Effect of Different Methods of Rainwater Harvesting in Establishment of Ferula tabasensis in Yazd Province (Case Study: Kalmand Bahadoran Rangelands, Yazd province, Iran)

Zare, Mohammad Taghi; Fayaz, Mohammad; Zarekia, Sedighe; Baghestani Meybodi, Naser; Abolghasemi, Mohammad

doi:10.22092/ijrdr.2020.121343

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Senior Research Expert, Yazd Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural

² Assistant Professor, Rangeland Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

³ Research Assistant Professor, Yazd Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, AREEO, Yazd, Iran

⁴ Associate Professor, Forest and Rangeland Department, Yazd Agricultural and Natural resources Research and Education Organization, AREEO, Yazd, Iran

⁵ Senior Research Expert, Yazd Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, AREEO, Yazd, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22092/ijrdr.2020.121343

Abstract

Rainfall storage with plant species planting is used for rehabilitation and improvement of rangelands, especially in arid areas. In this study the effect of rainfall storage treatments furrow, pitting and crescent pond on the establishment of Ferula tabasensis in Kalmand Bahadoran area of Yazd province was evaluated. This area is one of the habitats of the species studied. Seeds were planted at two season, early fall as autumn sowing and late winter as spring sowing. The research was a split plot design, based on randomized complete blocks with three replications. The main plot was planting time (spring and autumn) and sub plot was planting method (farrow, pitting and crescent pond). The seeds were planted in 2013 and 2014. The results showed that seed emergence rate in autumn were significantly higher than spring planting. Among the planting methods, the impact of the crescent pond method was slightly more than the other two methods. In general, planting methods caused more than 50% seed emergence. Although some of these seedlings were destroyed for various reasons, however, the establishment of about 30% of seedlings shows that the methods of rainwater harvesting in the establishment of cultivated plants have had a positive effect.

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Effect of Different Methods of Rainwater Harvesting in Establishment of Ferula tabasensis in Yazd Province (Case Study: Kalmand Bahadoran Rangelands, Yazd province, Iran)

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Volume 27, Issue 1 - Serial Number 78April 2020Pages 24-35

Volume 27, Issue 1 - Serial Number 78
April 2020
Pages 24-35