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EXAMINATION OF AGRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS OF DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF MAIZE (Zea mays) WITH LEAF AND EAR TOPPING

Eshagh HOJATIPOUR, Hamidreza MIRI, Barmak JAFARI HAGHIGHI, Hamidreza EBRAHIMI, Abdolreza JAFARI

Abstract

The current research aimed to examine the agro-physiological traits of different maize cultivars, with and without topping, in the two crop years of 2017-18 and 2018-19, for which a factorial randomized complete block design (RDBC) in three replications was devised. The research treatments included experimental groups of control samples, samples with topping of half of the ear after pollination, samples with topping of the two upper and lower leaves of the ear after pollination as the first factor, combined with seven maize cultivars of SC704, Consor, Cordona, Karaj 703, Kusha, Fajr and Daniyal 690 as the second factor. In the first and second years after preparing the substrate, the seeds of different cultivars were planted in the plots based on the research treatments. Topping operations were performed after pollination for all samples. The results showed that the highest value of stem height (168.6 cm) was obtained in the control treatment of the Karaj 703 cultivar. The highest weight of one thousand seeds (423.6 g) was obtained in the leaf-topping treatment of Karaj 703, and the highest amount of seed yield (1126 g m2 ) was obtained in the leaf-topping treatment Consor cultivar. The highest amount of chlorophyll a (98.46 mg g fresh weight, FW), the highest amount of chlorophyll b (138.7 mg g FW), and the highest amount of carotenoid (74.33 mg g FW) were all obtained in the leaf-topping treatment of SC704 cultivar. The highest amount of catalase enzyme (58.73 mg protein min) was obtained in the control Fajr cultivar. However, the highest amount of peroxidase enzyme (173.4 mg protein min) and the highest activity of polyphenol oxidase enzyme (64.7 mg protein min) was obtained in the control treatments of the Kusha cultivar. The cultivar with optimal topping performance was proven to be the Consor cultivar.

Keyword: Agro-physiological Traits, Maize, Topping of Ear and Leaf ,

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