SOME AGRICULTURAL AND QUALITY PROPERTIES OF ULUBAG ECOTYPE LINES OF WILD ORCHARDGRASS (Dactylis glomerata L.)
Keywords:
Agronomy, crude protein, selection.Abstract
Research was conducted in Erzurum ecologic conditions. Eight lines of Ulubag ecotype that were selected in the previous selection process and 1 control cultivar were used in this research. Lines used in the research were compared to each other and the control variety. Fresh hay yield, dried hay yield, crude protein content and yield, plant nutritional elements, ADF and NDF rates, and seed yield traits were investigated in this research. In Ulubag ecotypes, 6 lines in fresh hay yield and dried hay yield, 1 line in crude protein content, 4 lines in crude protein yield, 1 line in P content, 1 line in Mg content, 7 lines in K content, 1 line in Ca content and 4 lines in seed yield gave better result than control. On the other hand, ADF rates in 4 lines were lower than control variety. However, NDF rates in all lines were better than the control variety. It is concluded that lines 3, 9, 14, and 18 in Ulubag ecotype can be used for new variety development, in terms of hay yield and quality