Production and quality of chickpea seeds in different sowing and harvest periods

Abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the production, and the physical and physiological quality of ‘BRS Aleppo’ chickpea seeds in the city of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State, and their ideal harvest point. A randomized complete block design was used, in a 3x5 factorial arrangement, with three sowing periods (May 12th, June 23rd and July 22nd 2015) and five harvest seasons (100, 107, 114, 121 and 128 days after sowing) with seven replications. The following productive parameters were determined: number of seeds, number of empty pods, production and yield. For seed quality evaluations, the completely randomized design was used. The following evaluations were done: seed moisture content, dry matter, biometry, 1,000-seed weight and germination. For the harvest season factor, data were submitted to analysis of variance and comparisons average by Tukey’s test (p摘要：本研究旨在评价种植于米纳斯吉拉斯州蒙蒂斯克拉鲁斯市的‘BRS Aleppo’鹰嘴豆种子的生产性能、物理与生理品质，以及其理想收获时期。试验采用3×5因子排列的完全随机区组设计（randomized complete block design），设置3个播期（2015年5月12日、6月23日及7月22日）与5个收获时期（播种后100、107、114、121、128天），共7次重复。测定的生产相关参数包括：种子数量、空荚数量、籽粒总产量与单位面积产量。在种子品质评价环节，采用完全随机设计（completely randomized design），测定指标包括：种子含水量、干物质含量、形态计量学测定、千粒重（1,000-seed weight）与发芽率。针对收获时期因子的试验数据，采用方差分析（analysis of variance）进行统计处理，并通过Tukey检验（Tukey’s test）进行均值比较（p