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YIELD PERFORMANCES OF PELLETED TRUE POTATO (TPS) SEEDS IN OUTDOOR SEEDBED GROWING

Gulsum OZTURK, Zeynep DUMANOGLU

Abstract

Yield performances of pelleted true potato seeds were tested in the outdoor seedbed growing at Bornova[1]Izmir, Turkey in 2017 and 2018. Micro yield trial was arranged in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with following treatments: seedling from pelleted seed (SPS), seedling from non-pelleted seed (SNPS), pelleted single seed (PSS), pelleted two (double) seed (PDS), pelleted three (triple) seed (PTS), non-pelleted seed (NS) and minituber (MT). The following results were obtained the PTS had the highest tuber number (9.1); the PDS had the highest single tuber weight similar to the control MT; the PTS had the highest plant yield (182.3 g); the PTS had the highest plot yield (1.0 kg) with the MT (Control); the PDS had the highest tuber width (3.4 cm) similar to the MT (control) and the PDS had the highest tuber length (4.2 cm) similar to the MT (4.1 cm) and PSS (4.0 cm) The high mean for the agronomical traits indicated that pelleted potato seeds could be successfully used in the outdoor seedbed growing.

Keyword: Generative seed, potatoes, potato yield traits, TPS technology ,

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