The effect of irrigation levels on 50% maturity date.
Treatment that received 0% DI irrigation required 134.7 days with the same significant level of 10% deficit (ANOVA analysis showed that water levels received an insignificant difference between 50 and 60% irrigation levels. Thus, plants grown with soil moisture deficit levels on average days took 12.84, 6.83, 5.79, 3.64, 2.52 and 2.67% more duration to reach 50% maturity compare with full irrigation. This could be because plants under stress are more likely to complete their life cycle in a shorter period of time, allowing them to escape from unfavorable conditions by ending their life cycle a few days earlier than those under normal or high soil moisture conditions, ensuring the species’ survival.