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PATH-COEFFICIENT ANALYSIS FOR SEED YIELD AND RELATED CHARACTERS IN A POPULATION OF DETERMINATE AND INDETERMINATE TYPES OF SESAME (Sesamum indicum L.)

Bülent UZUN , M. İlhan ÇAĞIRGAN

Abstract

Selection of sesame genotypes with high seed yield is desirable aim in a breeding program. Seed yield is usually not increased by direct selection because it is under the influence of different traits. Therefore, it is very important to know the contributing characters to yield. There are many research on identifying seed yield components in indeterminate sesame, but not on gamma ray induced determinacy character of sesame. In this study, seed yield and related characteristics of a population involving determinate and indeterminate types were examined by simple correlation coefficients and for further classification by path-coefficient analysis. Number of capsule per plant was the highly correlated character with seed yield based on the correlation analysis. But, plant height had the largest direct effect on seed yield of determinate growth habit regarding the result of path-coefficient analysis differing from the results of earlier reports on indeterminate sesame types.

Keyword: Sesame, Sesamum indicum L. Determinate growth habit, Correlations, Path- coefficient analysis. ,

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