The Effect of Soil Moisture Level on Growing of Two Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L) Cultivars

Abiot Molla Agemas

doi:10.32474/maops.2018.01.000108

Abstract

The amounts of water use efficiency vary with climatic, soils and crop ability to extract water in the soil. It has been frequently reported, lack of water availability reduce the amount and yield of common bean. The aim of study was to determine the effect of soil moisture level on growth of two common bean cultivars. The study was conducted in greenhouse. The design was factorial arrangement in randomized complete block design. Forty eight treatment pots were used for two common bean cultivars.

Highlights

Common bean is one of the most important pulse crops in Ethiopia, due to its richness in protein content
There is no a statically significance between 100%, 75% and 50% water treatment in Bulga-70, but there is significant difference between 100% and 75% with 50% water treatment in CS-20-DK cultivar (Table 1). This finding is in line with the results of Emam et al [11] and Shenkut and Brick [12] who reported on plant height is affected by severe influence from environmental factors such as water stress
The result of this study confirm that water availability play a major role in plant height, plant leaf area and plant leaf dry weight of growing common bean

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Introduction

Common bean is one of the most important pulse crops in Ethiopia, due to its richness in protein content. Common bean is an important crop in crop rotation due to its fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, organic matter and improving water use efficiency of the cropping system [1,2]. Crop rotations can increase crop yield than monoculture due to its diversity in plant water use, rooting pattern and crop type [3]. The beneficial effects of crop rotation include;. Inadequate variable water supply has a negative effect on crop production across different climatic regions. The problem is more prominent in tropical countries including Ethiopia and subtropical semiarid and arid climates, in which water losses through evaporation and evapotranspiration are high [5]

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