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EFFECT OF SALINITY (NaCl) ON GERMINATION, SEEDLING GROWTH AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF DIFFERENT TRITICALE GENOTYPES

İlknur AKGÜN , Burhan KARA & Demet ALTINDAL

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The aim of this study was to determine effects of salinity applications on emergence rate, salt tolerance index and nutritient uptake in Triticale. Triticale cultivar Karma-2000 and 5 Triticale genotypes (4, 20, 23, 27 and 43) were used as experimental materials. The study was conducted to observe effects of different salt concentrations (EC value: 3.9, 6.1, 8.3, 10.5, 14.9, 19.3, 25.0 dSm-1 ) on emergence rate, dry weights of green parts/roots, salt tolerance index, mineral elements (N, P, K, Ca, Na, Fe, Mn, Mg, Zn and Cu) and proline. As salt concentration increased; emergence rate, shoot and root length, dry weights of green parts and roots, and the mineral content of both roots and leaves decreased considerably. On the other hand, proline content increased when higher salt concentrations used. Genotypes differed to their reactions to different salt concentrations. Among the genotypes, the least amount of proline content was found in Karma-2000 and the highest proline content was found in genotypes 27 and 43. According to salt tolerance index results, genotype 27 was resistant and genotypes 20 and 43 were tolerant to salt stress.

Keyword: Triticale, genotype, salinity, mineral element, germination, salt tolerance index ,

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