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INBRED LINES OF DIFFERENT CYCLES OF SELECTION - DONORS OF FAVOURABLE ALLELES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE KERNEL ROW NUMBER OF F1 MAIZE HYBRIDS

Goran TODOROVIC , Mile SEĈANSKI , Tomislav ŽIVANOVIĆ , Rade PROTIĆ , Miroslav KOSTIĆ , Snežana JOVANOVIĆ & Dragan BOŽOVIĆ

Abstract

Eight maize inbred lines of different cycles of selection, originating from synthetic populations BSSS and BSCB1, were observed in the present study. The aim of the study was to evaluate inbreds and to determine which ones have the greatest relative values of favourable alleles for the improvement of the kernel row number in the elite single cross maize hybrid. Based on the estimated estimators: mG, UBND, PTC and NI, it was determined that the greatest number of favourable dominant alleles for the improvement of the kernel row number was detected in the inbred lines B73(C5) and B84(C7) originating from the synthetic population BSSS and in the inbreds B91(C8) and B90(C7) originating from the synthetic population BSCB1. These inbreds are of the later cycles of recurrent selection and have proven to be better donors of favourable alleles than inbreds of earlier cycles of selection. The rank correlations among used estimators were positive and highly significant, while the highest values of correlations for the kernel row number were determined between mG and PTC, mG and UBND and PTC and NI. The greatest kernel row number was determined in the hybrid B73(C5) x B84(C7).

Keyword: maize, inbred lines, donors, kernel row number, rank correlation ,

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