TY - JOUR AU - PIRZAD, Alireza AU - SHAKIBA, Mohammad Reza AU - ZEHTAB-SALMASI, Saeed AU - MOHAMMADI, Seyed Abolghasem AU - DARVISHZADEH, Reza AU - HASSANI, Abbas PY - 2010/03/09 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Phenology of German Chamomile and its Changes under Different Irrigation Regimes and Plant Densities JF - Notulae Scientia Biologicae JA - Not Sci Biol VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Research articles DO - 10.15835/nsb213616 UR - https://notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/3616 SP - 43-48 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">In order to definite growth stages of Matricaria chamomilla L., 40 plants were planted with 200 × 200 cm distance from each other. To determine the phenology under different water stress condition and plant densities, an experiment was conducted in factorial based on randomized complete block design with two factors including irrigation at 4 levels (25, 50, 75, and 100 mm evaporation from pan class A), and plant density at 5 levels (cultivation in 30 cm rows with 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 cm intra-row spaces) with three replications. Definition of growth stages including the maximum number of nodes, sub stems and tillers were 21, 20 and 14 that were occurred at 970, 1088 and 1088 oC growth degree-days, respectively. The numbers of nodes were 28.6, 30.0, 30.2 and 27.8, of sub stem were 19.2, 18.4, 19.8 and 18.4; and of tillers were 14.8, 14.0, 15.0 and 14.4 that were obtained from irrigation at 25, 50, 75, and 100 mm evaporation from pan, respectively. In the other hand, the number of nodes as follow 28.25, 29.00, 29.75, 29.75 and 29.00; sub stem as 17.50, 20.00, 20.75, 19.00 and 17.50; and tillers were 15.00, 13.50, 14.75, 14.00 and 15.50 that were obtained from 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 cm intra-row spacing, respectively. Differences by irrigation on GDDs values were observed at the second harvest. However the earliest observation of flower and seed receiving at the first harvest occurred on 5 cm intra-row spacing. These changes were identical by GDDs for second harvest of flower, but with mild slope of reduction. There were no differences in number of leaves and tillers among irrigation levels and plant densities.</p> ER -