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INHERITANCE OF GRAIN YIELD AND PROTEIN CONTENT IN A 8x8 DIALLEL CROSS POPULATION OF BARLEY

Necdet Budak, Metin B. Yıldırım

Abstract

The inheritance of grain yield and protein content was studied by the Jinks-Hayman type diallel analysis in a 8 x 8 barley cross population without reciprocals. The cross populations with low protein content and high grain yield and the gene action such as additive and dominance genetic effects were determined. It was concluded the additive genetic variation could be utilized in selecting suitable progenies in the next generations. Grain yield had positive significant correlations with biomass (r=0.68**), harvest index (r=0.68**), plant height (r=0.25*), thousand kernel weight (r=0.38**) and number of spikes per square meter (r=0.25). Protein content not having any significant correlation with grain yield had negative significant correlations with plant height (r=- 0.30), thousand kernel weight (r-0.25*) and number of spikes per square meter (r=-0.30*).

Keyword: grain yield ,cross populations ,

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