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VARIANCE COMPONENTS AND HERITABILITIES FOR SEED YIELD AND RELATED CHARACTERS IN DETERMINATE TYPES OF SESAME

Bülent UZUN , M. İlhan ÇAĞIRGAN

Abstract

Eight determinate types of sesame were grown in 1998, 1999, and 2000 growing seasons at Antalya province in order to estimate the broad-sense heritabilities for seed yield and related characters by using variance components. Due to the non-availability of a determinate ideotype in sesame, all heritability studies reported to date were based on the traditional indeterminate ideotypes. Since there is no detailed information available on the heritabilities of the agronomically important characters including determinate ideotypes, this study aimed to obtain information on variance components and heritabilities of seed yield and related traits in a population of determinate genotypes of sesame. Heritabilities estimated were found to be higher than the previous reports for the characters under study due to the fact that the genetic material used was completely different ideotype from the traditional indeterminate ideotypes of sesame. This indicated that the novel ideotype generated distinct variability for agronomic characters, which are less vulnerable to environmental fluctuations, and thus causing higher heritabilities.

Keyword: Sesame, Sesamum indicum L., Determinate growth habit, Variance components, Heritability ,

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