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YIELD AND NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EDIBLE CLUSTER BEAN GENOTYPES

Nuray Mucella MUFTUOGLU , Cafer TURKMEN , Mevlut AKCURA , Mahmut KAPLAN

Abstract

Cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.), also called as guar, is used in industry, animal feeding and green pods are used as a fresh vegetable in some countries. This research is the first study in Turkey carried out nutritional composition. Ten edible guar lines were used as plant material. Green pod yield, yield components (number of pods per plant, single pod weight, pod length and pod width) and nutritional attributes (crude protein, digestible protein and dry matter ratios) of 10 guar lines were investigated with field experiments conducted in two growing seasons (2016-2017). Green pod yields per plant varied between 63.70 and 81.34 g; number of pods per plant varied between 18.78 and 25.98 piece. Single pod weights of the guar lines varied between 2.91 and 3.76 g and differences in single pod weights of the guar lines were found to be significant. Pod lengths varied between 10.86 and 12.43 cm and pod widths varied between 10.32 and 11.31 mm. Crude protein contents of guar lines varied between 14.38 and 17.22% DM and differences were not found to be significant; digestible protein contents varied between 65.40 and 75.25% CP and differences were found to be significant. Dry matter ratios of the green pods varied between 15.92 and 21.16%. Considering the correlations among the investigated traits, it was observed that green pod yields had significant positive correlations with the number of pods per plant, pod weights and pod lengths. Pod weights decreased with increasing number of pods; decreasing dry matter ratios were observed with increasing pod weights and pod lengths. A similar change was also observed in digestible protein contents based on crude protein contents.

Keyword: Edible guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), genotype, protein, yield ,

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