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THE RESEARCHES ON SOYBEAN (Glycine max Merr.) VARIETY BREEDING FOR RESISTANCE TO WHITEFLY IN TURKEY

Leyla GÜLLÜOöLU, Cemal KURT, Halis ARIOöLU, Bihter ZAIMOöLU, Mehmet ASLAN

Abstract

This study was conducted in the Cukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops in between 1993 and 2003 in Turkey. The objective of this research was to breed high yielding whitefly (Bemesia tabaci Genn.) resistant soybean cultivar. Soybean cultivar S.4240 and Williams was crossed in 1993. Individual plant selection was made according to single-seed descent selection method in the segregating materials. The F2 seeds were planted and one random F3 seed (pod) was taken from each F2 plant. This process was repeated until the plants were considered sufficiently true-breeding F5 generation. All the F5 seeds were planted as a second crop and 200 individual plants were selected among the F5 plants according to breeding objectives at the harvesting time in 1998. The selected seeds plants were planted in separate rows in 1999 and 2000. Nine rows (lines) were selected according to breeding objectives at the end of 2000 growing season. The replicated yield test was repeated in 2001 (with 9 soybean lines), 2002 (with 7 soybean lines) and 2003 (with 7 soybean lines) seasons with selected soybean lines under double cropping conditions. At the end of 2003 growing season, three breeding lines (SW-3, SW-7 and SW-11) were determined as cultivar candidates

Keyword: : Soybean, variety breeding, crossing, single-seed descent, double-cropped ,

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