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PATH ANALYSIS OF YIELD AND SOME YIELD-RELATED TRAITS OF DURUM WHEAT GENOTYPES GROWN IN RAINFED CONDITIONS OF MEDITERRANEAN REGION

Tevrican DOKUYUCU , Aydın AKKAYA, Mevlüt AKÇURA

Abstract

This research was carried out on 13 durum wheat genotypes in randomized complete block design with four replications between 1993-95 years. in Kahramanmaras-Turkey. The aim of this research was to determine direct and indirect effects of traits (vegetative period- VP, grain filling period-GFP, grain filling rate-GFR. flag leaf area-FLA and duration-FLAD. head number-HN, grain number per head-GN/H and 1000-grain weight-GW on grain yield- GY. According to the correlation coefficients. GY was positively and significantly related with GN/H and GFP. Path coefficients indicated that GN/H, GFP, GFR and FLAD had positive and high direct effects. GW had moderate positive direct effect on GY, while FLA had negative and high direct effect on GY. Therefore, GFP, GFR, FLAD, GN/H and GW can be used as selection criteria in region to increase grain yield.

Keyword: Wheat; pathways: correlations: yield components; grain yield ,

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