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DETERMINATION OF TOLERANCE LEVEL OF SOME WHEAT GENOTYPES TO POST-ANTHESIS DROUGHT

Emre İLKER, Özgür TATAR, Fatma AYKUT TONK, Muzaffer TOSUN

Abstract

Drought, especially after anthesis, is one of the major abiotic stress factors limiting wheat production in Mediterranean basin. Tolerance level of seven wheat genotypes to drought conditions in post anthesis stage were evaluated based on some tolerance indices in four years field experiments differing in rainfall distribution and quantity. Six selection indices including Relative Decrease in Yield (RDY), Stress Tolerance Index (TOL), Mean Productivity (MP), Geometric Mean Productivity (GMP), Stress Susceptibility Index (SSI) and Stress Tolerance Index (STI) were calculated based on grain yield under dry and wet conditions. Higher grain yield was recorded in Basribey-95 during both dry and wet seasons whereas Menemen-88 had considerably lower yield than other genotypes. It was concluded that MP, GMP and STI values were convenient parameters to select high yielding wheat genotypes in both stress and non-stress conditions whereas RDY, TOL and SSI values were better indices to determine tolerance levels.

Keyword: Stress indices, post anthesis, TOL, SSI, STI, Triticum aestivum L. ,

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