Response of Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) Cultivated in Basrah Southern of Iraq to Method of Transplant Production and Sowing Dates

H. A. Al-Doghachi, Essam

doi:10.33762/bagrs.2013.111171

	Response of Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) Cultivated in Basrah Southern of Iraq to Method of Transplant Production and Sowing Dates
Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Article 7, Volume 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-33 PDF (0 K)
DOI: 10.33762/bagrs.2013.111171
Author
Essam H. A. Al-Doghachi
Abstract
An experiment was conducted during winter season of 2009/2010 in Agriculture Field at Coll. of Agric., Basrah Univ. to evaluate the effect of method of transplant production and sowing dates on growth and seed yield of cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) var. Local. The experiment was focussed on the effect of two factors two methods of transplant production ( at styropor trays of 209 cell at 3 x 3 x 8 cm of 72 cm3 volume and plastic pots 8.5 cm diameter and 6.5 cm height of 861 cm3 volume) and three sowing dates ( 3 , 17/10 and 3/11 ) . Randomized Complete Block Design was used with three replicates, R. L. s. D. Test was used at probability of 0,05. Results showed that plants of plastic pots gave significant increases in plant height, leaf number per plant, number of branches per plant, the number of umbels per plant, total florets per plant, the number of fruits per umbel and plant yield of fruits. Early sowing date gave significant increases in plant height, leaf number per plant, number of branches per plant, the number of umbels per plant, total florets per plant, the number of fruits per umbel and plant yield of fruits. The interaction of the two factors of study had significant effect on all studied parameters.
Keywords
Cumin; Transplant Production; planting date; seed yield

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