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EFFECTS OF CUTTING TIME AND NITROGEN FERTILIZATION ON FORAGE YIELD AND QUALITY OF A SORGHUM-SUDANGRASS HYBRID

A.Esen ÇELEN, Hüseyin AKDEMİR

Abstract

Sorghum-Sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor x Sorghum sudanense) Pioneer 988 grown in Western Turkey was cut at two phenological stages (at booting and milky-waxy ripeness stages) and at four nitrogen levels (0. 75. 150 and 225 kg N ha’) in 1995. Green forage, dry matter and ash yields increased as cutting time was delayed, whereas the yield of crude protein decreased. Delaying the cut increased the dry matter content, whereas decreased crude protein and ash contents. Plant height was greater at the time of the second cut. The green yield and dry matter were increased by up to 150 kg N hacrude protein and ash yields increased up to 75 kg N ha 1; the differences observed in protein and ash contents were not significant. Total fresh green forage yield over 3 cuts were 178.8 and 170.8 t ha 1 for 150 kg N ha1 and milky-waxy ripeness stage respectively.

Keyword: sorghum-sudangrass hybrid, forage yield and quality ,

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