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INFLUENCE OF WEED (SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH) INTERFERENCE DURATION ON SUBSEQUENT SEED GERMINATION AND VIGOR OF SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERRILL)

A.Dabbagh Mohammadi Nasab , A. Javanshir, H.Alyari, M.Moghaddam, H.Kazemi

Abstract

The effect of weed (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) interference on germination and seed vigor of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] was evaluated in several experiments in 1999 and 2000. Weed-infested periods of 0,2,4,6,8,10 and 18(full season) weeks after emergence were subjected to the soybean plots. Soybean seeds produced at different weed interference durations were harvested at the end of the growing season and subjected to germination and vigor tests. Soybean seed germination, germination index, germination rate index, rate of germination and percent of normal seedlings decreased with an increase in weed interference duration. An increase in weed interference duration also caused an increase in abnormal seedlings, mean germination time and un-germinated seeds. The threshold of weed infestation for 10% loss comparing to control in GI, NS and GR were 4.5, 3.0 and 4.7 WAE, respectively.

Keyword: Soybean, sorghum, seed germination, weed interference. ,

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