Evaluation of N-biofertilizer and irrigation effects on some quantitative characteristics and thymoquinone content of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.)

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Department of Agronomy, Islamic Azad University, Karaj.

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The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of terminating irrigation at different developmental stages and Azospirillum inoculation on quantitative and qualitative yield of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.). Treatments consisted of irrigation with three levels (W1 = normal irrigation from emergence to harvest (control), W2 = irrigation terminated at the start of budding and W3 = irrigation terminated at the start of flowering) and Azospirillum inoculation at four levels (A1=non-inoculated, A2=seed inoculated and A3= spraying on the plant base at stem elongation stage, A4= seed inoculated + spraying on the plant base at stem elongation stage). The present results have shown that irrigation terminated at the start of budding caused significant reduction in number of follicles per plant, biomass production and seed yield. But, thymoquinone content increased in response to the water stress. Azospirillum had positive effects in all measured traits, especially when it used at two times (at seed inoculated + spraying on the plant base at stem elongation stage or A4 treatment).

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