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INFLUENCE OF WATER LIMITATION ON SEED VIGOR OF LENTIL (LENS CULINARIS MEDIK)

Ali Hatami',Kazem Ghasemi-Golezani , Houshang Alyari ,Mohammad Reza ,Shakiba Mohammad Moghaddam.

Abstract

In order to investigate the effect of water limitation on seed- filling period and seed vigor of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik), four lentil cultivars including Varzaghan and ILL4400 of Macrosperma type; Ziba and ILL6206 of Microsperma type were studied in a field at 25 %, 50 %, 75% and 100% field capacity (FC). Levels of FC applied from the start of flowering and then stopped in the entire reproductive period. The vigor of lentil seeds was assessed by mean germination rate and electroconductivity (EC) testes. At 25 % and 50% FC, duration of seed- filling period reduced by about 41-148 degree-days (DD). This was résulted in decreasing mean seed weight, compared to 75 % and 100% FC. Seed vigour of all cultivars, at 25% and 50% FC were significantly lower than that of 75 % and 100 % FC. Maximum seed vigour (MSV) was achieved at 15-40 DD after mass maturity (MM, end of seed-filling period), as tested by germination rate, while MSV was attained at 28-63 DD after MM, as measured by EC. It was, therefore, concluded that MSV occurs some times after MM and that water limitation could lead to decreasing in seed weight and MSV in lentil cultivars.

Keyword: lentil, seed vigor, seed weight, water limitation. ,

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