The research was Carried out in Jisr area in the province of Idlib during the growing
season 2013 - 2014 to study the effect of planting dates in autumn sowing 28/9/2013 = (1),
8/10/2013 = (2), 18/10/2013 = (3) and spring sowing 18/3/2014 = (1), 28
/3/2014 = (2),
8/4/2014 = (3) on yield and growth parameters.
The results showed that the autumn sowing has a significant increase in growth
parameters compared to spring sowing: adapting coefficient (76.67-82.28%), Plant hight
(67.15 - 56.3 cm), number of branches/plant (11.63 - 6.84), number of head/Plant (21.39 -
17.76), oil content (23.19 - 20.68)%, yield petals (96.12 - 60.57) kg/ha, seed yield (1331.82
- 768.31) kg/ha, oil yields (315.15 - 158.99) kg/ha to autumn and spring, respectively.
While maturity date of autumn plants was delayed compared to spring (245.33 - 145.33)
Day.
When sowing was of autumn, growth parameters of third soing date were a
significantly higher compared to both the second and first sowing: number of branches /
plant, number of heads / plant, number of seeds / head, oil ratio (%), oil yield (kg/ha),
yields seeds ( kg/ha), petals yield (kg/ha). Wheras the first sowing date has delayed
maturity date compared of both the second and third sowing dates.
When sowing was in spring, growth parameters of the first sowing dates were a
significantly higher compared to both the second and third except for days to maturity.
