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GENE ACTION and COMBINING ABITIY in LINE X TESTER POPULATION of SAFFLOWER (Carthamus tinctorius L.)

Arzu KOSE

Abstract

This research, having F1 hybrids from 6 female lines and 4 male testers, was conducted in order to design to assess the combining ability, to determine the nature and magnitude of gene action, hybrid vigor for yield and related traits and to detect the appropriate crosses for breeding program in safflower. Parents used in the study were developed at the Transitional Zone Agricultural Research Institute (TZARI). In the first year of this research, lines and testers were crossed in all the possible combinations using line x tester mating design. The hybrid population was evaluated in a replicated field trial in Eskisehir, Turkey. According to the results, the specific combining ability (SCA) effects were determined higher than general combining ability effects (GCA) in terms of traits studied. As a result, low ratios of ???? 2GCA/ ???? 2SCA, (???? 2D/ ???? 2A)1/2 implied that nonadditive effects controlled the traits studied. Existing non-additive gene action in the population, the selection in the advanced generations like F4 or F5 might be effective for improving the high seed and oil yield safflower genotypes

Keyword: Combining ability, Gene Action, Hybrid vigor, Line × Tester analysis, Safflower ,

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