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Genotype X Environment Interaction and Stability Analysis of Some Fiber Properties in Cotton (Gossypium hirsitum L.)

Mehmet MERT, Mehmet Emin ÇALIŞKAN, Erol GÜNEL

Abstract

The performances of fourteen cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars in respect to some fiber properties were evaluated under the conditions of thirteen environments (Izmir. Manisa, Denizli, Aydın in 1997 and 1998; Hatay in 1997, 1998 and 1999; Şanlıurfa and Adana in 1998) in Turkey. The variance components for genotypes, environments and genotype x environment interaction were found to be significant for all the fiber properties investigated, although variance for interaction effect was smaller as compared to genotype's and environment's. The data were analyzed for stability parameters. to identify the genotypes showing stable performance in respect fiber properties in a wide range of environmental conditions. None of the cultivars tested could combine both high adaptability and stability in respect to three fiber properties under evaluation. The genotypes Sure Grow 125, Deltapine 5409 and Sayar 314 could corporate both high adaptability and stability in respect to fiber length and fineness, while the genotypes Sure Grow 404 and Sure Grow 1001 showed high adaptability to all environments in respect to fiber strength.

Keyword: Cotton, fiber properties, genotype x environment interaction, stability ,

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