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MORPHOLOGICAL AND AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PERENNIAL RYEGRASS (Lolium perenne L.) GENOTYPES

Abdullah OZKOSE, Ahmet TAMKOC

Abstract

Many plants in natural flora including perennial ryegrass loss their genetic variability, suffer from genetic pollution or become extinction. In Turkey, studies on breeding of perennial ryegrass genotype collections are inadequate. This study aimed to determine some plant characteristics of perennial ryegrass plants collected from the natural flora of Ankara. Those genotypes were utilized in order to evaluate for breeding purposes. Seedlings were reproduced in greenhouse after collected seeds from plants were sown in pots. Seedlings were transplanted to the experimental field at 50 x 50 cm intervals in Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications during 2005. Data were obtained from the observations and 568 perennial ryegrasses in 2007 and 2008. The observations and measurement of the two year average values ranged from 2.25 to 6.50 (1=very early, 9=very late) for the spring re-growth time, 2.75 to 7.75 (1=very light green, 9=very dark green) for color, 1.25 to 6.88 (1=very low, 9= very high) for density, 1.0 - 8.0 (1=erect, 9=prostrate) for growth habit, 1.0 - 9.0 (1=very weak, 9=very strong) for tendency to inflorescences, 1.0 to 7.5 (1= very early, 9= very late) for time of inflorescence emergence. In the study, furthermore, measurements varied between 19.35 and 48.05 cm for plant height, 8.31 and 25.54 cm for length of upper internode, 6.76 and 16.28 cm for spike length, 6.44 and 14.57 cm for leaf length, 2.41 and 4.01 mm for leaf width, 1.68 and 4.87 cm2 for leaf area, 21.23 and 45.52 for leaf shape, 11.63 and 23.75 for spikelet number per spike, 0.031 and 0.151 g spike-1 for seed yield, 1.23 and 2.38 g for thousand grain weight. The findings showed that there were significant differences among genotypes in terms of investigated traits. The high level of genotypic variability increased the possibility for selection of suitable genotypes. Research results indicated that superior genotypes of perennial ryegrass could be utilized in future breeding programs

Keyword: Breeding, genetic resources, morphology, natural flora, phenology, variability ,

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