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INTERPRETATIONS OF VEGETATION CHANGES OF SOME VILLAGES RANGELANDS IN ÇANKIRI PROVINCE OF TURKEY

Sabahaddin ÜNAL, Ercan KARABUDAK, Murat B.ÖCAL, Ali KOÇ

Abstract

Long term mismanagement of the rangelands resulted in serious rangeland deterioration throughout Turkey. Monitoring of rangelands provides information on the status and dynamics and measures how to deal with different problems encountered. In many studies ecological interpretations are based on the observation of plant species existing on the rangeland vegetation type. The objective of this study was to determine the status and make ecological interpretations on three step rangelands of Bakırlı, Gündoğmuş, and Karaören villages of Çankırı province in the highlands of Central Anatolia. The rangeland conditions and health classes of rangelands were found the same as good and unhealthy in Bakırlı, and Gündoğmuş sites, but they were fair and unhealthy in Karaören site, respectively. Correspondence Analysis with four axis explained 55.9 % of the variance of species data and Canonical Correspondence Analysis explained 38.5 % of the variance of species data and 90.8 % of species-environment relationship. Sound management techniques could be immediately implemented for the improvement and the manipulation of the study rangeland sites.

Keyword: rangeland conditions, rangeland health, correspondence analysis, canonical correspondence 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