Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science

Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science

Evaluation of the effect of superabsorbent materials and mycorrhizae on growing ‎traits and yield of potato in deficit irrigation conditions

Document Type : Full Paper

Author
Khosro Parvizi
Associate of Professor, Horticulture Crops Research Department, Hamedan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and ‎Education Center, AREEO, Hamedan, Iran
10.22059/ijhs.2020.307882.1833
Abstract
In order to investigate the effect of superabsorbent and mycorrhizal fungi on reducing water consumption, growth traits and potato yield, an experiment with strip-factorial design was performed. In this study, the amount of irrigation water at three levels (100, 75 and 50% of water requirement based on evapotranspiration) in horizontal plots and the use of Trawat200A super absorbent with two levels (0 and 80 kg / ha) and mycorrhiza on two levels (inoculation and non-inoculation with Glomus etunicatum) were placed in vertical plots. The results of combined analysis of variance showed that effect of irrigation and the use of mycorrhiza and superabsorbent were significant in most vegetative traits as well as yield. Means comparison showed that vegetative traits and total yield decreased by application of low irrigation, but this decrease was significantly less in mycorrhizal inoculation conditions and with the application of superabsorbent polymer. Under moderate and severe stress conditions, the combined use of mycorrhiza and superabsorbent increased the total yield compared to non-consumption (control) by about 9.5% and 10.15%, respectively.
Keywords
Moisture absorbing material
potato
reduce water consumption
symbioic fungi‎
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Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science
Volume 52, Issue 3
Autumn 2021
Pages 605-617

  • Receive Date 22 August 2020
  • Revise Date 01 November 2020
  • Accept Date 23 November 2020