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EVALUATION OF DURUM WHEAT GENOTYPES USING PARAMETRIC AND NONPARAMETRIC STABILITY STATISTICS

Mevlüt AKÇURA, Yuksel KAYA, Seyfi TANER

Abstract

The development of genotypes, which can be adapted to a wide range of environments, is the one of the most important goal of plant breeders in a crop improvement program. In this study, 6 six stability measures consisting of 4 parametric and 2 nonparametric were used to evaluate the genotype by environment interaction (GEI) in 20 durum wheat genotypes. The genotypes were evaluated for grain yield at fourteen environments in the Central Anatolian Region of Turkey for two years. The experimental layout was a randomized complete block design with three replications. Genotypes, environments main effects and GEI were significant at P < 0.01. Both parametric (bi , S 2 di , Ri 2 , Pi) and nonparametric (Si (1) , Si (2) ) univariate stability statistics were used to determine stability of the durum wheat genotypes. Genotypes 20, 13 and 12 were most stables based on genotypes according to six stability measures. The level of associations among the stability measures was assessed using Spearman's rank correlation. Regression coefficient (bi) was negatively and significantly correlated (P < 0.01) with superiority index (Pi). On the other hand, Si (1) , Si (2) and S 2 di were positively and significantly correlated with Pi . As a result, these relationships reveal that only one of them could be sufficient to select genotypes of interest in a durum wheat breeding program.

Keyword: Durum Wheat, genotype by environment interactions, grain yield, stability ,

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