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FIELD PERFORMANCES OF SOME LOCAL POTATO CULTIVARS FROM EASTERN TURKEY IN THE AEGEAN REGION

Zihin YILDIRIM, Gulsum OZTURK

Abstract

Nine local potato cultivars from Eastern Anatolia selected in the seedbed growing stage were tested for agronomical performance in a field trial arranged in the Randomized Complete Block Design with 3 replications at Bornova in 2014 and 2015. Based on the multiple comparisons, local potato cultivar Posof had the highest means for plant height (60.5 cm), stem number (4.9), leaf number (89.9), leaf width (2.4 cm), tuber number (11.2), plant yield (762.7 g) and plot yield (3.8 kg). Local varieties Pasha (4.2 cm), BCB (4.2 cm) and Pasha[1]plateau (4.2 cm) over passed Posof for only leaf length. Local cultivar ABK had the highest means for single tuber weight (81.6 g), tuber length (6.4 cm) and tuber width (4.8 cm). Local varieties PC (10.8) and Pasha (9.9) had high means for number of tubers. Also Pasha (589.4 g), Bayburt (522.7 g) and ABK (563.8 g) had high plant yield. It could be concluded that Posof had superior performance in the Aegean Region as compared to the remaining. Posof, Pasha, BCB, Pasha-plateau, ABK and Bayburt could be further tested in the regional variety testing trial as well as to be used as parents in the breeding programs for the Aegean Region.

 

Keyword: Land race, local potatoes, morphological traits, yield traits ,

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