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COMBINING ABILITY AND HETEROTIC EFFECTS IN SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF SECOND CROP MAIZE

Cahit KONAK, Aydın ÜNAY, Hüseyin BAŞAL, Ebru SERTER

Abstract

Maize genotypes including five lines and three testers were crossed according to line x tester analysis method to select the suitable parents and promising hybrids under second crop conditions of Meander Valley (Büyük Menderes Havzası). In the population involving eight parents and fifteen hybrids, non-additive gene effects for ear length and number of rows on ear and additive gene effect for yield, thousand kernel weight, plant height, ear height and days to silking were estimated. It was found that two parents, A 632 and Pa870, had higher general combining ability values and three hybrids, B52 x FR 43, B 79 x Pa 870 and A 632 x FR 43 had higher specific combining ability values for yield. In addition, A 632 x A 634 and A 632 x Pa 870 were the highest yielding combinations

Keyword: Maize genotypes , Five lines , Three testers , Line x tester analysis method , Suitable parents , Promising hybrids , Second crop conditions, Meander Valley (Büyük Menderes Havzası) ,

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