Performance Evaluation of Sesame under Regulated Deficit Irrigation Application in the Low Land of Western Gondar, Ethiopia

Table 2

Description of irrigation treatments.

No.	Treatments	Growth stages				Remark
		1	T1	1	1		1	1	100% ETc, normal irrigation throughout
2	T2	0	1	1	1	Deficit at P1 only and the rest normal
3	T3	1	0	1	1	Deficit at P2 only and the rest normal
4	T4	1	1	0	1	Deficit at P3 only and the rest normal
5	T5	1	1	1	0	Deficit at P4 only and the rest normal
6	T6	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%, water requirement will be applied
7	T7	75%	75%	75%	75%	75%, water requirement will be applied
8	T8	120%	120%	120%	120%	120%, water requirement will be applied

Note. 1, normal watering—100% of ETc irrigation water application; 0, 75% deficit, indicates only 25% of ETc irrigation water application. 50% = 50% deficit, indicates only 50% of ETc irrigation water application; 75% = 25% deficit, indicates only 75% of ETc irrigation water application; 120% = application of 120% of ETc irrigation water application. : initial (planting to juvenile); : development (first buds to flower initiation); : midseason (flower initiation to late bloom stage); : late season (ripening to physiological maturity) growth stages.