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EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT BORON APPLICATIONS ON SEED YIELD AND SOME AGRONOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RED LENTIL

Ayse Gulgun OKTEM

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of different boron application methods on grain yield and some agricultural properties of Sakar red lentil variety (Lens culinaris Medic.). The study was conducted in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 growing years in the boron lack areas of Sanliurfa in Turkey. Experimental design was randomized complete block design with four replicates. Borax and Sakar lentil variety were used as Boron source and plant material, respectively. The methods of applying boron were control (0 kg B da -1 ), to soil (0.20 kg B da-1 ), to foliar spraying (when plants had 5-6 leaves 0.05 kg da-1B and had pre-flowering period 0.05 kg da[1]1B) and to soil+foliar application (to soil 0.10 kg B da-1 + to foliar when plants had 5-6 leaves 0.05 kg da-1 B and had pre-flowering period 0.05 kg da-1 B). According to average of two years; the highest seed yield was obtained from soil + foliar applications (198.57 kg da-1 ). Also, the highest plant height (42.49 cm), thousand seed weight (41.80 g), biological yield (582.96 g m-2 ) values were seen on soil + foliar applications. Protein content of seed (33.29 %) and the boron content of seed (19.09 mg kg-1 ) values increased with boron applications. The most effective boron application method was determined as soil + foliar boron application but other application methods were more effective than control applications.

Keyword: Boron, foliar application, grain yield, red lentil, soil application ,

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