بررسی سازگاری و ویژگیهای زراعی گیاه کینوا در منطقه ایرانشهر

Agricultural research must investigate for new crops suitable for food production and security in the country. Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa willd.) is a valuable nutritional plant native to the, Bolivia, Peru and Chile in the Andes Mountains region. Protein of quinoa have higher quality and quantity of that of common cereals. To study adaptability and productivity potential of quinoa 3 genotypes; Sajama, Santamaria and Sajama-Iranshahr were cultivated in Iranshahr research station based on Completely Randomized Block Design in 6 replications. Analysis of variation revealed that there were highly significant differences for yield, high significant differences for plant height and stem diameter between genotypes. The average mean comparison between genotypes showed that Sajama had the highest yield with 929.8 kg/ha, Santamaria and Sajama-Iranshar had 824.5 and 730.3 kg/ha respectively. There wasn't much differences between the genotypes for protein content, that was about 12.4%. The results revealed that quinoa is a proper crop for production in the region; however, more research must be conducted in the future.