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The Effect of Different Seeding Rates on the Yield and Some Yield Characteristics of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.)

Murat Tunçtürk, A. Esen Çelen

Abstract

This study was carried out to determine the effects of different seeding rates (15, 25, 35 and 45 kg/ha) on yield and yield components of fenugreek in Van ecological conditions in the years of 2002 and 2003. In the study plant height, the number of branch, the number of pod, the number of seeds in the pod, pod length, one thousand seed weight and seed yield were determined. In the study the highest plant height (34,60 cm) was obtained from the 45 kg/ha seeding rate. The number of branch and the number of pod decreased with the higher plant densities. The highest number of branch and pod were observed in the 15 kg/ha seeding rate. The seeding rate of 35 kg/ha gave the highest seed yields (638.3 and 608.6 kg/ha) for first and second year, respectively.

Keyword: Fenugreek, seeding rate, Trigonella foenum graecum L, seed 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