter, thousand kernel weight, biological yield, and grain yield in barley were observed in the sole culture of barley. Also, the highest plant height, number of seeds per plant, thousand kernel weight, biological yield, and grain yield in vetch belonged to the sole culture of vetch. However, the highest Land equivalent ratio (LER) belonged to treatments of 200 Vetch plants + 500 Barley plants by 1.49,

In order to investigate effects of deficit irrigation and sowing date on qualitative characteristics of oil and fatty acids in Safflower cultivars, a split factorial experiment was conducted based on a randomized complete blocks design with four replications at the research farm of Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, during the 2015-2016 growing season. In this experiment, irrigation levels included optimal irrigation and deficit irrigation (50% of water requirement) as main plots and combined two sowing dates including (20 March and 20 April) and three spring safflower cultivars (i.e. Gholdasht, Soffeh, and Sina) were allocated to subplots in a factorial arrangement. Drought stress and late sowing date decreased chlorophyll content, seed yield, and oil content. The results showed that deficit irrigation caused decrease in seed yield and oil content. Late sowing date caused a decrease in seed yield. The highest seed yield was obtained on optimal irrigation and on the sowing date 20 March (2036 kg/h) and the lowest seed yield was obtained on 50% of water requirement and the sowing date 20 April (1675.4 kg/h). Among the studied cultivars, the highest seed yield (1986.91 kg/ha) was obtained from Soffeh cultivar. With the sowing date and deficit irrigation, iodine number decreased and acid value increased. Among fatty acids, the content of linoleic and linolenic acids decreased due to deficit irrigation and late sowing date and the amount of oleic and stearic acids was the highest in the second sowing date, while palmitic acid had the highest amount in the first sowing date. Therefore, to obtain the highest yield and the highest oil quality Soffeh cultivar, optimal irrigation and early sowing date are recommended.

To investigate the effect of organic fertilizers on the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of sugar beet under different moisture conditions, a study was conducted as a split plot experiment based on a randomized complete block design with three replications in Mahabad city in 2021. Irrigation treatments, including irrigation after 60 (normal), 90 (mild stress), and 120 (severe stress) mm evaporation from the class A evaporation pan, and organic fertilizer treatments (control, vermicompost, manure, and humic acid) were placed in main plots and sub-plots, respectively. Severe water stress conditions reduced the content of chlorophyll a (22.82 %) and relative water content (RWC) (24.35 %) and increased the content of proline (47.43%), beta glycine (17.89%), catalase (21.30 %), malondialdehyde (47.95 %) and water use efficiency (WUE) (23.83%) compared to normal irrigation conditions. Also, the application of vermicompost increased the amount of chlorophyll a, RWC, proline, glycine beta, catalase content, and WUE by 29.11, 20.15, 34.83, 14.98, 13.70, and 21.56 percent, respectively, and decreased the content of malondialdehyde about 18.53% in comparison to control. In this study, the highest stomatal conductivity (51.01 mol.m-2s-1), chlorophyll b content (16.3 mg.g-1FW), carotenoid (4.27 mg.g-1 FW), roots yield (78.33 t.ha-1) and the lowest content of hydrogen peroxide (0.96 μmol.g-1FW) allocated to the vermicompost treatment under normal irrigation conditions. Root yield showed a positive and significant correlation with stomatal conductance, chlorophyll b, carotenoid, RWC, and WUE, but a negative and significant correlation with catalase enzyme activity, hydrogen peroxide content, malondialdehyde, and sugar content.

The present research was conducted to simulate the impact of climate change on irrigated barley in Lorestan and Hamadan provinces. For this purpose, nine regions including Aligudarz, Borujerd, Khorramabad, Kuhdasht, Pol-e Dokhtar, Hamedan, Malayer, Nahavand, and Kabudarahang were selected in the two provinces. The APSIM-barley model was employed to simulate the growth and development of irrigated barley. Firstly, the APSIM-barley model was evaluated using two independent field experiments. The first experiment was conducted in Khorramabad to calibrate the crop model; while the second experiment was done in Hamedan to validate the crop model. The future climate was projected using the AgMIP methodology under two scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) for the period 2040-2070. The results of the model validation showed that the crop model was able to simulate barley yield and biomass with nRMSE of 16.4% and 13.3%, respectively. Additionally, the results indicated that on average across the study locations, barley grain yield would decrease by 3.8% and 5.7% under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, respectively. However, in Pol-e Dokhtar, barley grain yield is projected to increase by 1.3% and 4.8% under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, respectively. Based on these findings, adaptation strategies should be considered in the future to prevent the reduction of irrigated barley yield in the studied provinces.

In order to investigate the effect of integrated application of biological and organic fertilizers on absorption and phosphorus physiological efficiency in medicago sativa in Aran and Bidgol citiy in 2013, A factorial experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Experimental factors include four levels of biofertilizers (control, nitroxin fertilizer, Fertilizer Phosphate-2 and the combination of Nitroxin and Fertilizer Phosphate-2) and Four levels of organic fertilizer (control, cow manure, sheep manure and chicken manure) were 10 tons per hectare. The results showed that the use of biological fertilizers had a significant effect on plant height, stem dry weight, leaf dry weight, leaf-to-stem ratio, grain yield, biological yield and harvest index at a significant level of 1%. Also, the effect of organic fertilizers on plant height, stem dry weight, leaf dry weight, leaf-to-stem ratio, grain yield, biological yield, harvest index, physiological efficiency and phosphorus use efficiency were significant at 1% level. Among the comparison of the averages of intraction effects, the highest physiological efficiency of phosphorus related to the treatment (no inoculation with biological fertilizer + consumption of 10 tons per hectare of cow manure) with an average of 35.78 kg of grains produced per kg of phosphorus used and the lowest amount of physiological efficiency of phosphorus. It belonged to the treatment (not using biological fertilizer + not using organic fertilizer.

Adding organic amendments to the soil increases permeability, water-holding capacity, biological activity, and nutrient content, and consequently increases the soil fertility and the yield of plants. In order to evaluate the effects of municipal waste compost and sheep manure on yield and yield components of wheat, a three-year field experiment was conducted as a randomized complete block design with three treatments, including the application of sheep manure (17.3 kg m-2), compost (15.6 kg m-2), and control (no organic amendment) in three replications in Agricultural Research Station of Zarghan, Fars province, during 2015-2018. The results showed that organic amendments had a significant effect on the number of fertile tillers per area, plant height, ear length, grain number per ear, thousand-grain weight, grain yield, biological yield, and harvest index; however, straw weight was not significantly affected by organic amendments. In all three years of the experiment, sheep manure and compost significantly increased wheat grain yield compared to the control treatment. On average, compost and sheep manure increased wheat grain yield by 63.9% and 46.1% in the first year, 29.3 and 53.7% in the second year, and 37.4 and 26.9% in the third year, respectively, compared to the no-amendment treatment. However, in the most cases, no significant difference was observed between sheep manure and compost. Therefore, farmers can use any of the sheep manure or solid-waste compost to increase wheat yield, the amount of which should be determined based on the amount of organic carbon in the farm soil.

n order to investigate AMF and phosphorus fertilizer effects on bitter gourd under different irrigation regimes, an experiment was conducted in the research farm of the faculty of agriculture of Tarbiat Modares university in 2020 as a split factorial based on a randomized complete blocks design with three replications. Three irrigation regimes including full irrigation, moderate irrigation deficit, and severe irrigation deficit were randomized in the main plot units and the factorial combination of two species of fungi Glomus mosseae and Glomus intraradices along with control (without fungi) and an amount of phosphorus with a control without phosphorus was randomly placed in the sub-plot units. The results showed that under water dificit stress, fruit yield, total chlorophyll, leaf phosphorus, and colonization percentage decreased compared to full irrigation, and proline, MDA, leaf ion leakage, CAT and APX enzymes, and coumaric acid increased. The use of AMF and phosphorus fertilizer under full and low irrigation conditions reduced MDA and improved fruit yield and the other investigated plant traits. The highest fruit yield (3133.27 g.m-2) was allocated to the plants under inoculation with Glomus mosseae species and phosphorus application under full irrigation regime. The highest amount of fruit coumaric acid (almost 11 ppm) was obsereved in inoculated plants with Glomus mosseae species and application and non-application of phosphorus fertilizer under severe irrigation deficit. According to the obtained results, it is possible to suggest the use of two species of Glomus mosseae and Glomus intraradices and sufficient phosphorus element to improve the yield and quality of bitter gourd fruit under water dificit stress and full irrigation.

This research was done with the aim of checking energy and economic indicators and the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the production system of two products, tomato and onion in 2021 and 2022 in Alborz province. The information required for this research was obtained through interviews with farmers and completing questionnaires. The results of this study showed that the highest energy input, energy output, and net energy in onion were obtained in Savojbolagh city at the rate of 21324.8, 105600, and 24275.3 Mj.ha-1, respectively. In tomato, the highest input energy, output energy, and net energy was 73799.8, 56000, and -13495.4 Mj.ha1, respectively (in tomato, net energy is negative due to the greater input energy than output energy). The highest energy efficiency consumption was obtained in onion and tomato, 1.4 and 1.32 respectively. In the comparison of energy efficiency, the highest value in onion and tomato were observed 0.82 and 0.99 Kg.mj-1. Among the various inputs in the onion and tomato production systems, diesel, nitrogen chemical fertilizer, animal manure, irrigation water, gasoline, and manpower had the largest share in input energy in the order of priority. Onion and tomato by producing 3065.8 and 3045.4 kg of CO2 per hectare, played a role in the emissions of greenhouse gases. The analysis of economic indicators also showed that onion with a net income of 9608.7 $.ha-1 compared to tomato with a net income of 4840.3 $.ha-1 has generated more income. According to the obtained results it can be possible that reduce the amount of energy input and greenhouse gas emissions and thus, provide the necessary conditions for the establishment of more sustainable agriculture by modifying production methods such as using modern irrigation methods and also replacing animal and biological fertilizers with chemical fertilizers.

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of crop arrangement and different levels of nitrogen on the morphological characteristics, photosynthetic pigments, and nutrients of sunflower seeds, as a split plot experiment in a RCBD design with three replications in 2021. The main plots included five different patterns of spatial arrangement (square, normal rectangle, wide rectangle, triangular, and mixed cultivation systems). Different levels of nitrogen chemical fertilizer (urea) in three levels (application of 100, 75, and 50% of the plant's fertilizer requirement) were placed in sub-plots. The results showed that the maximum leaf width (40.3 cm), leaf area index (4.64), number of leaves (29.2), stem diameter (3.95 cm), and plant height (177.3 cm) were obtained from the treatment of triangular planting arrangement. In addition, the triangular planting arrangement and then the square planting arrangement had the highest content of chlorophylls and carotenoids compared to the other planting arrangements, and the lowest content of chlorophylls and carotenoids were observed in the wide rectangular planting arrangement. Moreover, the results showed that the maximum protein, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium of sunflower seeds were obtained in the triangular planting arrangement (17.15, 2.98, 0.54, and 1.73%, respectively), and no significant difference was observed in the triangular planting arrangement between different levels of nitrogen. Generally, the triangular crop arrangement by improving the growth characteristics of sunflower resulted in maximum grain yield and 50% reduction in urea consumption, because the yield of sunflower in the mentioned treatment did not show a significant difference with the application of 100% urea fertilizer; Therefore, the triangular cultivation arrangement is introduced as the best cultivation system for sunflower.

The use of biological and organic fertilizers as alternatives to chemical fertilizers increases the efficiency of the cycle of food elements, improves and stabilizes the quantitative and qualitative grain yield by maintaining the appropriate productivity of soil and water resources in sustainable agriculture. This experiment was conducted to determine the effects of combined application of organic and biological fertilizers on nitrogen agronomy efficiency and phosphorus content of white bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in 2015. The study was conducted as a factorial experiment arranged in a randomized complete blocks design with three replications. Treatments included four organic fertilizers (control, farmyard manure, mushroom compost, and vermicompost) and four biofertilizers (control, inoculation with azotobacter, barvar2, and azotobacter+ barvar-2). Application of nitroxin biofertilizer had the highest effect on all traits. The highest protein yield (2779 kg ha-1) related to nitroxin biofertilizer treatment + organic control and the lowest one (950 kg ha-1) was obtained when no organic and biofertilizers were applied. The highest and the lowest of phosphorus content (2.34% and 1.03%) belonged to nitroxine + mushroom compost and Barvar-2 + organic control, respectively. The highest (11.53 kg kg-1) and the lowest (0.0001 kg kg-1) nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) were achieved in control treatment + animal manure and when no organic and biofertilizers were applied, respectively. Therefore, the highest (11.53 kg kg-1) and the lowest (0.0001 kg kg-1) NUE were obtained in control + animal fertilizers and when no fertilzers were applied. Considering that the simultaneous application of biological fertilizers (nitroxin + Barvar-2) and animal manure is superior in terms of grain harvest index (35%), therefore, it was more priority and recommendable in the region

For this purpose and identify the best bread wheat lines in terms of yeild and stability, an experiment was carried out during the two crop years of 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 in the research farm of Safi Abad Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Dezful. 407 new wheat lines were evaluated along with 4 regional control varieties, in the first year & 88 best lines of the first year were evaluated along with Mehrgan and Chamran 2 varieties, in the second year. One of the main reasons for this decrease in yield can be attributed to the increase in the temperature of March in the second year (20 degrees Celsius) compared to the first year (16 degrees Celsius), which caused the average grain filling period from 49.5 days in the first year to reach 46.7 days in the second year. Finally, according to the total measured traits of each line during two crop years, lines No. 384, 365, 356, 383, 355, 389 and 424 were selected as the best lines. Pedigree study of the top lines, it was found that in the pedigree of the top 5 lines, there is a common parent named BORL14, which probably made these lines superior to the other tested lines. According to these results, it is possible to propose and implement the use of this line to improve the wheat breeding program in the hot and dry areas of the south.

Improving the nutritional status of plants is an effective method for enhancing their ability to withstand drought stress. To evaluate the quantitative, qualitative, and antioxidant properties of castor plant under water deficit conditions stress and foliar application of chemical fertilizers, an experiment was conducted as a split-plot design in a completely randomized block design with three replications. The first factor was irrigation levels including control (normal irrigation), irrigation after 80 mm and 140 mm evaporation from the pan evaporation in the main plots, and eight spraying chemical fertilizers (sulfur, potassium, nitrogen, sulfur+potassium, sulfur+nitrogen, potassium+nitrogen, sulfur+potassium+ nitrogen and control (no spraying)) were included in subplots. The highest proline content, catalase, peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, and total phenol were obtained under irrigation after 140 mm of evaporation conditions and foliar application of nitrogen+potassium+sulfur. Also, the highest grain yield, oil yield, and the lowest oil percentage were observed in the nitrogen+potassium foliar treatment under irrigation conditions after 20 mm of evaporation. Although the content of malondialdehyde increased in water deficit stress treatments, nitrogen+potassium+sulfur and nitrogen+potassium foliar application significantly reduced the peroxidation of membrane lipids (malondialdehyde) under irrigation conditions after 80 and 140 mm of evaporation compared to the control treatment. In conclusion, foliar application of chemical fertilizers in castor can improve the resistance to water stress by strengthening the antioxidant system and then increase its grain and oil yield.

Vernalization genes (Vrn), in addition to controlling the growth habit of wheat (spring and winter), play a key role in flowering time and early maturity of wheat. They are also of great interest in drought tolerance researches. To investigate the effect of Vrn genes on drought tolerance, four isogenic lines were developed. Isogenic lines were resulted from the crosses of the early heading Australian variety, Excalibur, with the late heading Iranian variety, Roshan, and followed by backcrossing with Roshan. Two experiments were conducted based on randomized complete block design with four replications under rainfed conditions of Sepidan during 2019-2020 and under well-watered conditions of Kerman during 2020-2021 cropping years. In the present research, seven important agronomic traits, including days to heading, days to ripening, grain filling period, spike number per meter square, grain number per spike, 1000-grain weight, and grain yield were assessed. Isogenic lines were assessed for drought tolerance using eight indices, including mean of productivity (MP), yield index (YI), stress tolerance index (STI ), geometric mean of productivity (GMP), stress susceptibility index (SSI ), yield stability index (YSI), and stress tolerance score (STS). The results of stress tolerance score (STS) showed that isogenic lines vrn-B1/Vrn-D1a and Vrn-B1a/vrn-D1 had the highest and the lowest stress tolerance score, respectively. In addition, the vrn-B1 and Vrn-D1a alleles, which cause early flowering, improve drought tolerance by utilizing an escape mechanism from dry conditions.

This research was carried out in order to evaluate the biochemical and agronomic traits of dryland chickpea intercropped with dragon’s head in Saqqez city (Kurdistan province). It was conducted as a factorial split-plot experiment, arranged in a randomized complete block design, with three replications during the 2021-2022 cropping year. Treatments included three planting times (autumn, expecting, and spring) as first factor, three chickpea cultivars (Saral, Nosrat, and Anna) as second factor and five cultivation patterns [(pure chickpea), (25% L. iberica: 100% chickpea), (50% L. iberica: 100% chickpea), (75% L. iberica: 100% chickpea), and pure L. iberica cultivation (100% L. iberica). The highest leaf chlorophyll a and b contents were obtained in winter with intercropping of %100 Nosrat chickpea + %50 L. iberica and planting ratio (%100 chickpea +% 25 L. iberica), respectively. The highest leaf carotenoid content was obtained in spring with planting ratio of %100 Saral chickpea + %75 L. iberica. The highest water use efficiency was obtained in winter, in the Nosrat variety, and in pure cultivation. The land equivalent ratio in all intercropping patterns was more than one, which showed the superiority of L. iberica and chickpea intercropping compared to pure cropping.