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ASSESSMENT OF GENOTYPE X ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS FOR GRAIN YIELD IN MAIZE HYBRIDS USING AMMI AND GGE BIPLOT ANALYSES

Emre İLKER, Fatma AYKUT TONK, Önder ÇAYLAK, Muzaffer TOSUN, İlker ÖZMEN

Abstract

Seventeen hybrid maize genotypes were evaluated at four locations (Yeni[1]ehir[1]Marmora Region; Bornova-Aegean Region; Ceyhan-Mediterranean Region; Seyhan[1]Mediterranean Region) in 2005 and 2006 cropping seasons under irrigated conditions in Turkey. The analysis of variance for grain yield of the 17 hybrid genotypes tested in eight environments showed mean squares of environments, genotypes and GEI (genotype x environment interaction) were highly significant and accounted for 62.1%, 12.5% and 25.4% of treatment combination sum of squares, respectively. To determine the effects of GEI on yields, the data were subjected to additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI) and the GGE biplot analysis. Although mean grain yield of the check cultivar G12 was higher than those of experimental hybrids, difference between G12 and G16, which is the most stable genotype according to AMMI and GGE biplot, was insignificant. It is understood that the experimental hybrid maize G16 can be proposed in reliably for growing by the farmers. Also, it was detected that only the test environment E3 (Ceyhan location) may be sufficient for deciding about which experimental hybrids can be recommended, instead of four test locations (Ceyhan, Seyhan, Bornova and Yeni[1]ehir) in this study. In addition, it is concluded that there is no difference between the AMMI and GGE biplot analysis in evaluation of experimental maize hybrids and test environments in this research and that both methods can be used successfully in determining suitable locations for maize hybrids in the environments under Mediterranean climate conditions.

Keyword: AMMI biplot, genotype x environment interaction, GGE biplot, hybrid maize, mega-environments, superiority of genotypes ,

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