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EFFECT OF SEED PRE-TREATMENT WITH GROWTH REGULATORS ON SEED YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF COMMON BEANS (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Mona MOHTASHAMI, Ahmad NADERI, Ali Akbar GHANBARI, Mojtaba ALAVIFAZEL, Shahram LAK

Abstract

Seed priming is employed for better crop stand and higher yield in a range of crops. In order to evaluate the effect of seed treatments with growth regulators on the yield and yield components of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines, a factorial experiment was carried out based on a randomized complete block design with three replications at two years. In this research, pre-treatment (priming) of two red bean (D81083 and KS31169) seeds with growth regulators including salicylic acid (SA) and naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) at four levels (P0:control, distilled water; P1: 0.5 m mol L-1 NAA; P2: 0.7 m mol L-1 SA; P3: combination of SA and NAA hormones at rates of 0.5 and 0.7 m mol L -1 ) were studied. The results showed that the effect of line in all of the characteristics and seed priming with growth regulators in all of the characteristics except to harvest index were significant. The highest number of grains per pod and biological yield (14602 kg ha-1 ) due to growth regulator application was obtained from line D81083 in 0.5 m mol L-1 NAA. Generally, the use of growth regulators as a seed pre-treatment increased the yield and yield components of red beans.

Keyword: common bean, naphthalene acetic acid, Phaseolus vulgaris, priming, salicylic acid ,

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