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.515
Chickpea is commonly grown in central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is commonly grown
under rain-fed conditions. However, significant improvements can be achieved in chickpea
yields with irrigation. The present study was implemented to determine the effects of
irrigations performed at different growth stages on vegetative and generative characteristics
(plant weight, plant height, first pod height, number of branches per plant, number of pods per
plant, number of kernels per pod and 100-kernel weight) of chickpea plants. Experiments
were implemented over the experimental fields of Erciyes University Agricultural Faculty in
2017 in randomized blocks design with 3 replications. Seven different irrigation treatments
(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) were applied to
chickpea plants. Present findings were revealed that plants weights varied between 24.8 g
(T1) - 43.9 g (T7) ; plant heights varied between 44.3 cm (T1) - 62.5 cm (T7); first pot heights
varied between 24.5 cm (T1) - 32 cm (T7); number of branches per plant varied between 2
(T4) – 2.4 (T1); number of pods per plant varied between 14.6 (T1) and 27.5 (T5); number of
kernels per pods varied between 12.6 (T1) - 26.9 (T4) and finally 100-kernel weights varied
between 36.4 g (T4) - 40.8 (T6) g. While crop water consumption values varied between 213
and 518 mm, irrigation water quantity applied in treatments varied between 87.1 and 308 mm.
It was concluded that present irrigation treatments had significant effects on investigated
vegetative and generative characteristics (p<0.05).