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A COMPARISON OF FIELD PERFORMANCES OF MINITUBERS AND MICROTUBERS USED IN SEED POTATO PRODUCTION

Gülsüm ÖZTÜRK, Zihin YILDIRIM

Abstract

Field performances of minitubers obtained from in vitro plantlets and tubers obtained from microtubers from 6 potato genotypes (Nif, Clone 122, Agria, Resy, Marfona and Granola) were compared. In vitro plantlets and microtubers were obtained by using meristem culture technics in the laboratory and at seedbeds. Initially, in vitro plantlets (IP) and microtubers (MT) were grown at seedbeds and they were evaluated for morphological and yield characteristics. The IP and the MT plants were not significantly different for plant height, stem number, branch number and leaf number. The high means were obtained from the IP plants such as leaf area, tuber number, single tuber weight, tuber yield, tuber width and length. Genotype Nif had the highest means for the majority of characteristics. In the first and second years of field production, the MT group were found to have higher means for plant height, stem number, branch number and leaf number. But the IP and MT tubers were not significantly different in terms of yield characteristics except tuber number. The high values for yield and related traits were obtained for Clone 122 and Nif.

Keyword: Potato, meristem culture, node culture, in vitro plantlets, microtuber, minituber, field multiplication ,

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