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IRRIGATION REGIMES AND PLANT POPULATION DENSITY EFFECTS ON SEED YIELD, PROTEIN AND OIL CONTENT OF THREE SOYBEAN CULTIVARS.

GH. Khajouei-Nejad , H. Kazemi , H. Alyari , A. Javanshir & M. J. Arvin

Abstract

Field experiments; for two years (2000 and 2001), were conducted in a split - factorial, based on a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications to study the effects of irrigation regimes, plant densities and soybean cultivars on seed yield and seed oil and protein contents. Irrigation regimes were assigned to main plots and plant densities and soybean cultivars to subplots. It was revealed that treatments affected all parameters measured significantly in both years. Highest and lowest rate of seed yield per plant and per unit area were produced by 12 and 14 irrigation regimes (irrigation after 60mm and 100 mm evaporation from class A pan) respectively. Plant densities also affected seed yield per unit area significantly. The highest and lowest rate of seed yield obtained from 50 (D3) and 30 (D1) plants per m², respectively. Cultivars were also different for seed yield production. Williams (V2) produced the highest and Hill (V3), the lowest yields, respectively.

Keyword: Class A pan, Irrigation, Oil and protein content, Plant density, Soybean cultivars. ,

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