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DEVELOPMENT OF MAIZE (Zea mays L.) GENOTYPES BY USING IN VIVO DOUBLED HAPLOID TECHNIQUE

Sinem ZERE TASKIN, Ugur BILGILI

Abstract

Doubled haploid technology has become an increasingly popular and important tool for developing new maize (Zea mays L.) lines breeding. Although conventional plant breeding contributes significantly to maize development, it is time-consuming and has disadvantages such as using more labor and financial resources. Conventional maize breeding requires repeated self-pollination for about six to ten generations to obtain homozygous inbred lines, also 100% homozygous lines cannot be obtained at the end of this period. Completely homozygous lines can be produced in only two-three generations by using doubled haploid technology. In vivo induction of the maternal haploid method was used for the production of doubled haploid lines. Thirty-two different donors pollinated with haploid inducer line Stock6. Haploid seeds were identified visually by using dominant anthocyanin color marker genes R1-nj. Haploid induction rates (HIR) and chromosome doubling rate (CDR) were determined. Four hundred and eighty-eight putative haploid seeds were obtained. The average haploid induction rate was calculated as 2.0%, the average chromosome doubling rate was 52.3%. Results of this study 20 doubled haploid lines were developed.

Keyword: Doubled haploid, haploid induction rate, in vivo, maize breeding. ,

Effects of Different Water Stress Levels on Biomass Yield and Agronomic Traits of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Varieties under Semi-Arid Conditio

Erdal GONULAL, Suleyman SOYLU, Mehmet SAHIN

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in the Wielkopolska region at the Gorzyń Research Station, Poland (52.34°N, 15.54°E) in Central Europe. The study was conducted over a 3-year period (2017, 2018, 2019) as a two-factorial design with four replications in the RCBD. The aim of the research was to determine the effect of the cultivar (‘Bolero’, ‘Tytan’) and the inoculation (Nitragina–seeds inoculation, Nitroflora I–seeds inoculation, Nitroflora II–soil inoculation, HiStick® Lupin–seeds inoculation) on plant development, seeds chemical composition and yielding of narrow-leaved lupin. The weather conditions and experimental factors significantly influenced on productivity of narrow-leaved lupin ‘Tytan’. Drought during the growing season reduced seeds and protein yields. After inoculation of HiStck the seeds yield was significantly greater by 12.4% (p < 0.01) and the protein yield after application of Nitroflora I or HiStick by 13.9% (p < 0.01) and 19.2% (p < 0.01), respectively. Correlation coefficients showed strong relations between number of pods and seeds per plant in both cultivars regardless of the inoculation variant, however the strongest relations in both cultivar were proved on HiStick treatment.
Keyword: Biological nitrogen fixation, chemical composition, legumes, protein efficiency, yielding