Interactive Effect of Irrigation Skipping and Salicylic Acid on Growth of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

Shorsh Hussein Bapir; Saber Wasman Hamad

doi:10.21271/ZJPAS.35.1.12

Authors

Shorsh Hussein Bapir Department of Field Crops, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Saber Wasman Hamad Department of Field Crops, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21271/ZJPAS.35.1.12

Keywords:

Irrigation; Water stress; Sunflower growth; Salicylic acid.

Abstract

Under the semiarid, in the Sulaimani Region, two sites (Rnaya City and Qaladza City) were chosen to conduct the research during the summer season. It was designed as a split plot factorial arrangement using randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications at both locations. The purpose of this experiment was to determine the skipping irrigating effect I₁, I₂, and I₃ with salicylic acid applied S₁ and non-applied S₀ on the sunflower growth at three different growth stages (vegetative, flowering, and achene-forming stages), and compared to the effects of full irrigation I₄. Complete irrigation with salicylic acid applied resulted in the best growth, while the lowest growth was recorded by skipping irrigation without salicylic acid application at the flowering stage. The treatments without salicylic acid application were found to be the most effective in conditions of low watering. Moreover, there was a failure in flowering stage and increasing growth when watering was missed, compared to the vegetative and achene stages. Consequently, it is concluded that avoiding limiting irrigation during the flowering stages can lead to have a better production.

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