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INTERFERENCE OF SIMULATED WEED (SORGHUM BICOLOR L.) WITH SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX L.)

Adel Dabbagh Mohammady Nasab, Aziz Javanshir, Houshang Alyari, Hamdollah Kazemi, Mohammad Moghaddam

Abstract

In order to study the effects of simulated weed (Sorghum bicolor Var. Sudanense) interference with soybean (Glycine max L.), experiments were conducted at the research station of Faculty of Agriculture, Tabriz University. Maximum weed -infested and weed-free periodes of 0 to 18 weeks after soybean emergence were imposed by hand-weeding. The critical period for sorghum control was determined to be between 2.2 and 5 weeks after soybean emergence to avoid losses above 5% of yield produced by full-season weed-free soybean. Soybean biomass, number of pods, branches and nodes per plant and specific leaf weight (SLW) decreased as duration of interference increased. Percentage of empty podes per plant increased as weed- infested period lasted beyond 8 weeks and weed - free period was less than 4 weeks. Soybean after 5 - 6 three leaflet leaf growth stage could adequately compete with newly emerged sorghums. Full season sorghum infestation decreased soybean yield 63 %. Five weeks of weed - free maintanence was sufficient to provide soybean yields comparable to plots kept weed - free all seasons.

Keyword: Maximum weed-infested period. minimum weed - free period. interference, competition ,

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