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PERFORMANCES OF SOME WINTER HUNGARIAN VETCH ACCESSIONS (Vicia pannonica Crantz.) ON THE HIGHLANDS OF TURKEY

Sabahaddin ÜNAL, Ziya MUTLU, Hüseyin K. FIRINCIOĞLU

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate green herbage, hay yield, seed yields, and yield components of some Hungarian vetch accessions during the 2006-2007 and 2007–2008 cropping seasons at two locations (Haymana and Yenimahalle) of Ankara province. Green herbage yield, hay yield, biological yield, seed yield, plant height, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and harvest index were detected. There were high correlations (P<0.01) between hay yield with main stem length, natural plant length, green herbage yield, but it had negative significant correlations with (P><0.01) pod numbers in a plant, seed numbers in a plant, pod length. The seed yield (SY) had statistically positive significant correlations (P><0.01 and P >< 0.05) with main stem length (MSL), biological yield (BY), natural plant height (NPH), and hay yield (HY). Cluster analysis formed all traits measured into four groups. The results showed that three lines (L-1724, L-1725, and L-1727) were promising for yield potential, good quality, adaptation, and could be useful to meet the needs of high quality herbage production for livestock section in Turkey.

Keyword: Hungarian vetch, green herbage yield, hay yield, correlations, cluster analysis ,

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