تحقیقات جنگل و صنوبر ایران (Mar 2014)

‍Comparison of different methods of moisture conservation in dryland cropping of Moringa peregerina

  • Hashem Keneshloo,
  • Gholamreza Damizadeh,
  • Mohammad Yousef Achak

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22092/ijfpr.2013.9056
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 82 – 89

Abstract

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Long drought periods during plant growth are result in critical problems in establishment and restoration of plantations in Sahara - Sindian region of Iran. Application of water catchment and storage systems help to reduce drought stress and improve soil physical and chemical properties. To investigate the effect of moisture conservation methods on Moringa peregerina plantations, a 4-year study was designed from 2008 in an area in the vicinity of Rask town at Sarbaz river. The study was conducted using split plots design in three replications with the main plots comprising of seed and pot seedling and the subplots being treated with five moisture conservation methods (straw and dried residual at the bottom of planting dig, tourkinest, plastic film, polymer materials mixed with soil and ditch). The pot seedling treatment resulted in less mortality than the seed treatment. Furthermore, a significant difference was observed amongst the applied moisture conservation methods (P

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