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Surfactant and Limited Irrigation Effects on Forage and Seed Production and Water Use Efficiency in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)

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  • Sepideh Jafarian
  • Mohammad Chaichi
  • Hosein Moghaddam

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Alfalfa is one the most important forage resources in arid and semiarid regions of the world. To evaluate the response of alfalfa to limited irrigation and surfactant application, an experiment was conducted at Research Farm of College of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Iran, during 2013 and 2014 growing seasons. The experimental treatments were arranged as split plots based on a complete randomized block design with three replications. The limited irrigation treatments comprised of replenishment of 100%, 75% and 50% of weekly evaporation and plant water requirements assigned to the main plots. Water treatments of control (water alone) and water + surfactant, assigned to the subplots. The quantitative and physiological characteristics of alfalfa forage were recorded at 10% flowering stage. The seed yield of alfalfa was measured after the plants reached full physiological maturity stage. The result of the experiment showed that as the severity of limited irrigation increased, plant height, tiller number per plant, RWC, total forge yield and seed yield followed a decreasing trend. Across all the limited irrigation systems, surfactant application increased plant height, RWC, seed yield and total forge yield. As the severity of limited irrigation increased, water use efficiency (WUE) in forage yield followed a significant increasing trend. The highest forage (7500 kg/ha) and seed yield (820 kg/ha) under limited irrigation treatments were achieved at 75% weekly evaporation and plant water requirements + surfactant, while the highest irrigation water use efficiency for forage (1.5 kg/m3) and seed (0.16 kg/m3) production was observed in limited irrigation treatment of 50% weekly evaporation and plant water requirements + surfactant.

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  • Sepideh Jafarian & Mohammad Chaichi & Hosein Moghaddam, 2015. "Surfactant and Limited Irrigation Effects on Forage and Seed Production and Water Use Efficiency in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)," Journal of Agricultural Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 7(9), pages 1-56, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:jasjnl:v:7:y:2015:i:9:p:56
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