GENETIC ANALYSIS OF EARLINESS CHARACTERS AT FIRST PICKING IN UPLAND COTTON
Aydın ÜNAY , İsmail TURGUT
Abstract
The percentage of crop harvest is an important earliness factor. This character was measured by percentages of number of bolls, seed cotton, lint and seed harvested at first picking in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). High heritabilities were estimated for all observed characters. Results of the scaling tests have shown that additive-dominance model was valid for the percentages of number of bolls and the seed cotton harvested. The percentage of number of bolls harvested at first picking appeared to be the best pre-harvest selection criterion in a cotton breeding program, due to easiness in its determination.
Keyword: Percentage ,Crop harvest ,Earliness factor ,Character ,Number of bolls ,Harvested ,
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