A field experiment was carried out in the summer season in the field of a farmer in the Zankora/Ramadi/Anbar Governorate, located at longitude 43° E and latitude 38° N, in silty loam texture soil to study the effect of weed control treatments and different plant densities on growth characteristics, yield and its components of sesame crop. The complete randomized block design (R.C.B.D) was used in a Split Plot arrangement with three replications. The plant densities allocated to the main plot (100000, 80000, and 66666 plants ha-1), and the sub plot included several weed control treatments, which are the use of the mechanical method with three levels, which is the manual hoeing process once, twice and three times during the growing season, in addition to the two control treatments (the weed free and the weedy treatments). The results showed that there is a clear effect of different weed treatments on all the traits under study. The weedy treatment achieved the highest mean number and density of weeds after 60 and 90 days of planting, which amounted to 25, 17.8 plants m-2, while the three hoeing treatments achieved the highest percentage of inhibition in the dry weight of the weeds, which was 93.27%, the free weeds treatment gave the highest mean of stem diameter, plant dry weight and 500-seed weight, and the individual plant yield was 1.43 cm, 163 gm, 2.05 gm, and 265.20 gm, respectively. Whereas the effect of plant densities showed that there was no significant effect on most of the studied traits. As for the two-way interaction between weed control treatments and plant densities, it had a significant effect on yield characteristics, as treatment W4D1 recorded the lowest mean of weeds after 60 days of planting (2.33 plants m-2), Also, treatment W3D3 recorded the highest inhibition rate of 94.61%, and treatment W4D2 recorded the highest mean leaf area index of 5.04, while weed free treatment W1 when interacted with plant density D3 had the highest mean of stem diameter trait that was 1.54 cm. The treatment W1D1 recorded the highest value of the dry weight of the plant, which was 196 gm. It also affected the yield of the individual plant when it was interacting with the highest mean of 291.70 gm, which was positively reflected in improving most of the vegetative growth characteristics and some yield traits.
A field experiment was carried out in one of the special fields Al-Jazirah - Al-Budhiyab located at latitude 38.28° north and longitude 43.19° east, to find out the effect of different concentrations of the extract of the Water hyacinth and silverleaf plants in three varieties of sun flower. The experiment was applied using a split-plate arrangement within an RCBD design with three replications. The main plots were represented by the varieties Ishaqi, Sakha, and Iqmar, and the sub plots included the spray concentrations (0, 5, 15 and 25 mg L-1). The results showed that there were no significant differences between the cultivars in both the spring and fall seasons. As for the extracts, Water hyacinth gave the highest average dry weight of the weeds (0.076 and 0.028 g m2) in both seasons, respectively. The silverleaf herb extract reduced the dry weight of the weeds (0.057 and 0.020 g m2) in both seasons, respectively. While silverleaf in the fall season gave the highest average percentage of oil and carbohydrates (3.85 and 67.48%) for the two grades, respectively. Also, the concentrations 5 and 15 mg L-1 were increased from the dry weight of the weeds (0.078 g m2) of the two concentrations, respectively. Whereas, the concentration increased by 25 mg L-1 from the dry weight of the weeds (0.033 g m2) in the fall season. Whereas, the concentration reduced 0 mg L-1 of the dry weight of the weeds (0.035 and 0.015 g m2) in both seasons respectively. We conclude that there is fluctuation in the effect of the extracts on the behavior of the varieties and their manifestation of the results due to the overlap of study factors and in different directions, so it is recommended to single out the factors in their influence on the varieties to know more accurately the behavior of those varieties.
A field experiment was carried out in one of the special fields Al-Jazirah - Al-Budhiyab located at latitude 38.28° north and longitude 43.19° east, to find out the effect of different concentrations of the extract of the Water hyacinth and silverleaf plants in three varieties of sun flower. The experiment was applied using a split-plate arrangement within an RCBD design with three replications. The main plots were represented by the varieties Ishaqi, Sakha, and Iqmar, and the sub plots included the spray concentrations 0, 5, 15 and 25 mg L-1. The results showed that the Iqmar variety was superior in plant height (179.73 cm) in the spring season, and the cultivar Ishaqi (175.50 cm) in the fall season. The variety also outperforms generously in leaf area (307.4 cm2) in the fall season. As for the extracts, the water hyacinth outperformed the plant height (177.74 and 175.11 cm) in both seasons, respectively. And in the stem diameter (20.45 mm) in the spring season and in the dry weight of the weeds (0.045 and 0.053 g m2) in both seasons respectively. While silverleaf herb extract exceeded the leaf area (213.9 and 271.1 cm2) in both seasons sequentially and the stem diameter (20.86 mm) in the fall season, the silverleaf herb extract reduced the dry weight of the weeds (0.032 and 0.043 g m2) in both seasons respectively. He increased the weight of 1000 seeds (59.25 and 67.20 grams) in both seasons and the total yield (3.26 ton ha-1) in the fall season. The 15 mg L-1 concentration also increased plant height (180.02 cm) and leaf area (208.9 cm2) in the spring season, disc diameter (22.39 cm) in the fall season and the number of seeds (924 seeds per disc-1). While the concentration increased plant height (176.19 cm) and leaf area (276.8 cm2) in the fall season. The concentration outperformed 5 mg L-1 in stem diameter (19.65 and 20.32 mm) in both seasons and increased the weight of 1000 seeds (59.57 and 67.94 g) in both seasons sequentially and the overall yield (4.35 and 3.18 ton ha-1) in both seasons. Sequentially. We conclude that there is a fluctuation in the behavior of the same crop varieties due to the overlap of study factors and in different directions, so it is recommended to individualize the factors in their influence on the varieties to know the behavior of those varieties more accurately.
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