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EFFECTS OF CUTTING TIME AND CUTTING HEIGHT ON THE GROWTH OF DALLISGRASS (PASPALUM DILATATUM POIR.).

Ersin CAN , Nafiz ÇELIKTAS', Rüştü HATİPOĞLU, Şaban YILMAZ', Süleyman AVCI'

Abstract

The effects of three different cutting times and three different cutting heights on the hay yield and the root growth of dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum Poir.) were studied in 2001. The experiment was conducted as a pot trial and arranged in a split plot design with three replications. Main-plots were the cutting times (at 15 cm, 30 cm and 45 cm of plant height) and subplots were cutting heights (5. 7.5 and 10 cm above ground). The results of the study showed that the highest tiller number, forage and hay yield and root weight were obtained from the plants harvested each time when they reached to 45 cm plant height at 5 cm cutting height. Also the earlier cutting plants gave the less yield than later cutting plants.

Keyword: dallisgras (Paspalum dilatatum Poir.), cutting time, cutting 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