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THE EFFECTS OF HONEY BEES ON CROSS-POLLINATION AND HYBRID SEED PRODUCTION IN SESAME (Sesamum indicum L.)

Hasan BAYDAR, Fehmi GÜREL

Abstract

Three sesame varieties (Gölmarmara'. 'Margo' and 'Yousung') with contrasting characters were grown in alternate rows of caged plots to exclude insects and non-caged plots to open to insect pollination in 1997 and then their progenies derived from the caged and the non-caged plants were grown to estimate the ratios of cross-pollination (RCP) and heterotic seed yield at two locations of Turkey, Antalya and Isparta, in 1998. The RCP were similar for the locations, but significantly different for the varieties and in the caged experiments. The RCP's were 4.29%, 18.69% and 11.72% in progenies from non-caged plots, and 2.40%, 4.61% and 4.46% in progenies from caged plots of the `Gölmarmara', 'Margo' and 'Yousung', respectively. And also, seed yield increased in the varieties were up to 9.52%, 39.65% and 21.49%, respectively, indicating practically hybrid seed production in sesame.

Keyword: caged and the non-caged plants ,seed yield ,hybrid seed ,

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