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tion for moisture in the spring-planted crop prevents the realization of yield<br />

advantage with increased plant population as is obtained in the winter-planted<br />

crop.<br />

In order to identify optimum level of plant population for different rainfall<br />

situation, a plant population study was carried out with winter-planted crop of<br />

2400<br />

2000<br />

1600<br />

1200<br />

800<br />

_+<br />

16.6<br />

1200 0-----o Tel Hadya, Winter crop<br />

25<br />

Plants /n<br />

o-- Jinderis, Winter crop<br />

-- Jinderis, Spring crop<br />

131<br />

+-. Kafr Antoon, Winter crop<br />

Figure 4<br />

Effect of plant population on the seed yield of chickpeas at Tel Hadya (seasonal rainfall<br />

427.8 mm; potential seasonal evaporation 620 mm), Jinderis (seasonal rainfall around 400 mm,<br />

potential evaporation 536 mm), and Kafr Antoon (seasonal rainfall 303 mm, Eo = 640 mm),<br />

during 1979-80 cropping season.<br />

33.3<br />

50

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