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CORRELATION AND PATH ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN FENUGREEK (TRIGONELLA FOENICUM GRAECUM L.)

F. Ayanoğlu , M. Arslan A. Mert

Abstract

The relationship between seed yield and 7 plant characteristics was studied by correlation and path analysis in thirty-five fenugreek genotype lines grown in two seasons. The seed yield was positively correlated with pod number/plant and negatively with days to flowering. The path analysis revealed that pod number/plant (0.55), pod length (0.15), seed number/pod (0.10) and 1000 seed weight (0.11) had a positive direct effect on seed yield, whereas days to flowering (-0.17), plant height (-0.03), and branch number/plant (-0.16) had a negative direct effect on the seed yield. Among yield components, pod number/plant had a greater direct effect on seed yield than pod length, the seed number/pod and 1000 seed weight. Pod number/plant had little indirect effect on yield through plant height, branch number/plant, pod length, seed number/pod and 1000 seed weight.

Keyword: Fenugreek, Trigonella foenicum graecum, correlation coefficients, path analysis ,

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