Evaluation of Different Levels of Soil Moisture and Seed Hydroperimination on Yield and Yield Components of Vigna radiate L. in Mashhad Climate

Soil water scarcity is one of the factors that has a significant effect on the performance and physiological function of mung beans. In drought stress conditions, seed priming can be a simple and inexpensive way to reduce the effects of stress. Therefore, in order to study the soil moisture content on yield and yield components, field cultivars were cultivated in Agricultural Research Station of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 2016. The experiment was conducted as split plot factorial in randomized complete block design with three replications. The main irrigation factor was three levels of 80, 60 and 40% of crop capacity and sub factor including line A73-726 and Uzbek variety (hydroperimed and non-priming). The results showed that A73-726 line had the highest and lowest grain yield and harvest index in all levels of applied moisture regime. Seed hydroperimed treatment showed an increase of about eight percent of the seed yield compared to non-priming conditions.