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CHARACTERIZATION OF PEANUT (Arachis hypogaea L.) GERMPLASM FOR MORPHOLOGICAL AND QUALITY TRAITS IN AN ARID ENVIRONMENT

Ahmad SHER , Muhammad KASHIF , Abdul SATTAR , Abdul QAYYUM , Sami UL-ALLAH , Ahmad NAWAZ , Abdul MANAF

Abstract

Exploring the genetic variation is the base of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) breeding program since peanut is an important food legumes and oilseed crop of the world, but its breeding is neglected compared to major oilseed crops. A field study was conducted to characterize the genetic variation and correlation among important yield and quality related traits of peanut under arid climate conditions during two consecutive years 2015 and 2016. Results revealed that a higher genetic diversity is present among the tested genotypes with respect to pod yield, oil contents and fatty acid composition. The highest number of leaves per plant, pods per plant, seed weight, pod yield, oil contents and palmitic acid were recorded in genotype ‘BARI-2011’ as compared with the other peanut genotypes. However, 100-seed weight was the maximum in genotype ‘Golden’. Among the years, the morphological, yield parameters, oil contents and palmitic acid was the higher in second year than those of the first year of experimentation. In conclusion, the high genetic variability has been found among the peanut germplasms may contribute to develop a high yielding variety with good seed quality.

Keyword: Arid environment, fatty acid, peanut, oil content, 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