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NONPARAMETRIC STABILITY ANALYSIS IN MULTI-ENVIRONMENT TRIAL OF CANOLA

S.M.Mahdi MORTAZAVIAN, Shiva AZIZI-NIA

Abstract

Rapeseed is the world’s second most important source of vegetable oils. Development of genotypes having high seed yield with stable performance is of paramount importance. In the present investigation seventeen genotypes were grown at seven locations during two growing seasons in semi-cold regions of Iran. Data recorded on seed yield were subjected to different nonparametric measures which do not require distributional assumptions. Results of nonparametric tests of G, E and GE interaction and a combined ANOVA across environments showed there were both cross over and non-cross over interactions for G and E and only non-cross over type for GE interaction. In this study, high values of Top (proportion of environments in which a genotype ranked in the top third) and mean of rank were associated with high mean yield. However, Rank-sum measure was successful to detect genotypes showing simultaneous high yield and yield stability. Cluster analysis and principal component (PC) analysis help to group genotypes and measures and they revealed association among different statistics. Finally, among nonparametric measures, Top, Si (1) and Rank[1]sum statistics of nonparametric procedures were found to be useful in detecting the stability of the genotypes. According to these parameters Geronimo was found as stable and high yield canola genotype

Keyword: Brassica napus, Multi-environment trial, nonparametric measures ,

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