Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Conference on Agriculture, Forest, Food Sciences and Technologies (ICAFOF-2018 Çeşme-İzmir/ Turkey). , İzmir, Türkiye, 2 - 05 Nisan 2018, ss.516
Irrigation is the most significant input to improve the yields in agricultural production
activities. Crop water requirements vary based on growth stages and irrigations at different
stages have different effects on plant growth and development. The present research was
carried out to investigate the effects of irrigations applied at different growth stages on
chickpea yields. Experiments were conducted over the experimental fields of Agricultural
Research and Implementation Center of Erciyes University in randomized blocks design with
3 replications. A total of 7 different irrigation treatments were applied in experiments (T1 =
rainfed, T2: pre-bloom single irrigation, T3: single irrigation at the beginning of blooming, T4:
single irrigation at 50% pod set, T5: two irrigations at 50% bloom and 50% pod-set, T6: two
irrigations at pre-bloom and 50% pod-set, T7: full irrigation). Amount of irrigation water
applied to treatments ranged from 87.1 to 308 mm. On the other hand, crop water
consumptions ranged from 213(T1) to 518(T7) mm. While the highest yield (179.9 kg/da) was
observed in T4 treatment, the smallest yield (89.7 kg/da) was observed in T1 treatment. It was
concluded based on present findings that irrigations at different growth stages significantly
improved chickpea yields.