PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NaCl ON TWO BARLEY (Hordeum vulgare L.) CULTIVARS
Nedret TORT, Bengü TÜRKYILMAZ
Abstract
Çatalhöyük and Efes 98 barley cultivars were used as the research material for this study. Their sensitivities to salt and the physiological mechanisms of this sensitivity were investigated. The effects of NaCl treatments at different concentrations (0, 120, 180, 240 mM) on germination percentages, photosynthetic pigment substances and the amounts of proline and protein were investigated. It could be concluded that the NaCl treatments produced a general negative effect on the values of the above-mentioned traits of the two barley cultivars; Efes 98 was found to be sensitive to applied saline conditions
Keyword: Barley, Photosynthetic pigment substances, NaCl, Proline, Protein ,
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