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EVALUATION OF FLAG LEAF PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS OF TRITICALE GENOTYPES UNDER EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CONDITIONS

Rukiye KARA

Abstract

The primary objective of the present study is to determine the variations for physiological traits of triticale genotypes. Experiments were carried out in randomized complete block design with 3 replications during the cropping years of 2011-2012 and 2012-2013. Totally 5 cultivars and 20 lines of triticale were used as the plant material of the experiments. The relationships of grain yield with net photosynthesis rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (gs), internal CO2 concentration/ambient CO2 ratio (Ci/Ca), mesophyll conductance (Mc), transpiration efficiency (TE), transpiration rate (Tr) and the leaf temperature (Tl) were assessed through correlation and biplot analyses. For all three growth stages (booting, anthesis, grain filling), significant positive correlations were observed between Tr and Tl; gs and Tr; gs and Pn; gs and Ci/Ca and Mc and Pn, and the greatest negative correlations were observed between TE and Tl. Current findings were not able indicate a single physiological trait has significant correlations with grain yield in all growth stages. However, significant negative correlations were observed between grain yield and Tl-Tr at booting and anthesis stages. It was concluded that low temperature, high net photosynthesis rate, high Ci/Ca and low transpiration rate might be used as reliable selection criteria in further triticale breeding programs.

Keyword: Correlation, flag leaf, gas exchange parameters, grain yield, triticale ,

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