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Propagation of Caper by Seed, Cuttings or by Tissue Culture

Zihin YILDIRIM, Emine BAYRAM

Abstract

Caper seeds were immersed first in H2SO, and KNO, and then in GA, or in the GA, alone for various times and caper cuttings were treated with increasing doses Indolacetic acid (IAA), Indolebutyric acid (IBA) and 2-Naphthelene acetic acid (NAA-). The cuttings and the seeds were grown under in vivo and in vitro conditions. The highest seed germination percentage (78.6%) was obtained from the treatment with GA, (500 ppm) for 24 hours. The cuttings treated with NAA for 7 minutes resulted in 51.6% rooting in perlite. The IBA treatment (6 ppm) applied to 1-1.5 cm explants gave 53.8% rooting in MS medium. Development of the 96 plants grown in the experimental field was found to be at high level.

Keyword: Capparis spinosa L., caper development, rooting ,

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