COLLECTION, CONSERVATION AND EVALUATION FOR FORAGE YIELD OF ALFALFA LANDRACES GROWN IN EAST ANATOLIA
TURKISH JOURNAL OF FIELD CROPS, cilt.18, sa.1, ss.46-51, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF FIELD CROPS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.46-51
- Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This study was conducted to collect, evaluate and conserve alfalfa landraces grown in Van province, East Anatolia in 2009-2011. Ten counties were visited and 66 alfalfa landraces were collected. The seed samples were sent to Aegean Agricultural Research Institute for long term conservation. With other 4 populations collected from university campus, a total of 70 alfalfa accessions with seven standards (controls) were grown in an augmented trial design with 5 replicates. Cultivar Elci had the highest green and dry matter yields. There was a great variability between landraces in terms of the characters recorded. Green, dry matter and crude protein yields of land races were in the range of 24.67-103.21 t ha(-1), 6.04-24.26 t ha(-1), and 1.07-4.96 t ha(-1), respectively. Landraces collected from Ercis and Gevas appeared to have high green and dry matter yields.