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ECOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF RANGELAND CONDITION OF SOME VILLAGES IN KIRIKKALE PROVINCE OF TURKEY

Sabahaddin ÜNAL , Mikail DEDEBALI , Murat B. ÖCAL

Abstract

This study was undertaken to determine rangeland condition in three selected villages of Kırıkkale province in the highlands of Central Anatolia and to identify the common management techniques for the dominant steppe vegetation of these villages, in which rangeland deterioration is a serious problem because of long term over-grazing. The rangeland conditions of units called Karakeçili, Mahmutlar arklısı and Pazarcık were found as poor (20.00 %), fair (40.03 %), and good (52.00 %), respectively. However, the rangeland health of villages were unhealthy. Indirect gradient analysis with Correspondence Analysis produced that the four axes have explained 71.2 % of the variance of species data and direct gradient analysis with Canonical Correspondence Analysis produced that the four axes have explained 57.5 % and 96.5 % of the variance of species data and of species-environment relationship, respectively. Each unit or village was placed in a different area on the biplot graph and a triplot showed that altitude and aspect had a negative correlation. However, grazing intensity, erosion and slope had the same dimensions and the similar relationships.

Keyword: rangeland condition, 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