Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Growth and fatty acid composition of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes as influence by planting dates and nitrogen fertilization in semiarid region of Northwest, Pakistan

  • Plant Growing
  • Published:
Russian Agricultural Sciences Aims and scope

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted on silty clay loam soil in the years 2011–2012. Two sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) cultivars (Local Black and Local White) were evaluated using various 3 different sowing dates (20th June, 10th and 30th July) and four agrotechnical level (0, 40, 80 and 120 kg N ha–1) at New Developmental Farm The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of sowing dates on growth, yield and oil fatty acid composition of two sesame cultivars grown under different nitrogen fertilization. Results showed that cv. Local Black was characterized by significantly higher content of oil (47%), seed yield (696 kg ha–1) and oil yield (335 kg ha–1) while cv. Local White had higher palmitic acid (8%) and linoleic acid (38.7%). Yield and its main components were positively affected by the earlier sowing date. With regard to fatty acid composition, a decrease in oleic and stearic acid and an increase in linoleic and palmitic acid were observed. At early sowing, oleic and palmitic acid decreased whereas linoleic and stearic acid increased. The decrease in the oleic/linoleic acid ratio observed at early sowing, suggests a possible role of temperature on the activity of oleate desaturase in the developing seeds. Intensive technology of cultivation (120 kg N ha–1), compared to the economical technology (40 kg N ha–1), significantly increased the seed yield of both sesame cultivars. This was due to higher number of branches, Capsules m–2, capsules plant–1, seeds capsule–1 and 1000 seed weight (g). The intensive technology of cultivation had a beneficial effect on the content of palmitic acid, linolenic acid and oleic acid in sesame seed.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Official and Tentative Methods of Analysis, Washington, D.C.: Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, 1980, 11th ed.

  2. Achakzai, A.J.J. and Bangulzai, M.I., Effect of various levels of nitrogen fertilizer on the yield and yield attributes of pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivars, Pak. J. Bot., 2006, vol. 2, pp. 331–340.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Achakzai, A.K.K. and Kayani, S.A., Effect of fertilizer, inoculation and sowing time on the chemical composition of field grown soybean seeds, Asian J. Plant Sci., 2002, vol. 6, pp. 618–621.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Achakzai, A.K.K., Jehan, S., Wahid, M.A., and Shah, S.H., Effects of fertilizer, inoculation and sowing time on growth, yield and yield attributes of soybean under field conditions, Asian J. Plant Sci., 2002, vol. 4, pp. 308–313.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Ahmad, A., Akhtar, M., Ehsanullah, H.A., and Musaddique, M., Genotypic response of sesame to nitrogen and phosphorus application, Pak. J. Agric. Sci., 2001, vol. 2, pp. 12–15.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Alamsarkar, M.N., Salim, M., Islam, N., and Rahman, M.M., Effect of sowing date and time of harvesting on the yield and yield contributing characters of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), Int. J. Sustainable Crop. Prod., 2007, vol. 6, pp. 31–35.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Ali, E.A. and Ahmed, S.Y., Influence of nitrogen rates and foliar spray by different concentration of copper on sesame seed and oil yields as well as nitrogen use efficiency in sandy soil, Res. J. Agric. Biol. Sci., 2012, vol. 2, pp. 174–178.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Alpaslan, M., Boydak, E., Hayta, M., Gerçek, S., and Simsek, M., Effect of row spaceing and irrigation on seed composition of Turkish sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 2001, vol. 9, pp. 933–935.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Andruszczak, S., Gawlik-Dziki, U., Jraska, P., Kwiecinska-Poppe, E., Rozylo, K., and Palys, E., Yield and quality traits of two linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) cultivars as affected by some agronomic factors, Plant Soil Environ., 2015, vol. 6, pp. 247–252.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Official and Tentative Methods of Analysis, Washington, D.C.: Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, 1980, 11th ed., sec. 963.33.

  11. Elmahdi, A.R., El-Amin, S.E.M., and Ahmed, F.G., Effect of sowing date on the performance of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), African Crop Science Conference Proceedings, 2007, vol. 8, pp. 1943–1946.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Gupta, S.K., Yadava, T.P., Parkash, K., Thakral, N.K., and Kumar, P., Influence of date of sowing on oil and fatty acid composition in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), Ann. Biol., 1998, vol. 14, pp. 67–68.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Jan, M.T., Shah, P., Hollington, P.A., Khan, M.J., and Sohail, Q., Agriculture Research: Design and Analysis. A Monograph, Peshawar: Agric. Univ., 2009.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Jelinska, M., Fatty acids-factors modifying cancer processes, Biul. Wydzialu Farm. Wawszaw. Uniw. Med., 2005, vol. 1, pp. 1–14.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Kalaiselvan, P., Subrahmaniyan, K., and Balasubramanian, T.N., Effect of nitrogen on the growth and yield of sesame, Agric. Rev., 2001, vol. 2, pp. 137–140.

    Google Scholar 

  16. Klimek-Kipyra, A., Zajac, T., Micek, P., and Borowiec, F., Effect of mineral fertilization and sowing rate on chemical composition of two linseed cultivars, J. Agric. Sci., 2013, vol. 5, pp. 224–229.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Malik, M.A., Saleem, M.F., Cheema, M.A., and Ahmed, S., Influence of different nitrogen levels on productivity of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) under varying planting patterns, Int. J. Agric. Biol., 2003, vol. 4, pp. 490–492.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Agriculture Statistics of Pakistan, Islamabad: MINFA, 2009.

  19. Rahman, A., Elmahdi, A., Eldin, S., Elamir, M., and Ahmed, F.G., Effect of sowing date on the performance of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes under irrigation conditions in northern Sudan, Afr. J. Crop Sci., 2012, vol. 8, pp. 1943–1946.

    Google Scholar 

  20. Robertson, J.A. and Green, V.E., Effect of planting date on sunflower seed oil content, fatty acid composition and yield in Florida, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 1981, vol. 58, pp. 698–701.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Sekhon, K.S. and Bhatia, I.S., Fatty acid changes during ripening of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), Oleagineux, 1972, vol. 27, pp. 371–373.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Shehu, E.H., Kwari, J.W., and Sandabe, M.K., Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrition of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), New York Sci. J., 2010, vol. 12, pp. 21–27.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Tiwari, K.P. and Namdeo, K.N., Response of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) to planting geometry and nitrogen, Ind. J. Agron., 1997, vol. 42, pp. 365–369.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Uzum, B., Lger, S., and Auirgan, M.U., Comparison of determinate and indeterminate types of sesame for oil content and fatty acid composition, Turk. J. Agric., 2002, vol. 26, pp. 269–274.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Agronomy, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Shahzad Ali, Amanullah Jan,  Manzoor & Irshad Ahmad

  2. Department of PBG, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Amir Sohail

  3. Chinese Institute of Water-Saving Agriculture, Northwest A and F University, Yangling, 712100, China

    Jia Zhikuan, Cai Tie, Wei Ting, Zhang Peng, Ren Xiaolong, Liu Xiaoli & Xu Yue Yue

  4. Department of Horticulture, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Mati Ur Rahman

Authors
  1. Shahzad Ali
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Amanullah Jan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Jia Zhikuan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Amir Sohail
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Cai Tie
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Wei Ting
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Zhang Peng
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Manzoor
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Irshad Ahmad
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Mati Ur Rahman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  11. Ren Xiaolong
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  12. Liu Xiaoli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  13. Xu Yue Yue
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Shahzad Ali.

Additional information

The article is published in the original.

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Ali, S., Jan, A., Zhikuan, J. et al. Growth and fatty acid composition of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes as influence by planting dates and nitrogen fertilization in semiarid region of Northwest, Pakistan. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 42, 224–229 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367416030046

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367416030046

Keywords

Search

Navigation