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FACTOR ANALYSIS OF YIELD AND RELATED TRAITS IN BREAD WHEAT

Metin B.YILDIRIM , Necdet BUDAK , Yusuf ARSHAD

Abstract

Fourteen wheat genotypes were grown at two locations, Bornova and Menemen in 1992 and 1993 in order to determine the relationships between yield and yield components among commercially grown wheat cultivars in the western Turkey. Simple correlation and factor analysis were applied to the data belongs to 19 traits measured in the study. Correlation analysis indicated that yield and the spike length had the highest positive correlation coefficient (r=0.76), while the emergence date and the heading date had the lowest negative (r=-0.82). The factor analysis reduced the 19 traits into five factors. Factor I which consisted of the time of flowering date, heading date, total period of staying green and plant height explained the 26.6 percent of the total variability. Factor 2 which included the thousand kernel weight, harvest index, spike length and emergence of first leaf explained 19.36 percent of the total variation. Factor 3 explained 14.8 percent of the total variability and consisted of culming date, tillering flag leaf width. Factor 4 explained 14.0k percent of the total variability and consisted of flag leaf length, flag leaf area and grain filling date. Factor 5 explained only 7.6 percent of the variation and included the number of spikes in a square meter, the numuber of plants in a square meter and plot yield.

Keyword: wheat genotypes ,wheat cultivars ,Correlation analysis ,variation ,

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