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EFFECT OF ROW SPACING AND SOWING RATE ON SEED YIELD OF ALFALFA (Medicago sativa L.) UNDER MEDITERRANEAN CONDITIONS

Mustafa AVCI , Rustu HATIPOGLU , Selahattin CINAR , Celal YUCEL , Ilker INAL

Abstract

The effects of row spacing (25, 50, 75 and 100 cm) and sowing rate (4, 8 and 12 kg ha-1 ) on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) seed yield and its components were investigated under Mediterranean conditions throughout the years of 2008-2011. In the study cultivar Nimet was used and it was evaluated for number of pods per raceme, number of seeds per pod, biomass yield, harvest index, thousand seed weight and seed yield. The results of the study indicated that row spacing and sowing rate significantly affected biomass yield and harvest index but no significant differences were found in pod number and thousand seed weight. Seed yield was significantly affected by sowing rate. The highest and the lowest seed yield were recorded in the first and third years of the experiment, respectively. The highest seed yield averaged over three years was obtained from 25 cm row spacing with 4 kg ha-1 seed rate while the lowest one was obtained from 75 cm row spacing with combining 4 kg ha-1 seed rate. Results of this study suggest that among the various row spacing and seeding rates, narrower row spacings (25 cm or 50 cm) with the lowest seeding rate (4 kg ha-1 ) were found to be better treatments for alfalfa seed production under Cukurova ecological conditions.

Keyword: Alfalfa, row spacing, sowing rates, seed yield 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