Effect of Irrigation Density on Seedling Morphology in Taurus Cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich.)
Keywords:
Taurus cedar, Irrigation density, Growth, Morphological properties.Abstract
Irrigation was one of the most important nursery practices for both cost and quality of seedlings. We aimed to determine relation between the irrigation density and seedling quality in Taurus Cedar grown in Egirdir Forest Nursery at southern Turkey based on second year morphological data to contribute nursery practice of the species. Irrigation experiments were designed for each 3, 5 and 7 days as two replicates in the nursery. And also a treatment was put present nursery irrigation practice as control. Until germination the sowing was humidity, while after germination the seedlings were irrigated each 3 (III), 5 (V) and 7 (VII) days, and also present irrigation regime of the nursery called control (C). Seedling morphology was compared for the densities and also traditional irrigation treatment to contribute nursery practice of the species based on second year data. The results showed that all irrigation density had different effects on seedling morphology.
It is needed to collect more data on from different nurseries and irrigation densities to draw accurate conclusion. However, the differences among irrigation densities showed different irrigation densities could be applied according to climatic (i.e., arid area) and edaphic characteristic of afforestation area.
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