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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT HARVEST TIMES ON SOME YIELD AND ESSENTIAL OIL CHARACTERISTICS IN Origanum onites L.

Cigdem SONMEZ

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of different harvest times on some yield and quality characteristics in origanum cultivar “Ceylan-2002”. Field trial was conducted in 2014 and 2015 at Bornova/Izmir. Oregano plants were harvested starting on 15 of May (harvest time:1), 31 of May (harvest time:2), 16 of June (harvest time:3), 2 of July (harvest time:4), 18 of July (harvest time:5), 3 of August (harvest time:6), 19 of August (harvest time:7) and 4 of September (harvest time:8) and fresh herbage yield, drug herbage yield, drug leaf yield, essential oil content and essential oil yield in each of harvest time were determined. The result from the combined variance analysis over two years for each characteristic indicated that variation among means for harvest time was significant (p≤0.01) while differences between two years were not significant for all characteristics. The results showed that the highest drug herbage yield, drug leaf yield and essential oil yield were obtained at the 4th (15 of June) harvest time. It was concluded that the most suitable harvest time in coastal zone of Aegean region is 4th (2 of July) harvest time.

Keyword: drug herbage yield, drug leaf yield, essential oil content, harvest time, Origanum onites L. ,

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