Wheat physiological traits response in standard and ecological agricultural systems

Ahmad Toube,Hamid Fateh,Abdul Qayum Gholipuri

doi:10.15446/esrj.v25n1.94403

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https://doi.org/10.15446/esrj.v25n1.94403

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Abstract

This research was conducted on a farm of Payam-e-Noor University in Piranshahr, in West Azerbaijan province of Iran, during 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 crop sessions to investigate the wheat physiological traits response to standard and ecological agricultural systems. The experiment was conducted as a split-plot design with two factors and three replications. The first factor, which was considered the main plot, included high, low-input, and ecological agricultural systems. Subplots were seed pre-treatment, including control (without priming), hydro priming, and food priming with ascorbate. The results showed that the least photosynthesis rate and mesophilic conductance were related to low-input agricultural system; however, in the ecological system, the transpiration, substomatal carbon dioxide, and water use efficiency of photosynthesis were the lowest. Also, seed priming increased the photosynthesis rate, mesophilic conductivity, and water use efficiency of photosynthesis.

Highlights

Agricultural operations are based on the traditional knowledge and experience of human beings
The traits related to gas exchange, including photosynthesis, transpiration, sub-stomatal carbon dioxide, and mesophilic
The variance analysis results showed that the effect of year on photosynthesis was significant at 5% level, and the impact of agricultural system and seed priming system was significant at 1% level (Table 2)

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Introduction

Agricultural operations are based on the traditional knowledge and experience of human beings. The first factor, which was considered the main plot, consisted of high-input, low-input, and ecological agricultural systems. Comparing the agricultural system’s average interactions showed no significant difference between the high-input and ecological agricultural systems regarding the photosynthesis of the wheat plant’s flag leaf.

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