Effect of manure types on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of rapeseed in the irrigation condition with treated municipal wastewater

To study the effect of manure and treated municipal wastewater of Zabol, Iran, on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of rapeseed, an experiment was conducted under farm condition in 2016-2017. Experiment was performed as a split-plot based on a randomized complete block design with three replications. Experimental treatments were included irrigation at two levels, I1: irrigation with normal water, and I2: irrigation with treated municipal wastewater as the main factors and type of manures at four levels, M1: no fertilizer application, M2: cow manure (40 tons per hectare), M3: sheep manure (30 tons per hectare) and M4: poultry manure (20 tons per hectare) as sub-factors. Results showed that irrigation with treated municipal wastewater led to 10.74% increase in plant height, 31.48% in the number of sub-branches and 9.70% in the number of capsules per plant. Among different type of manures, application of poultry manure compared to sheep and cow manure increased 12.41% and 14.00% of plant height, 21.90% and 22.20% of the number of sub-branches and 5.92% and 7.66% the number of pods per plant. On the other hand, in irrigation with treated municipal wastewater treatments, it was observed that the highest yields of fresh and dry forages and grain and oil yields were 10249, 992, 2769 and 894 kg/ha in average that were obtained in poultry manure treatment. Study of correlation coefficient indicated that rapeseed seed yield correlated positively and significantly with most of the measured factors, and the highest correlation was between seed andoil yields. Overall, the results showed that irrigation with treated municipal wastewater along with poultry manure were the best treatment for higher fodder, grain and rapeseed oil yields, but to recommend it to farmers in the region, it is recommended to perform economic justification plan and then it can be recommended to the farmers of the region as an appropriate pattern.