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THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT NITROGEN DOSES ON TUBER YIELD AND SOME AGRONOMICAL TRAITS OF EARLY POTATOES

Leyla GULLUOGLU , H. Halis ARIOGLU , Halil BAKAL

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the effects of different nitrogen rates on tuber yield and some agronomical traits of early potatoes grown in 2011 and 2012. The field trial was conducted at the experimental field of Cukurova University, in the Randomized Complete Block Designs, with three replications, with Marfona a medium early table potato. Zero, 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, 240, 280, 320 and 360 kg ha -1 pure nitrogen doses were applied. According to the mean values of two years, the total tuber yield was 24.0 ton ha -1 in the control plot. The highest yield per hectare (53.31 ton ha -1 ) was obtained from the 240 kg ha-1 N applied plots. Beyond 240 kg ha -1 peak, as the dose was increased, the tuber yield was decreased. In addition, the marketable tuber yield ratio was 95.60 % with 0 N dose. When the N dose increased to 200 kg ha -1 , the marketable tuber yield has also increased up to 97.41. After 200 kg ha-1 dose, the marketable tuber yield has started to decrease.

Keyword: : Early potato production, Nitrogen fertilizer, Potato, Tuber yield ,

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