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UNIFORMITY OF POTATO MINITUBERS DERIVED FROM MERISTEM CULTURES OF NUCLEAR SEED STOCKS

Gülsüm ÖZTÜRK & Zihin YILDIRIM

Abstract

The uniformity of minitubers of meristem plantlets obtained from the meristems of nuclear seed stocks in the laboratory were studied in the greenhouse during 2008 and 2009. Tuber number per plant (TNP), tuber yield per plant (TYP) and single tuber weight (STW) were recorded on the 10 randomly selected plants in two consecutive years. Based on the statistical analysis there was significant variation for genotype in terms of TNP and TYP. Year and genotype x year components of variation were not significant as expected. STW did not have any significant variation for genotype, year and their interaction. Granola had higher means such as 3.3 in 2008 and 3.7 in 2009 than Hermes for TNP (2008: 2.6 and 2009: 3.0). Within Granola and Hermes the means of TNP, TYP and STW of 2008 and 2009 were not different from each other. In conclusion, the uniformity of minitubers within cultivars during the propagation of 2 years indicated that nuclear seed stocks could be used in minituber production in the greenhouse for more than one year.

Keyword: Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), meristem culture, nodal cuttings, seed stock, minituber, greenhouse growing ,

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