ESTIMATE OF HERITABILITIES AND GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS FOR 100-SEED WEIGHT, DAYS TO FLOWERING AND PLANT HEIGHT IN KABULI CHICKPEAS (Cicer arietinum L.)
Cengiz: TOKER
Abstract
Eight kabuli chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes were grown at low- and highlands of the West-Mediterranean region of Turkey in order to estimate the broad-sense hcritabilitics and to determine the genotype by environment interaction for seed weight, plant height and days to flowering. Significant differences between the genotypes were found for all the characters. The genotype by location interactions were also significant. The hcritabilitics for 100-sccd weight, days to flowering and plant height were estimated as 93%. 60% and 43%. respectively.
Keyword: Genotypes, plant height ,
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