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EFFECT OF LEAF REMOVAL ON SUNFLOWER YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS AND SOME QUALITY CHARACTERS

Tahsin KARADOĞAN, ilknur AKGÜN, Nüket ALTINDAL

Abstract

The experiment was conducted to determine the effects of the ratio of leaf removal from bottom of plants (0, 4, 8 and 12 leaves / plant) shortly before flowering on yield components and some quality characters of sunflower ecotypes (Amasya, Usak, Kırsehir, Erzurum, Igdır-2, Çorum-2, Edirne -1, Çorum-1, Line-1 ve Igdır-1). Based on the results, seed setting, seed yield, kernel ratio, crude oil and crude protein content of seeds crude oil yield and crude protein yield changed with different degrees of leaf removal. Head diameter, seed setting, seed yield, 1000 seed weight, kernel ratio, crude oil, crude protein content, crude oil yield and crude protein yield varied with degree of leaf defoliation of some ecotypes while those characters were not affected by defoliation in some ecotypes.

Keyword: Sunflower, leaf removal, yield, yield components, Quality ,

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