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IN VITRO ROOT INDUCTION IN WHITE CLOVER (Trifolium repens L.)

Serkan Uranbey & Cafer S. Sevimay

Abstract

An efficent protocol for in vitro root formation of Trifolium repens was developed in this study. The adventitious shoots of Trifolium repens were cultured in the different strength (1/1, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, and 1/8) of basal Murashige and Skoog's (MS) medium. It was found that there was a considerable improvement in rooting up to 47.5% at 1/2 strength MS medium within 44-48 days. Then, shoots were cultured in 1/2 strength MS medium alone or in combination with different concentrations of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), indole- 3-acetic acid (IAA) and a-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA). Root formation frequency was increased up to 95 % in 1/2 strength MS medium supplemented with 1 µM IBA.

Keyword: Trifolium repens, in vitro, tissue culture, rooting ,

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