By: Ekram Ali Megawer, Ahmed Mohamed Ali EL-Sherif, Mohamed Sarhan Mohamed Key Words: Faba bean, Varieties, Irrigation intervals, Sowing dates, Yield and yield components
In order to study the effect of Irrigation and sowing date on plant characteristics, chemical and yield traits of five Faba Bean cultivars, an experiment was conducted in two growing seasons in the farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, Demo, Fayoum University, Egypt. Using split-split plot in RCBD with three replications. Irrigation intervals (I) was considered as the main plot in the three intervals (irrigation every 20, 30 and 40 days). Three sowing dates (22ndOct., 7thand 22ndNov.) were arranged in the sub plot. The sub-sub plots were varieties (Nubaria1, Nubaria2, Giza3 improved, Sakha1 and Sakha2). Results indicated that the effect of irrigation every 20 days (I1) surpassed the others two where it produced higher values of plant height (87.34cm), seed yield (1.81ton/feddan) and carbohydrate % (46.73%).
