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THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT NITROGEN LEVELS ON YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF SOME SILAGE SORGHUM (SORGHUM VULGARE L) VARIETIES GROWN UNDER IRRIGATED CONDITIONS IN VAN-TURKEY

Hakkı Akdeniz , İbrahim Yılmaz , Bilal Keskin, Ösmetullah ARVAS

Abstract

Sorghum (Sorghum vulgare L.) is important crop in the arid and semi arid regions. A 2-year field experiment was conducted to determine the effects of nitrogen levels (0, 6, 12 and 18 kg/da N) on some yield and yield components of four sorghum cultivars (Grazer, Early- Sumac, Rox and Gözde-80). The experiment was a split plot with three replications. Main plots were assigned to nitrogen levels (0, 6, 12 and 18 kg/da) and sub-plots were assigned to sorghum (Rox. Grazer, Early-Sumac and Gözde-80) cultivars. In experiment, green herbage and dry matter yields, plant height, stem, leaf, and panicle ratio and crude protein ratio and crude protein yields were determined. Applied N increased the green herbage, dry matter yields and plant heights, but it not effected on the proportions of leaf, stem and panicle. It was concluded that "Grazer" was the most favorable cultivar under this conditions. Optimum rate of nitrogen was 12 kg/da in irrigated conditions.

Keyword: Sorghum cultivars, nitrogen, vield components. ,

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