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THE EFFECTS OF SEEDLING SELECTION ON MATURE PLANT TRAITS IN ALFALFA (Medicago sativa L.)

H. Monirifar, M.Valizadeh, M. Moghaddam, F. Rahimzadeh Khoie

Abstract

The relationship between seedling and mature-plant traits were evaluated in 30 half-sib families of alfalfa (Medicago sativa, L.) resulted from polycross nursery. The leaf number per seedling, length of longest stem, cotyledon length and width, unifoliate internode length, leaf blade length and width were measured on 2000 individual 30 -day- old seedlings. All seedling traits were significantly correlated with each other. The seedlings were transplanted to the field, and individual plant fresh and dry weight, number of shoots and plant height were measured on 900 plants in each of three harvests. The results indicated that nearly all of the correlation coefficients between seedling and mature plant traits were significant, but ranged from ±0.03 to ±0.24 Selection for leaf number per seedling increased individual plant dry and fresh weight by 18.8% and 13.7%, respectively. It seems that plants and families with low yield potential can be eliminated at the seedling stage in alfalfa. Among the four selection schemes tested, mass selection produced the largest genetic gain.

Keyword: Alfalfa, Seedling traits, Mature plant traits, Response to selection ,

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