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MEASUREMENT OF SPLASH EROSION IN DIFFERENT COVER CROPS

Mehmet PARLAK, Altıngül ÖZASLAN PARLAK

Abstract

Splash erosion in land is affected by factors such as slope, meteorological factors, soil properties and plant cover. The objective of this research is to determine the effects of different cover crops and different slopes on splash erosion. The experiment was carried out in an open field on four different cover crops (control, vetch, barley, ryegrass) in two different slopes (4% and 9%) with a three replications in four months. Splash erosion is determined with the help of splash cups placed on the experiment plots. In the experiment, splash erosion decreased with the increase in cover percentage and the decrease in the slope. Splash erosion increases in control plots with the increase in rainfall. Correlation coefficient between kinetic energy of rainfall and splashing soil in control plots were determined as 0.83 in 4% slope and 0.84 in 9% slope.

Keyword: Cover Crops, Soil Erosion, Splash Cups, Splash Erosion ,

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