Saleh,, M. (2000). EFFECT OF SEEDING RATE ON YIELD, YIELD COMPONETS AND SOME AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS OF TWO WHEAT CULTIVARS. Journal of Plant Production, 25(3), 1467-1473. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2000.258738
M. E. Saleh,. "EFFECT OF SEEDING RATE ON YIELD, YIELD COMPONETS AND SOME AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS OF TWO WHEAT CULTIVARS". Journal of Plant Production, 25, 3, 2000, 1467-1473. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2000.258738
Saleh,, M. (2000). 'EFFECT OF SEEDING RATE ON YIELD, YIELD COMPONETS AND SOME AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS OF TWO WHEAT CULTIVARS', Journal of Plant Production, 25(3), pp. 1467-1473. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2000.258738
Saleh,, M. EFFECT OF SEEDING RATE ON YIELD, YIELD COMPONETS AND SOME AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS OF TWO WHEAT CULTIVARS. Journal of Plant Production, 2000; 25(3): 1467-1473. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2000.258738
EFFECT OF SEEDING RATE ON YIELD, YIELD COMPONETS AND SOME AGRONOMIC CHARACTERS OF TWO WHEAT CULTIVARS
Agric. Experts, Department of Agriculture and Livestock , Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
Abstract
Two field experiments were conducted at Al-Oha wheat State Farm, Department of Agriculture and Livestock – Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates, during the two successive seasons of 1996/1997 and 1997/1998, to find out the effect of the different seeding rates on yield, yield components and some other agronomic characters of Mexican wheat cultivar Ceti Serres (7C) and Syrian wheat cultivar Sham 2 .
The results obtained could be summarized as follows:
1- The two cultivar produced statistically the same grain and straw yields.
2- Increasing seeding rate decreased each of spike length, number of spikelets/ spike flag leaf area, number of kernels/ spike and spike grain weight but in the same time increased number of spikes /m2. However, 1000-grain weight was not affected by the different seeding rates.
3- Grain and straw yields were not affected by various seeding rates in both seasons.