The Effect of Salinity and Magnetic Water on Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Cumin (Case Study: Kashmar Region)

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1 Assistant Prof., Water Eng. Dep., Kashmar Higher Education Institute, Kashmar, Iran

2 Lecturer and Lab., Expert, Water Eng. Dep., Kashmar Higher Education Institute, Kashmar, Iran

Abstract

     In order to study the effect of magnetic field and different levels of saline irrigation water on cumin yield, a factorial experiment with a completely randomized block design with three replications was carried out in Kashmar Higher Education Institute in 2016. In this experiment, four salinity levels of irrigation water; 0.5 (S1) as control, 6 (S2), 8 (S3), and (S4) 10 dS m-1, and two levels of magnetic field; magnetic water (M1) and non-magnetic water (M2) Were used. The results showed that the magnetized water increased the yield of cumin compared with non-magnetized water. So that the maximum grain yield of cumin (1085 kg. ha-1) was corresponded to S1M1 treatment and the lowest one (530 kg ha-1) was corresponded toS4M2 treatment. Also, the maximum and the minimum biological yields (2215 and 1295 kg ha-1) were corresponded to the same treatments (S1M1 and S4M2) respectively. The yield reduction rates for 6, 8 and 10 dS m-1 saline waters were calculated to be 7.8, 14.7 and 32%, respectively for the magnetic field and 6, 15.7 and 44.5%, respectively for the non-magnetic field as compared to the control treatment. In addition, the average water use efficiencies of saline and magnetic water treatments (0.5, 6, 8 and 10 dS m-1) were estimated to be 8.8, 6.5, 10.3 and 17.4% greater than the ones of saline and non-magnetic water treatments, respectively. Therefore, the use of magnetic water can increase the yield of cumin under salt stress conditions.

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Iranian Journal of Soil and Water Research
Volume 50, Issue 4
August 2019
Pages 807-817

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