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FORAGE YIELD AND QUALITY DIFFERENCES OF AUTUMN AND SPRING-SOWN FORAGE PEA GENOTYPES UNDER CENTRAL ANATOLIA CONDITIONS

Onur ILERI, Suleyman AVCI, Ali KOC

Abstract

In this study, some common forage pea cultivars (Golyazi, Ozkaynak, Taskent, Tore, and Urunlu) and a population of Ardahan were investigated during 2015 and 2016 years in Eskisehir condition to determine the forage yield and quality parameters. The fresh forage yield of autumn-sown forage pea (24.36 t ha-1 ) was higher than the spring-sown plants (13.42 t ha-1 ). Golyazi and Urunlu cultivars had lower fresh forage yields (14.63 and 14.81 t ha-1 respectively) than the other genotypes and Ozkaynak, Taskent, Tore (cvs.), and Ardahan (pop.) were statistically ranked in the same group (between 19.92 and 22.52 t ha-1 ). The genotypes produced more dry matter in autumn than spring. The crude protein was higher at autumn sowing (21.17%) than the spring sowing (18.36%) and Ozkaynak had the highest value (21.53%) while Ardahan population was the lowest (17.76%). NDF content was higher in the spring season (37.62%) but only the difference between Taskent (37.60%) and Golyazi (34.06%) was significant among the genotypes. Variation in the ADF content was only significant among the genotypes and the difference between Taskent (33.41%) and Golyazi (31.62%) was significant only as similar to NDF. As a result, Ozkaynak, Taskent, Tore cultivars produce more yield with a satisfying quality by sowing in autumn at Eskisehir conditions, and the population of Ardahan has a high potential to develop new cultivars suitable for the region.

Keyword: Adaptation, Forage pea, Forage quality, Winter Catch Crop, 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