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Effects of Different Growth Media, Temperature and Salt (NaCl) Concentrations on Germination and Proline Content of Aniseed (Pimpinella anisum L. Cv. Burdur)

Nedret Tort, Hatice Demiray, A. Eşiz Dereboylu

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The effects of temperature, different growth media (with quartz sand and MS) and different NaCl concentrations on germination and proline contents of three week old seedlings were investigated. Germination rate was 58.6 % at 40€ (16h light) while 74.6 % at 250C temperature in quartz sand medium. The germination ratio was 84.6 % in 0 mM salt and decreased from 26.6 % at salt concentration of 100 mM NaCl to only 2.3 % at 200 mM; germination period ranged from 3 days to 22 days at salt concentration of 0 and 400 mM NaCl, respectively. The salt tolerance of variety Burdur is restricted for only 50 mM NaCl with a proline content of 0.33 ± 0.174 μmol/g.

Keyword: Pimpinella anisum L., germination, salt, proline ,

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