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SELECTION FOR RESISTANCE TO ASCOCHYTA BLIGHT (Ascochyta fabae Speg.f.sp. fabae Gossen et al.) IN FABA BEAN (Vicia faba L.) POPULATIONS AND ASSESSMENT OF COLD TOLERANCE AND YIELD CRITERIA

Cengiz TOKER & Hüseyin ÇANCI M. İlhan ÇAĞIRGAN

Abstract

Five populations and three checks of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) were grown to select lines for resistance to ascochyta blight (Ascochyta fabae Speg. f.sp. fabae Gossen et al.) of faba bean at the lowland (approximately 30° E, 36° N, 51 m from sea level in Antalya) and to evaluate for cold tolerance at the highland (30° E, 37° N and 850 m from sea level in Urkutlu, Bucak, Burdur) of the West-Mediterranean region of Turkey. Also, plant height, number of stem per plant, seed yield, biological yield, harvest index, 100- seed weight, days to flowering and maturity in all the genotypes were assessed. While native faba bean population was detected as intermediate to cold, the remaining genotypes generally stood in minus 11 °C in seedling stage in the highland. Out of 43 lines selected, 30 promising lines were resistant to ascochyta blight and high yielding. These lines will be used directly or indirectly in further breeding programs.

Keyword: Faba bean, Vicia faba, ascochyta blight, Ascochyta fabae, cold tolerance, yield criteria ,

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