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PERFORMANCES OF NEWLY INTRODUCED Festuca arundinacea Schreb. CULTIVARS VERSUS Lolium perenne L. IN A MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT

Ali SALMAN , Rıza AVCIOĞLU , Mustafa YILMAZ , Gülcan DEMİROĞLU

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the adaptability and turf quality of newly introduced Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) cultivars in comparison with Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) under Mediterranean environmental conditions of experimental fields of Bayindir Training College Aegean University, Izmir, Turkey in 2008-2010. Six cultivars of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) were compared with the most popular perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) cultivar in the area for two years in a replicated experimental design (randomized complete block). On the cultivars of both species, turf colour, texture, weed invasion and quality traits were determined by using a visual score (1-9) assessed monthly from January to December, during 2008 - 2010. All tall fescue cultivars were better than perennial ryegrass to cope with climatic condition and achieved higher scores in all traits almost in all seasons, and cultivar Turbo and SR8600 performed far better than perennial ryegrass cultivar Henrietta.

Keyword: Cool-Season turf grassess, turf quality, adaptability, Mediterranean environment ,

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