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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOME PLANT GROWTH PARAMETERS AND GRAIN YIELD OF CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L.) DURING DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES

Çaglar ÖZALKAN, Hasan T. SEPETOLU, Ihsanullah DAUR, OGuz F. EN

Abstract

Relation between some plant growth parameters (Leaf Area Index (LAI), Net Assimilation Rate (NAR), Relative Growth Rate (RGR), Leaf Area Ratio (LAR), Leaf Area Duration (LAD) and Crop Growth Rate (CGR)) with biomass and grain yield of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) during four growth stages (slow vegetative growth stage, linear vegetative growth stage, flowering stage and grain filling stage) were studied in the field experiments conducted at Bornova, Izmir. There was a wide variation among genotypes for all the growth parameters during the growth stages. Highest values of LAI and LAD were recorded for the period of linear vegetative growth stage; RGR and LAR through slow vegetative growth stage; NAR and CGR during flowering stage. Significant correlations among most of the growth parameters were found during all the growth stages. Most of the growth parameters except NAR also showed significant correlation with biomass. Mean grain yield was 1.86 t ha -1 that varied between 1.41 and 2.27 t ha -1 for different varieties.

Keyword: Chickpea, growth parameters, growth stages, grain 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