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A STUDY ON THE YIELD AND THE PROTEIN CONTENTS OF MUTANT BARLEY LINES

Metin B. YILDIRIM , Necdet BUDAK , Eylem TUGAY

Abstract

Barley mutant lines selected in 1994 based on low and high protein content were grown as progeny rows in the 1994-1995 growing season under Bornova conditions. The plant height, spike length, length of flag leaf, width of flag leaf, sheath of flag leaf, number of tillers, thousand kernel weight, grain yield and protein ratio were determined. The population means, the ranges and the coefficient of variation were estimated and the frequency histograms were plotted. The protein content varied between 8.1 % and 14.9% in the base population and 7.07 % and 16.1% in the progeny rows. The line of 118-40 has low protein content (10.08%) and high grain yield (302.7 g/plot) was found to be desirable genotype for beer industry. AP3-27, AP3-25 and Efes-21 have high protein content and grain yield and they can be considered for animal feeding.

Keyword: Barley ,mutant lines ,animal feeding ,flag leaf ,

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