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DETERMINATION OF GRAIN YIELD, SOME YIELD AND QUALITY TRAITS OF PROMISING HYBRID POPCORN GENOTYPES

Ahmet ÖZ & Halil KAPAR

Abstract

The popcorn (Zea mays everta Sturt) is consumed for snack food and its market has been continuously growing in Turkey. Therefore the breeding of new cultivars adapted to local target environments should be started. The experiments were conducted according to Complete Block Design in Samsun province in Turket. Grain yield, tasseling time, plant height, grain moisture at harvest, percentage of unpopped kernels and popping volume were determined for 18 new hybrid genotypes and 4 commercial popcorn cultivars in 2006, 2007 and 2008 years. Significant variations were found for all the traits of genotypes. Based on the means, the grain yields of genotypes ranged from 3535 to 5399 kg ha-1 , and popping volume varied from 38.2 to 46.5 cm3 g -1 . The results indicated that, high yielding, TCM-05-01, TCM-05-02, TCM-05-03, TCM-05-04, TCM-05-05, TCM-05-06, TCM-05-09, TCM-05-10, and TCM-05-12 genotypes with high yielding were selected for yield trial in multiple environments.

Keyword: Breeding; Hybrid popcorn; Quality; Grain yield ,

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