EZZAT, Z., SHABAAN, M., HAMDI, A. (2005). EFFECT OF PLANT DENSITY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THREE NEW RELEASED LENTIL VARIETIES. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 83(1), 167-176. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2005.242744
ZAKIA. M. EZZAT; MOHAMED E. SHABAAN; AHMED H. E. HAMDI. "EFFECT OF PLANT DENSITY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THREE NEW RELEASED LENTIL VARIETIES". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 83, 1, 2005, 167-176. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2005.242744
EZZAT, Z., SHABAAN, M., HAMDI, A. (2005). 'EFFECT OF PLANT DENSITY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THREE NEW RELEASED LENTIL VARIETIES', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 83(1), pp. 167-176. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2005.242744
EZZAT, Z., SHABAAN, M., HAMDI, A. EFFECT OF PLANT DENSITY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THREE NEW RELEASED LENTIL VARIETIES. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2005; 83(1): 167-176. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2005.242744
EFFECT OF PLANT DENSITY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THREE NEW RELEASED LENTIL VARIETIES
Field Crops Research. Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
The study aimed to investigate the effect of plant density (200, 300, 400 and 500 plants/m2) on the economic lentil characters of the new released varieties Sinai 1, Giza 4 and Giza 51 in comparison with the old variety Gin 9 at north and south Egypt A field experiment was carried out at Gemmiza (Middle Delta) and Mattaana (Upper Egypt) research stations in 2001/2002 and 2002/2003 seasons. Significant differences occurred among plant densities, varieties, and locations. 400 plants/m2 produced the maximum yield/feddan, surpassing the yield of 200 plants/m2 by 40.7 and 23.4% at Gemmiza and Mataan, respectively. The variety Gin 4 at 400 plants/m2gave the highest seed yield at Gemmiza (5.19 ardab/fed) and Mataana (3 89 ardab/fed). Although low plant density of 200 plants/m2 gave more branches, pods, seeds and seed weight/plant over all other plant densities, it was outweighed by the effect of population gradients on those characters and hence high plant density produced high seed yield/feddan. With consideration to differences in seed size among varieties, and the significance of variety x plant density interaction, the densities 300 plants/m2 for Sinai 1 and 400 plants/m2 for other varieties are recommended for higher yields of lentil. The equivalent seed rates/feddan are 45kg for Sinai 1, 37kg for Gin 4 and Giza 9 and 42kg for Gin 51.
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