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The Quantitative Inheritance in Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

Abdurrahim T. GÖKSOY, Aydın TÜRKEÇ, Zeki M. TURAN

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to estimate the gene effects governing the inheritance of certain traits and to search the genetic structure of each group in a 9x9 diallel cross group established by crossing inbred lines in sunflower. In the research: (1) Significant positive heterotic effects were observed for all the characteristics studied in different crosses. Based on the results, which are 2 or 3 parents were observed to be good general combiners for seed yield Per plants and eight crosses were the promising hybrids for seed yield/plant and plant height. (2) Both additive and dominance genetic variances were significant for all characters. Also. overall mean dominance effect of heterozygous loci, h, was significant for all characters. It was found that the frequencies of positive and negative alleles at these loci were not equal in the parents (i.e. H, > H2). The average degree of dominance showed overdominance for all characters studied.

Keyword: General and Specific Combining Ability, additive and dominant variation, genetic variance ,

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