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INHERITANCE OF YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN A BREAD WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.) CROSS

Ali ERKUL, AydÕn ÜNAY, Cahit KONAK

Abstract

Heritability and gene action of yield and yield components were estimated in a Golia x Cumhuriyet 75 cross using generation mean analysis. The additive-dominance model was valid for spike length, number of spikelets per spike, thousand kernel weight, fertile tiller number, and grain yield. On the other hand, the six-parameter model was fitted for explaining genetic variation for number of kernels per spike, number of kernels per spikelet, and single spike yield. Heritability estimates and genetic advances were low for number of kernels per spike, thousand kernel weight and grain yield; medium for spike length, number of kernels per spikelet; high for number of spikelet per spike, spike yield and fertile tiller number. It could be possible that selection in advanced generations might be effective for number of spikelets per spike, number of kernels per spike, number of kernels per spikelet, single spike yield, thousand kernel weight, fertile tiller number, grain yield.

Keyword: Generation mean analysis, gene effects, heritability, additive-dominance model ,

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