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Determination of Some Meiotic Characteristics and Seed Set in Autotetraploid Perennial Rye (Secale montanum Guss.)

İlknur AKGÜN, Metin TOSUN, Sevim SAĞSÖZ

Abstract

In this study, the generations C. C and C, of autotetraploid perennial rye (Secale montanum Guss.) were compared in terms of seed set and some cytological characteristics including irregularities in metaphase I (univalents), anaphase I and II (lagging chromosomes and/or chromatids and bridge) and micronuclei in tetrads. According to generations (C,. C and C) average cell rate with univalent was 18.51, 14.56 and 9.38%, rate of irregular anaphase I cells was 3.44, 15.93 and 7.86%, rate of irregular anaphase II cells was 20.93. 16.48 and 7.16%, rate of tetrads with micronuclei was 18.17, 14.06 and 6.17% and seed set rate was 27.72. 43.50 and 59.59% respectively. Furthermore, a negative correlation was found between seed set and univalents in metaphase I and abnormal anaphase I and II cells, and tetrads with micronucici. The correlations among the characters investigated during meiotic division were statically significant. The result of this study showed that selection of vigorous plants in autotetraploid perennial rye stimulated seed setting by increasing cytological balance. On the other hand, the abnormalities in early stage of meiotic division were determined to be reflected to the next stages of meiosis.

Keyword: autotetraploid ,irregularities ,micronucici ,

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