Citation Information

  • Title : Alternate furrow irrigation effect on radiation use efficiency and forage quality of foxtail millet ( Setaria italica).
  • Source : Annals of Biological Research
  • Publisher : Scholars Research Library
  • Volume : 3
  • Issue : 6
  • Pages : 2565-2574
  • Year : 2012
  • Document Type : Journal Article
  • Language : English
  • Authors:
    • Hosseini, S. M. B.
    • Jahansooz, M. R.
    • Heidari, H.
    • Chaichi, M. R.
  • Climates: Semiarid. Arid. Steppe (BSh, BSk).
  • Cropping Systems: Cereal crops. Barley. Irrigated cropping systems. Conventional cropping systems.
  • Countries:

Summary

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of alternate irrigation method and deficit irrigation on radiation use efficiency and forage quality of foxtail millet ( Setaria italica) under a double cropping system after barley ( Hordeum vulgar). Conventional furrow irrigation (M1) and alternate furrow irrigation (M2) methods and different deficit irrigation levels including 100, 85, 70 and 55% of crop water requirement (V1, V2, V3 and V4) were tested in a field experiment on the west of Tehran, Iran for 2 years (2008 and 2009). Results showed that alternate furrow irrigation with 85% of crop water requirement (M2V2) had the highest Absorption Ratio of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PARAR) and Cumulative Absorption of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PARCA) in 2008 (P

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