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DETERMINING THE GRAIN YIELD AND NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF MAIZE CULTIVARS IN DIFFERENT GROWING GROUPS

Zeki MUT, Yusuf Murat KARDES, Ozge Doganay ERBAS KOSE

Abstract

Due to its adaptability to different climates, different growing times, high photosynthetic capacity, nutrient value, and yield, maize is an important crop that is widely grown all over the world. This study was conducted to determine the grain yield and some nutrition traits of 18 maize cultivars under the ecological conditions prevalent in Bilecik in the years 2019 and 2020.Experiments were carried out in randomized complete block design with three replications. There were significant (P<0.01) differences among the cultivars in terms of grain yield and all quality traits. In addition, there were significant differences between the two years in terms of the investigated traits except for potassium, neutral detergent fiber, and total phenolic and ash content. According to the two year-average; grain yield (TV), test weight (TW), thousand grain weight (TGW), ash (AC), fat (FC), protein (PC), starch (SC), acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and total phenolic (TP)contents of the maize cultivars were 13.00-ton ha-1, 73.85 kg, 317.76 g, 1.59%, 5.95%, 11.22%, 65.69%, 4.25%, 15.17%, and 7.16 mg GA/g, respectively. The condensed tannin (CT), free radical scavenging activity (DPPH), total flavonoid (TF), potassium(K), phosphorus(P), magnesium (Mg), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), manganese (Mg), and copper (Cu)contents were 0.39%, 7.97%, 0.48 mg QE/g, 4.24 g kg-1, 3.58 g kg-1, 1.24 g kg-1, 2.36 g 100g-1, 0.96 g 100g-1, 0.67 g 100g-1, and 0.20 g 100g-1, respectively. The highest of grain yield were determined of the maize cultivars of ADA-9510 Larigal, Kerbanis, Keravnos, SY-Inove, Dracma, Kilowatt, ADA-9516 and SY-Gladius. According to the Biplot graph, the cultivars ADA-9510, SY-Inova, SY-Gladius, Kalideas, Dracma, Kerbanis, and Keravnos were prominent in terms of TV, SC, DPPH, TP, NDF, CP. The cultivars Arifiye, SY-Antex, Kolessaus, and Sakarya were prominent in terms of many quality traits such as PC, FC, AC, TF, TW, ADF, K, P, Mg, Fe, Zn, and Mn.

Keyword: Bilecik, corn, protein, total phenolic, quality, 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