Effect of Irrigation System, Tillage System, and Seeding Rates on Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Growth, Grain Yield and Its Water Consumption and Efficiency
A field trial was conducted at a private farm in AL-Hashimiya district Babylon
Governorate—the republic of Iraq during the 2016-2017
and 2017-2018 growing seasons.This study was
conducted using two irrigation methods, sprinkler and surface irrigation, for
each of them had three Tillage methods (zero-tillage, medium-tillage, deep-tillage) and each tillage system had four seeding rate of wheat
yield (120, 180, 240, 300) kg∙ha-1.Results indicated that the consumptive water use was 557.5 and535.9 mm
for surface irrigation and 460.9 and 442.6 mm for sprinkler irrigation in the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 growing seasons. Sprinkler irrigation
significantly increased the flag leaf area with no significant effect on plant
height. However, the minimum tillage and seeding rate (240 kg∙ha-1) significantly increased the
plant height and flag leaf area in both
growing seasons. For the grain yield, the sprinkler irrigation, minimum
tillage, and seeding rate (240 kg
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