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GENE ACTION AND COMBINING ABILITY FOR NEPS AND SEED COAT NEPS IN COTTON (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Aydin UNAY , Serife BALCI , Volkan Mehmet CINAR

Abstract

Information about heritability and combining ability for neps and seed coat neps is necessary for the cotton breeding strategies. Seven cotton cultivars including 4 lines and 3 testers were mated in line x tester mating design. The 19 genotypes were grown in RCBD with three replications in Aydın-Turkey conditions during 2014 growing season. Non-additive gene action was important in the expression of seed coat nep size, nep count and nep size. The parental lines Carmen and Claudia were good combiners for most neppiness characteristics. Carmen x Flash, Julia x ST-468, Claudia x Carisma and Gloria x Flash were the superior crosses for selection in further generations of neppiness breeding. It was recommended that the selection of individual plants for neppiness should be performed in later generations (F4-F6).

Keyword: Combining ability, cotton, gene action, neps, seed coat neps ,

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