EFFECT OF MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ON SESAME PRODUCTIVITY UNDER WATER STRESS IN LOW-INPUT AGRICULTURE SYSTEM

Authors : Esmaeil GHOLINEZHAD, Reza DARVISHZADEH

Pages : 46-53

Doi:10.17557/tjfc.564087

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Publication Date : 2019-06-14

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are organisms that cause to enhance the resistance of having fungi to water stress. To survey the effects of various levels of water deficit and two kinds of mycorrhizal fungi on quantitative and qualitative traits of sesame insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Sesamum indicum L.); cultivars, an experimental using factorial-split plot design was carried out with three replications in the research field of Agricultural Research Center, West-Azerbaijan in 2015 and 2016 cropping seasons. The main plots insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(factor A and B); included different levels of irrigation; normal irrigation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(irrigation after 70 mm evaporation of crop insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ETc););, moderate water stress insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(irrigation after 90 mm ETc); and severe water stress insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(irrigation after 110 mm ETc); and factor B included three levels: two kinds of mycorrhizal fungi Funneliformis mosseae, Rhizophagus intraradices and non-inoculated insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(control);. Sub plots insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(factor C); consisted of eight commercial cultivars of sesame named `single branch Naz`, `several branches Naz`, `Dashtestan 5`, `Dashtestan 2`, `Darab 2`, `Darab 14`, `Halil` and `Pal`. Mean comparison of 2-yr showed that with enhancing severity of water deficit, all studied traits decreased. Severe water stress reduced seed yield, oil yield, protein yield and biological yield about 64, 65, 62 and 40 percent, respectively. Using two kinds of mycorrhizal fungi F. mosseae, R. intraradices compared to non-inoculated insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(control); traits quantitative and qualitative traits increased. Also in three different irrigation conditions, `Darab 2` and `Darab 14` were superior commercial cultivars. To improve quantitative and qualitative traits of sesame, use of mycorrhizal fungi, especially F. mosseae was found to be recommendable.
Keywords : Commercial cultivars, mycorrhiza, oily crops, seed yield, water stress