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Performances of Some Maize Hybrids as Main Crop in the Meander Valley

C. KONAK, E. ACARTÜRK, A. ZEYBEK

Abstract

Certain maize hybrids recommended for the Macander Valley as main crop by the seed companies were tested at the Experimental Farm of the Agricultural Faculty of Adnan Menderes University to determine their yield capacities and some agronomic characters in 1995 and 1996. Variance analyses were applied to the data obtained from the plots arranged in Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications for the following traits: the yield, number of ears per ha, days to silking, grain moisture at harvest, plant height, ear height, thousand kernel weight, ear length, number of rows on ear, kernel/ear percentage, ear diameter and ear stem diameter. The results showed that there were significant differences (p< 0.05) for all the traits among the hybrids. Seven hybrids i.e. DK.743, Flash, Doge, LG. 2777, Dragma, P.3163 and C.955 gave the yields over 15 tons/ha, while the lowest yielding hybrid, C.7993 had a yield about 13 tons/ha.

Keyword: Maize hybrids, Experimental Farm, Agricultural Faculty ,

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