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SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS L.) GROWING WITHOUT REMOVING OF MOTHER CORMS UNDER GREENHOUSE CONDITION

Aysun ÇAVUSOĞLU, Emine İclal ERKEK

Abstract

Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is a geophytic plant which is one of the most commonly known medicinal and aromatic plant species in the world. The stigma of saffron is used for dye, food or beverages additive and in the pharmacology industries. Saffron corms reach to flowers in a short time after planting in autumn. The experiments were performed for the possibilities of greenhouse condition for saffron stigma and corm reproduction and extend the harvest period. Two different horizontal corm dimension size (A=10-24 mm and B=25-40 mm) were used without corm removing for 3 years under greenhouse condition. Quantitative characters, first and last flowering date (date to date), harvest period (flowering day numbers), flower number (flowers/plant), fresh saffron stigma yield (kg.ha -1 ), dry saffron stigma yield (kg.ha -1 ) were recorded for each year. At the end of the third growing season, lifted daughter corms were measured and scaled parameters such as lifted daughter corm number (corms/plant), lifted daughter corm diameter (mm/daughter corm), lifted daughter corm weight (g/plant and kg.ha -1 ). Based on the results, big size mother corm dimension gave statistically significant results than small corms for the most of parameters studied only in the first year. Additionally, results indicated that in the second year saffron stigma yield parameters increased in both A and B corm size and in the third year stigma yield decreased. Harvested corms showed an increase in small corms and decrease in big corms.

Keyword: Crocus sativus L. saffron, corm dimension, stigma yield, corm yield, greenhouse cultivation ,

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