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POWDERY MILDEW (Erysiphe graminis f.sp. hordei) IN THE NATURAL POPULATIONS OF WILD BARLEY (Hordeum spontaneum) IN THE A AEGEAN REGION

Ahmet Zeybek, Paul BRAUN, Caristopher LÖWER, İsmail TURGUT, Wolfang KÖHLER, Mustafa AKÇA

Abstract

Two hundred Hordeum spontaneum plants were chosen and tagged at early stages of plant development at the Bomova, Meryemana and Emiralem micro-sites in 1996 and 1997. Powdery mildew disease severity and survivals of the selected plants were recorded at three times starting from the 4-5 leaf stage to heading time during the growing period. The results were evaluated comparatively, disease severity of the populations differed, and especially it was rather low at Emiralem. Disease severity increased as the time advanced. Percentage of surviving plants was close to each other at heading stage in three populations, but there were significant differences between two years. Approximately average plant lost was 15% in 1996 and it reached to 36 % in 1997.

Keyword: Hordeum spontaneum plants ,Powdery mildew ,

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