EFFECT OF TEMPORARY DROUGHT AT DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES ON SNAP BEAN POD QUALITY AND YIELD

High quality snap bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L. ) can be produced under rain-fed conditions, provided that adequate moisture is available. However, drought may occur at any stage of growth of snap bean. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of drought stress at different growth stage...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:African crop science journal 2016-09, Vol.24 (3), p.317
Main Authors: BESHIR, H.M, BUECKERT, R, TAR'AN, B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capacité au champ
Field capacity
nutrient concentration
Phaseolus vulgaris
taux de nutriments
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:High quality snap bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L. ) can be produced under rain-fed conditions, provided that adequate moisture is available. However, drought may occur at any stage of growth of snap bean. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of drought stress at different growth stages on pod physical quality and nutrient concentrations. An experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Greenhouse, Hawassa University in Ethiopia. Drought stress (50% of field capacity [FC]) was applied at the unfolding of the fourth trifoliate leaf, flowering and pod formation, against a control with no drought stress. The drought stress treatments and eight cultivars were arranged as a factorial experiment in a completely randomised design, with three replications. Drought stress (50% FC) during reproductive stages significantly (P
ISSN:1021-9730
2072-6589
DOI:10.4314/acsj.v24i3.8