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Alterations in Growth and Yield of Camelina Induced by Different Planting Densities under Water Deficit Stress
Ejaz Ahmad Waraich1,*, Zeeshan Ahmed2,3, Zahoor Ahmad4, Rashid Ahmad1, Murat Erman5, Fatih Cig5, Ayman El Sabagh5,6
1 Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan
2 Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang, 830011, China
3 Cele National Station of Observation and Research for Desert-Grassland Ecosystem, Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang, 848300, China
4 Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Cukurova University, Adana, 1380, Turkey
5 Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Siirt University, Siirt, 56100, Turkey
6 Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr El Sheikh University, Kafr Elsheikh, 33511, Egypt
* Corresponding Author: Ejaz Ahmad Waraich. Email:
(This article belongs to this Special Issue: Crop Production under Abiotic Stress: Physiological and Molecular Interventions)
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2020, 89(3), 587-597. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2020.08734
Received 08 October 2019; Accepted 13 November 2019; Issue published 22 June 2020
Abstract
Camelina (
Camelina sativa L.) is famous for its oil quality and unique
fatty acid pattern. Growth and yield of crops reduced under water deficit conditions. Environmental threat such as drought or water deficit condition is the emerging problem which creates the negative impact on the growth of plants. Based
upon the current situation a pot study was performed in rain out-shelter to explore
the effect of different plant densities (15, 10 and 5 plants per pot) on growth and
seed yield of two camelina genotypes under normal (100% WHC) and water deficit (60% WHC) conditions by using completely randomized design with factorial
arrangement having three replicates. Results indicated that individual effects of
plant densities and water deficit stress levels considerably influenced the growth
and seed yield of camelina but interaction effects did not indicate any significant
variation. Maximum values of leaf area index (LAI) and crop growth rate (CGR)
were recorded in P3 treatment (15 plants per pot). However, maximum values of
leaf area duration (LAD), net assimilation rate (NAR), yield and yield components were observed in the treatment P
1 (5 plants per pot). Water deficit condition
(60% WHC) significantly minimized the growth, seed yield (0.82 g/m
2
) and yield
components of camelina genotypes. Both camelina genotypes (611 and 618) did
not differ significantly under water deficit conditions.
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Waraich, E. A., Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, Z., Ahmad, R., Erman, M. et al. (2020). Alterations in Growth and Yield of Camelina Induced by Different Planting Densities under Water Deficit Stress.
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, 89(3), 587–597.
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