Studies on sowing depth for chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) , faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) in a Mediterranean-type environment of south-western Australia
Siddique, K.H.M.; Loss, S.P.
Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 182(2): 105-112
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0931-2250
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-037x.1999.00281.x
Accession: 003284342
Chickpeas, faba beans and lentils have hypogeal emergence and their cotyledons remain where the seed is sown, while only the shoot emerges from the soil surface. The effect of three sowing depths (2.5, 5 and 10 cm) on the growth and yield of these pulses was studied at three locations across three seasons in the cropping regions of south-western Australia, with a Mediterranean-type environment.