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GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COMBINING ABILITY OVER SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF A 5X5 DIALLEL CROSS POPULATION IN BREAD WHEAT

Necdet Budak, Metin B. Yıldıran

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine the general (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) effects and follow the repeatability of these effects for yield, biomass and harvest index in successive generations of a 5x5 dialtcl (without reciprocal) cross population in bread wheat. It was found that the relative magnitude of GCA variances was generally lower than SCA variances in almost all generations except the F» for all the trails measured. F-, generation for harvest index and F< generation loi biomass indicating additive and non-additive gene effects for the traits. The GCA effects for certain parents were quite consistent over successive generations for all the traits while SCA effects were only consistent fur harvest index. The results of the study indicated that there was predominance of additive genetic effects for the traits measured It was also concluded that selection in the B generation could effectively be used in the population studied.

Keyword: diallel cross population in bread wheat ,

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