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EVALUATION OF FORAGE TURNIP + CEREAL MIXTURES FOR FORAGE YIELD AND QUALITY TRAITS

Kadir YAVUZ, Erdem GULUMSER

Abstract

The aim of current study was to investigate the effects of intercropping forage turnip “FT” with cereals (barley, “B”, wheat “W” and oat “O”) for improving forage yield and nutritive value in Bilecik conditions in 2019 and 2020 growing periods. The percentage of forage turnip and cereals in mixtures was 100+0%, 75+25%, 50+50%, 25+75%, and 0+100%, respectively. Experiments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The hay yield, crude protein yield, relative feed value (RFV), condensed tannin, total phenolic, total flavonoid, and mineral contents (K, P, Ca, and Mg) were determined. The hay yield of treatments was ranged between 5.45-10.27 t ha-1 . The highest crude protein yield was obtained mixture of 50FT+50O% (1.80 t ha-1 ). The pure forage turnip, 75FT+25B%, 75FT+25O%, and 50FT+50B% mixtures were statistically in the same group as 50FT+50O%. The condensed tannin was ranged between 2.00-2.84%. The highest RFV was calculated for 75FT+25O% (136.29), and the 50FT+50O% mixture (125.42) was statistically in the same group as mixture of 75FT+25O%. The present study showed that intercropping of forage turnip with barley and oat improved the hay yield and quality. The best results regarding for forage yield and quality were obtained from the FT+B and FT+O mixtures with seed rates of 75:25% and 50:50%.

Keyword: Bilecik, cereals, forage turnip, hay yield, nutritive value ,

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