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THE EFFECTS OF BACTERIAL (Rhizobium spp.) INOCULATION ON SOME PLANT CHARACTERISTICS OF CHICKPEA AT DIFFERENT GROWTH-DEVELOPMENT STAGES

C. AKDAĞ , O. DÜZDEMİR

Abstract

This study was done to determine the effects of Rhizobium spp. inoculation for chickpea on some plant characteristics at different stages [(20th day, 40th day, and flowering (62nd day)] after the sowing. The research was carried out as a pot experiment and factorial design with five replications.It was determined that bacterial inoculation had significant effect on total plant weight, root weight, weight of above-ground parts, number and weights of effective nodules, and nitrogen contents of root and above-ground parts at 40th and 62 days (flowering). In addition, it was determined that bacterial inoculation had significant effects on all of the selected properties at flowering stage.

Keyword: Chickpea, bacteria. N₂ fixation, nodule. ,

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