Determination of Establishment Year of Some Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Varieties in Mardin Conditions

Arvas Ö., Karadeniz E., Aslan N.

10th. International Zeugma Congress On Scientific Research , Gaziantep, Türkiye, 25 - 26 Haziran 2023, ss.347

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Özet Bildiri
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Gaziantep
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.347
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In addition to high quality, the performance of alfalfa as a cool-season forage crop in climates with high summer temperatures is important for cultivation. This research was conducted in Mardin-Kızıltepe to determine some high-yielding alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) varieties grown under Mardin's ecological conditions using a randomized complete block design with three replications. The study included eight alfalfa varieties: Banat, Bilensoy-80, Frigos, SHN, Sunter, Şahin-42, Optimus, and Plato. According to the obtained results, the examined alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) varieties had an emergence period ranging from 7.7 to 8.3 days, plant height ranging from 68.00 to 80.66 cm, main stem number ranging from 2.00 to 1.70, main stem thickness ranging from 1.60 to 2.56 mm, plant density per square meter ranging from 642 to 712 plants/m2, dry matter content ranging from 93.36% to 93.60%, total fresh forage yield ranging from 4722 to 8515 kg/da, total hay yield ranging from 1131 to 2032 kg/da, crude protein content ranging from 19.57% to 25.79%, crude protein yield ranging from 250,3 to 495,6 kg/da, ADF (Acid Detergent Fiber) content ranging from 25.88% to 28.35%, NDF (Neutral Detergent Fiber) content ranging from 42.16% to 48.64%, and NYD (Relative Feed Value) ranging from 130.91% to 147.62%. Bilensoy-80 provided more than 25% higher green and hay yield compared to the second-highest yielding variety, SHN, while exhibiting similar values for the mentioned traits. Based on these results, the Bilensoy-80 variety can be recommended for ecological conditions similar to Mardin.