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INHERITANCE OF RESISTANCE TO RUSSIAN WHEAT APHID (Diuraphis noxia Kurdjumov) IN BREAD WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.)

Ferit TURANLI , Emre ILKER , Firdevs ERSIN DOGAN , Lale ASKAN , Deniz ISTIPLILER

Abstract

Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) (Hemiptera; Aphididae), Russian wheat aphid (RWA) causes death at heavily infested bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants. The pest is living in rolling leaves so its chemical control is difficult. The most effective and economical means of controlling Russian wheat aphid is through the use of resistant cultivars. Two resistant lines, 15 (FL302//BUC/PVN/3/RSK/CA8055//CHAM6) and 27 (BJN C 79/F96PYN3-1828) were crossed with susceptible cultivar Basribey in 2010 and the F1 plants were selfed to produce the F2 progeny to determine the inheritance mode after exposing to pest in 2011. Chi-square test showed that the segregation ratio fits a one gene segregation ratio of 3:1 resistant:susceptible phenotyping segregation ratio at the P≤0.75-0.50 and P≤0.50-0.25 level of probability in combinations respectively. In both combinations, chi-square test results indicated that a single dominant gene with minor genes governed resistance to RWA. Differential set from USDA (United State Department of Agriculture) with different Dn resistance genes used to find out the single dominant gene carrying the resistance. Variance analyses showed that the differences between reactions of resistant genes were important for chlorosis and leaf rolling. The lines carried Dn7 resistant gene exhibited high level of resistance to the pest while moderate resistance conferred by the plants containing Dn6 gene. Reactions of other Dn genes were close to susceptible control cultivars.

Keyword: Resistance, Inheritance, resistant cultivars, Dn7 gene, Russian wheat aphid ,

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