EVALUATE PLANT GROWTH, GREEN POD YIELD AND ITS QUALITY OF THE TWO PEA CULTIVARS ENTSAR 1 AND MASTER B WITH DIFFERENT PLANT DENSITIES

Abstract

This work was carried out during the two winter seasons of 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 at the Experimental Farm(Ghazala-Zagazig), to evaluate the new pea cultivars Entsar 1 under the three rates of plant densities, i.e. 40, 50 and 60 plant m -2 compared with the traditional variety Master B on plant growth, total green pod yield and its quality. The obtained results showed that : The two pea cultivars had significant differences in most studied characters. Entsar 1 cv. had the best results of most vegetative growth characters, i.e. plant length, number of leaves, fresh and dry weight plant -1 , as well as the total chlorophyll content of pea leaves. Moreover, it had the maximum total green pod yield per feddan with high pod quality (pod length, diameter, number of seeds as well as fresh weight of pod and its green seed) and 1000-seed fresh and dry weight. Meanwhile, the cv. Master B recorded the highest value of plant length only. From that, the cultivar Entsar 1 with plant density 40 plant m -2 had the best plant growth and higher characters quality of the green pods, whereas the density 60 plant m -2 for the highest total green pod yield may be suggested for the winter green pea. under .