Effect of plant density on some productivity characters of two varieties of faba bean Vicia faba L. under the Syrian Coast conditions


Abstract in English

This research was carried out at a special farm at Balghounis - Banias during the agricultural season 2013/14 to study the of effect plant density and variety and the interaction between them on some productivity characteristics of faba bean plant. Two faba bean varieties were used : Balady (local variety) and Italian Super Simonia (new variety in Syria). Five densities (20, 10, 6.67, 5, 4) plants/m2 were studied. A split plot design with three replications was used, in which varieties were assigned to main plots and densities to sub plots. The GenStat 12 program was used for statistical analyses. The results indicated that Balady variety significantly surpasses the Italian one in plant height during maturity stage. Also Balady variety showed a significant increase compared to Italian variety in number of branches/plant, number of pods/plant and 100- seed weight. On the other hand, Italian variety significantly surpasses the Balady one in number of seeds/pod and seed yield, and it showed a significant increase compared to Balady variety in seed weight per plant. Increasing of plant density led to an increase of plant height and a decrease of number of branches/ plant, number of pods/plant and number of seeds/pod. Decreasing of plant density led to decrease of 100-seed weight and seed yield.

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