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FIELD PERFORMANCE OF in vitro SWEET POTATO [Ipomoea batatas L. (Lam)] PLANTLETS DERIVED FROM SEEDSTOCKS

Gulsum OZTURK, Fatma Nil AZERI, Zihin YILDIRIM

Abstract

A field trial was conducted to compare the performance of in vitro plantlets derived from the meristem cultures of rootstocks through micro-propagation with the performance of the traditional seed roots in 2009 and 2010. There was no significant difference between the in vitro plantlets and the traditional seed root for haulm length (HL), branch number (BN) and stem number (SN). In vitro plantlets had significantly higher means as compared to traditional seed roots for single storage root weight (SSRW) (305.5 g vs 217.6 g), single plant yield (SPY) (4.1 kg vs 3.0 kg) and plot yield (PY) (16.2 kg vs 12.0 kg). Cultivar NC-150 had higher means than those of the other two cultivars in terms of storage root weight (417.6 g), single plant yield (4.6 kg) and plot yield (18.4 kg).

Keyword: Sweet potatoes, growing seed potatoes, in vitro plantlets, seed roots, maintenance of seed stocks ,

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