Evaluating The Performance of Some Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Genotypes Under Irrigated Conditions in Sewida Governorate

Abstract

This research was conducted using six genotypes of beans Vicia faba L.; three cultivars (Hama 2, Hama 3, Baladi) and three lines (Filp19-006FB, Filp19-0192FB, Filp06-011FB) during the planting season 2020-2021, at Era station/ Sewida Agricultural Scientific Research Center/ GCSAR/ Syria.

The research aimed was to evaluate the performance of genotypes studied in terms of evolutionary, morphological and yield traits under irrigated conditions, to select the best genotype (s) which are suitable according to Sewida condition. The results showed that there were no significant differences in two traits, the number of days required for flowering and ripening between the studied genotypes, while there were significant differences between the cultivars in the rest of the studied traits. The Baladi cultivar gave the best values for plant height and hundred seed weight with averages (95.56cm, 134.8g) respectively, while Flip19-0192FB line excelled in the number of total branches, the number of fruiting branches and the number of pods per plant (18.33 branch.plant^-1, 15.33 branch.plant^-1,94.78 pod. Plant^-1) respectively. In addition,  the cultivar Hama 2 excelled in both traits the height of the first fruiting branch and the harvest index (19.44 cm, 19.11%) respectively, and Filp06-011FB line was superior in seed yield trait and number of leaves per plant (312.5 kg.donnm^-1 , 202.4 leave.plant^-1.).These results referred to the ability of the cultivars Hama 2 and Baladi, and the two lines Filp06-011FB and Flip19-0192FB  to acclimatise for the conditions of the research area. The results of simple correlation analysis among the studied traits showed that there is a positive significant correlation between the number of total branches and the number of fruiting branches (0.915), and  between the weight of 100 seeds with plant height (0.647),  and there is a positive significant correlation between the trait, weight of 100 seeds with the number of total branches(0.504), and between seed yield with the trait harvest index (0.896). Based on the cluster analysis of the sum of all studied traits, it was found that the genotypes were divided into two groups, where the first group includes the line Flip19-0192FB and two varieties Hama 3 and Hama 2, while the second group includes the Baladi variety and the two lines Flip06-011FB and Flip19-006FB.