Two field experiments were carried out in the Research and Experimental Center of Faculty of Agriculture at Moshtohor, Benha University, Egypt, during 2013/14 and 2014/15 winter seasons to study the performance of five faba bean genotypes (Moshtohor 5, Moshtohor 8, Moshtohor 1084, Misr 3 and Nobaria 3) under four water regimes were, one irrigation (300 m3 fed-1) at flowering stage {90 day after planting (DAP)}, two irrigations (250 m3 fed-1 for each irrigation) at vegetative growth and pod formation stages (60 and 120 DAP, respectively), three irrigations (200 m3 fed-1 for each irrigation) at vegetative growth, flowering and pod formation stages (45, 90 and 135 DAP, respectively) and traditional irrigation.
The results could be summarized as follows:
No. of pods and seeds plant-1, weight of pods and seeds plant-1, weight of 100 seeds, seed yield fed-1, protein yield fed-1, moisture%, carbohydrate% and calcium% in faba bean seeds were significantly increased by the increase in number of irrigations compared with one irrigation treatment. Whereas, protein% and potassium% in faba bean seeds were significantly decreased by the increase in number of irrigations in the first and second seasons. Faba bean genotypes were significantly different in all traits studied except No. of pods and seeds plant-1 and moisture% in faba bean seeds in the first season. Significant interaction effect was noticed between water regimes and broad bean genotypes for all the studied characters except weight of 100 seeds and moisture% in faba bean seeds in the first season. Generally, it can be concluded that planting Moshtohor 1084 genotype or Nobaria 3 and Misr 3 varieties at normal irrigation or at three irrigations. |
