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Effects of soil type and rainwater harvesting treatments in the growth, productivity and morphological trains of barley plants cultivated in semi-arid environment

Field experiments were conducted in the years 2013/2014 with two soil types from northern part of Jordan. The soil types that were chosen for the study were yellow Mediterranean sandy loam soil (site A) and red Mediterranean silt loam soil (site B). At both sites, a control (untreated soil) and experimental soil (hoops method of rainwater harvesting) was used. Our results indicated that barley plants which were grown in red Mediterranean silt loam soil had higher grain yield, increased number of spikes per plant, high amount of grains per spike, 1000-grain weight, increased plant height and higher spike length than those plants grown at yellow Mediterranean sandy loam soil. On the other hand, barley plants which were grown under water harvesting treatment gave the best results compared to those plants which were grown without water harvesting treatment.