IJAER

International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research™

ISSN 2455-6939

Title:
ANALYSIS OF SOME GROWTH AND PRODUCTION TRAITS IN COMMON BEAN AS MONOCROP AND IN ASSOCIATION WITH MAIZE IN KOSOVO

Authors:
Avni Behluli , Agim Canko and Shukri Fetahu

Abstract:
Two common bean landraces (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), "Trenaria" and "Peja" representing the indeterminate growth habit were tested in two cultivation systems: monoculture and in association with maize hybrid NS444 (Zea mays L.). The aim of the research was to find the advantages of the cultivation system of the common bean populations of indeterminate growth habit based on performance of physiological growth traits and production elements. The experiment was conducted during the cultivation season of 2016 and 2017 in the agro-ecological conditions of Prishtina. Experimental design was random complete block with three replications, with genotype respectively population, cultivation system and year as main factors and other sub-factors. The studied parameters were growth traits: Leaf area index (LAI), crop growth rate (CGR) and net assimilation rate (NAR), as well as yield components: pods number per plants (PNplant-1 ), grain number per plant (GNplant-1 ), grain weight per plant (GWplant-1 ) and grain weight per unit area (GWm-2 ). Research data were subject of ANOVA variance analysis. The results of the study showed significant differences between common bean landraces in both systems and years of cultivation. Landraces in the monoculture system showed better performance for all studied parameters. Therefore, based on the obtained data, could be concluded and recommended the cultivation of common bean in Kosovo in the monoculture cultivation system, because of its advantage in terms of production compared to the system in association with maize.

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