Effetcs of Sowing Date and Intra Row Spacing on Seed, Essential Oil and Carvone Yield of Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) at North-West of Iran
Saeid Zehtab-Salmasi, Sajad Mogbeli
Abstract
Field trails conducted to evaluate the effects of sowing date and intra row spacing on seed, essential oil and carvone production at North-west of Iran. Four sowing dates (early April, late April, early May and late May) and five intra row spacing (5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 cm) were studied. The highest yield in both years was obtained from early April sowing with 10 cm intra row spacing. Delay in sowing negatively affected the seed yield, thousand seed weight and carvone yield of dill. Therefore, for successful seed and carvone production dill must be sown from early to late April at north-west of Iran.
Keyword: Anethum graveolens, dill, sowing date, intra row spacing, essential oil, carvone, 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