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UPTAKE OF SOME ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS IN CHICKPEA DURING DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES IN RELATION TO BIOMASS YIELD

Hasan SEPETOĞLU, Metin ALTINBAŞ and Ihsanullah DAUR

Abstract

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is specially valued for its high protein efficiency ratio. Knowledge of nutrient uptake at different growth stages is an important aspect of plant mineral nutrition for achievement of high yield. A two year field experiment was conducted at the Experimental Field of Ege University Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, Bornova-İzmir, Turkey to determine nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and sodium uptake of chickpea during different growth stages: slow vegetative growth, linear vegetative growth, flowering and grain filling stages. All elements except calcium showed almost similar dynamics with biomass increase during different growth stages. Calcium showed decrease in grain filling stage compared to biomass increase. These findings can be used for fertilizer management of chickpea, organic production and as a reference for interpretation of plant tissue analysis results of chickpea.

Keyword: Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L), nutrient uptake, biomass, growth, growth stages ,

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