COMPARISON OF SOME FIELDPEAS CULTIVARS (Pisum sativum L.) UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS

Abstract

Afield experiment was conducted at Rabiaa research station under moderate rainfall area (350 – 450mm) which is located 90km North west of Mosul city for the three consecutive growing seasons 99/2000, 2000/2001, 2001/2002 . To study the comparison between 6 cultivars of Fieldpeas (Pisum sativum L.) are, Nesire, Messire, Merier, Ariane, AliAire, Ariare. Randomized completely block design was used with three replications. Combined analysis results, showed that superiority of Nesire and Messire cultivars in dry matter yield 578 and 576 kg/ha respectively, height of plant was followed a similar pattern 30 and 31cm for Nesire and Messire cultivars. In respect to seed yield, Nesire, Messire and Merier were surpassed over others in seed yield 870, 857, 838 kg/ha respectively, whereas Nesire cultivar was surpassed in biological yield 2132 kg/ha. On the contrary, AliAire and Ariare cultivars gave the lowest values of seed yield 612 and 502 kg/ha but for biological yield was 2012 and 1616 kg/ha. Partioning of dry matter (harvest index) between the seed yied and the rest of the plant was not significant. The Nesire and Messire cultivars were significantly increased in the number of pods / plant 3.70 and 3.67. The increases in seed yield were due mainly to the number of pods / plant. Number of seeds/ pod was significantly increaseed under Nesire cultivar 3.9 seeds/ pod. No significaat differenas in the weight of l000 seeds.