PERFORMANCES OF SOME WINTER HUNGARIAN VETCH ACCESSIONS (Vicia pannonica Crantz.) ON THE HIGHLANDS OF TURKEY

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate green herbage, hay yield, seed yields, and yield components of some Hungarian vetch accessions during the 2006-2007 and 2007–2008 cropping seasons at two locations (Haymana and Yenimahalle) of Ankara province. Green herbage yield, hay yield, biological yield, seed yield, plant height, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod and harvest index were detected. There were high correlations (P<0.01) between hay yield with main stem length, natural plant length, green herbage yield, but it had negative significant correlations with (P><0.01) pod numbers in a plant, seed numbers in a plant, pod length. The seed yield (SY) had statistically positive significant correlations (P><0.01 and P >< 0.05) with main stem length (MSL), biological yield (BY), natural plant height (NPH), and hay yield (HY). Cluster analysis formed all traits measured into four groups. The results showed that three lines (L-1724, L-1725, and L-1727) were promising for yield potential, good quality, adaptation, and could be useful to meet the needs of high quality herbage production for livestock section in Turkey.