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SCREENING FOR RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM WILT IN INDUCED MUTANTS AND WORLD COLLECTION OF SESAME UNDER INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT

R. Soner SLME, M. Ilhan ÇAIRGAN

Abstract

Resistance levels of 25 sesame genotypes were evaluated for their reaction to Fusarium oxysporium f.sp. sesami. The evaluation was carried out during two successive seasons (2007 and 2008) in two soil conditions of an area known contaminated by a virulent isolate of the pathogen. All healthy and diseased plants for each row was counted and according to a formula reactions of the plants were recorded on a scale from 1 ( 10% resistant) to 9 ( 51% highly susceptible). Highly significant differences of susceptibility and resistance to the wilt pathogen were observed among genotypes. The level of infection varied in the genotypes. According to the mean of combined results, “Birkan”, Çamdibi, WS-143, WS-313 were classified as resistant (R) while WS-131 were categorized as moderately susceptible (MS). These genotypes continued their resistance and susceptibility in both soil types and years, respectively. It was concluded that the genotypes in the resistant category and specifically “Birkan”, a recently released cultivar for large seed and high yield, seems to possess also the resistance to the Fusarium wilt disease. This genotype could be used as the sources of resistance to the wilt in the breeding programmes aiming to develop sesame suitable to intensive management.

Keyword: Sesame world collection, mutants, sesame wilting, resistance levels ,

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