Effect of water stress on growth and yield of Sunflower

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Buriro, M.
Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan
Sanjrani, A. S.
Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan
Chachar, Q. I.
Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan
Chachar, N. A.
College of Agronomy & Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China
Chachar, S. D.
Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Buriro, B.
Agriculture Research Institute Tandojam, Pakistan
Gandahi, A. W.
Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan
Mangan, T.
Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan

Abstract

 Four irrigation regimes were tested to examine the effect of water stress on crop productivity which included T1=2 irrigations (30 and 45 DAS), T2=3 irrigations (30, 45 and 60 DAS), T3=4 irrigations (30, 45, 60 and 75 DAS) and T4=5 irrigations (30, 45, 60, 75 and 90 DAS). The experiment was laid out in a three replicated with Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) in a plot size of 3 x 5m (15m2).The results indicated that days to 75% flowering and 90% maturity, plant height, stem girth, head diameter, seeds head-1, seed index and seed yield ha-1 were significantly (P<0.05) affected by the water stress by means of number of irrigations applied throughout the sunflower growing season. The crop irrigated five times (30, 45, 60, 75 and 90 DAS) resulted maximum values for growth and yield components and took 79.00 days to 75% flowering, 120.67 days to 90% maturity, 186.67 cm plant height, 5.59 cm stem girth, 27.69 cm head diameter, 1913.33 seeds head-1, 78.91 g seed index and 2200.00 kg ha-1 seed yield. The crop receiving four irrigations (30, 45, 60 and 75 DAS) ranked 2nd and took 74.67 days to 75% flowering, 114.67 days to 90% maturity, 164.33 cm plant height, 4.94 cm stem girth, 26.39 cm head diameter, 1855.67 seeds head-1, 76.38 g seed index and 2032.00 kg ha-1 seed yield. The sunflower crop irrigated three times (30, 45 and 60 DAS) ranked 3rd and two irrigations (30 and 45 DAS) ranked least for all the growth and yield components studied. It was concluded that the differences in seed yield ha-1 and contributing characters of sunflower between five and four irrigations were statistically non-significant (P>0.05); hence, 4 irrigations (30, 45, 60 and 75 DAS) was an optimum irrigation regime for achieving higher economical seed yields. The discontinuation of irrigation water after 45 or 60 DAS (under 2 and 3 irrigations) resulted in severe negative effects on seed yield ha-1.

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Buriro, M., Sanjrani, A. S., Chachar, Q. I., Chachar, N. A., Chachar, S. D., Buriro, B., Gandahi, A. W., & Mangan, T. (2015). Effect of water stress on growth and yield of Sunflower. International Journal of Agricultural Technology, 11(7), 1661–1677. retrieved from https://li04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/IJAT/article/view/6555
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