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OUTCROSSING ON MALE STERILE PLANTS OF COMPOSITE BARLEY (Hordeum vulgare L.) POPULATIONS

Cengiz TOKER, M. İlhan ÇAĞIRGAN

Abstract

This study was conducted at two different environments, representing low and high rainfed and temperature conditions, in the West Mediterranean region of Turkey with eight composite barley populations carrying male sterility genes in order to compare their outcrossing rates for applying male sterile facilitated recurrent selection. It was found that outcrossing rate of male sterile composite barley populations changed with both floral structure and environmental factors and also outcrossing rate in the high rainfed environment was higher than that in the low and irregular rainfed environment. Early flowering genotype, Population-5, had the highest natural outcrossing rate due to avoiding from drought stress effects in low rainfed environment where precipitation was not sufficient. Whereas Population-4N (naked-seeded) had the lowest outcrossing rate in low rainfed environment, having the highest rate in the high rainfed environment.

Keyword: Early flowering genotype ,temperature ,high rainfed ,low rainfed ,

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