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EVALUATION OF DEVELOPED STANDARD SWEET CORN (Zea mays sacharata L.) HYBRIDS FOR FRESH YIELD, YIELD COMPONENTS AND QUALITY PARAMETERS

Şekip ERDAL , Mehmet PAMUKÇU , Osman SAVUR , Mehmet TEZEL

Abstract

Sweet corn is primarily grown for fresh consumption, canning or freezing and harvested during the milky stage. Sweet corn growing is getting increasing in Turkey. To meet growers demand sweet corn variety breeding program has been carried out at West Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute since 2000. Pedigree breeding procedure was applied to develop new sweet corn varieties. The objective of the study was to evaluate newly developed some sweet corn candidate hybrid varieties for their fresh yield, some yield components and determine some quality parameters in different locations of Turkey. In the present study, four candidate sweet corn hybrids (BT-1, BT-2, BT-3 and BT-4) which were selected from previous trials for further evaluations and three commercial checks, Jubilee, Merit and Sunshine were compared and the results were discussed. According to the results, BT-4 was determined as a new promising hybrid among the four candidates for fresh yield and some quality parameters.

Keyword: Sweet corn, Hybrid, Fresh ear yield, 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