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CHICKPEA PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO PEA, BARLEY AND OAT IN CENTRAL EUROPE: GROWTH ANALYSIS AND YIELD

R.W. Neugschwandtner, S. Wichmann, D.M. Gimplinger, H. Wagentristl, H.-P. Kaul

Abstract

An increase of grain legume production is essential for meeting feed protein need in Europe. Warming climates offer the opportunity for adapting crops with a more warm-season growth habit such as chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in cool, northern latitude areas. Therefore, yield and growth analysis of chickpea were assessed in a two-year field experiment in Central Europe (Raasdorf, Austria) and compared to pea, barley and oat, which are well adapted crops in that region. Chickpea had a lower above-ground biomass and grain yield compared to pea, barley and oat in 2006, whereas only pea was more productive than chickpea in the dry year of 2007. The relative good performance of chickpea regarding crop growth rate and relative growth rate compared to pea, barley and oat under severe drought in 2007 indicated that chickpea may be an interesting crop in the Central European production area in the face of possible climate change.

Keyword: Biomass production, Central Europe , chickpea, Cicer arietinum, growth rate ,

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