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Former Graduate Student, Dept. of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand
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Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Birjand
Abstract
Agricultural production in arid and semi-arid regions always is affected by soil salinity and weeds competition. In order to study the effect of soil salinity on competition between wheat and rye, a factorial replacement series experiment based on completely randomized design with 3 replications was conducted in research greenhouse of faculty of Agriculture, at University of Birjand, in 2012. Four different ratios of wheat-rye (100-0, 75-25, 50-50, 25-75, 0-100 percentage) and 4 levels of soil salinity (2, 4, 8 and 16 dS.m-1) were used as experimental factors. The results indicated significant (P<0.01) effect of salinity on dry matters of wheat and rye. Increasing soil salinity from 2 to 16 dS.m-1 decreased 84% and 90% of the dry matter of rye and wheat, respectively. Competitive ability were more at salinity levels of 2 and 4 dS.m-1 in rye and 8 and 16 dS.m-1 in wheat. Investigation of competition by several indices indicated that increasing of salinity level can decrease competitive ability of rye versus wheat.
Babaie Zarch, M. J., & Mahmoodi, S. (2013). Competition of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and rye (Secale cereale) under different levels of soil salinity using replacement series experiment. Cereal Research, 3(4), 281-290.
MLA
Mohammad Javad Babaie Zarch; Sohrab Mahmoodi. "Competition of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and rye (Secale cereale) under different levels of soil salinity using replacement series experiment". Cereal Research, 3, 4, 2013, 281-290.
HARVARD
Babaie Zarch, M. J., Mahmoodi, S. (2013). 'Competition of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and rye (Secale cereale) under different levels of soil salinity using replacement series experiment', Cereal Research, 3(4), pp. 281-290.
VANCOUVER
Babaie Zarch, M. J., Mahmoodi, S. Competition of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and rye (Secale cereale) under different levels of soil salinity using replacement series experiment. Cereal Research, 2013; 3(4): 281-290.
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