The effects of saline and fresh water application with organic and chemical fertilizers on some quantitative characters and ion accumulation in cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

• Jamileh Bardel ¹
• Ahmad Ghanbari ¹
• Mostaafa Khajeh ²

¹ Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran

² Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran

10.22067/jag.v6i2.39373

Abstract

Salinity tolerance is one of the most important affecting factors on agricultural production in arid and semi-arid areas. In order to study the effects of saline and fresh water irrigation with application of organic and NPK fertilizers on cumin, a split plot experiment based on randomized complete block design was carried out with three replications during 2011 and 2012, at the research farm of Zabol University. Main factor was irrigation regimes (fresh water, and saline water EC: 4.180 dS.m-1) and the sub factor were including individual and combining treatments of manure and NPK fertilizer and control. Results indicated that increasing soluble salts in water irrigation until 4.180 dS.m-1 range, plant height, seed weight, and number of umbel per plant, number of seeds per umbel and plant, and yield decreased but the percentage and yield of essence was increased. Increasing the concentration of sodium ions lead to decrease concentrations of potassium, phosphorus, calcium and magnesium of cumin seed. Among the different fertilizer treatments, separate application of organic and chemical fertilizers have little advantage, but integrated chemical fertilizer and manure was more effective to improve the most investigated characters. Interaction of water and fertilizer regimes was significant on yield, seed weight, plant height, oil percentage and sodium content. In general, in order to reduce pollution of chemical fertilizers and the compensation lack of soil organic matter in arid and semi-arid areas, NPK fertilizer (40:20:15 kg.ha-1 ratio with 20 t.ha-1 manure) in area is recommended.

Keywords

• EC
• Medicinal plant
• Mineral nutrients
• Organic and chemical fertilizer
• Yield and yield components

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