Determination of Dry Matter Yield and Yield Components of Local Forage Pea (Pisum sativum ssp. arvense L.) Ecotypes

Authors : Mustafa TAN

Pages : 289-296

Doi:10.1501/Tarimbil_0000001254

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Publication Date : 2013-12-03

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :AbstractLocal forage pea insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pisum sativum ssp. arvense L.); ecotypes are commonlycultivated in the Eastern Anatolia Region for long years. The ecotypes showgreat variations in yields and plant characteristics and these geneticallyresources should definitely be protected and be used as breeding material. Thecurrent study was conducted to determine the dry matter yields and yieldcomponents of 18 forage pea ecotypes selected among 61 collected materials fromErzurum, Bayburt, Kars and Ardahan provinces. The experiments were carried outin the experimental fields of Atatürk University Agricultural Faculty duringthe years of 2008, 2009 and 2010 under irrigated conditions. Three-yearaverages revealed large variations in dry matter yield the number of days toharvest, plant height, lodging degree and forage quality parameters of theecotypes. Dry matter yields of ecotypes varied between 4862 and 6854 kg ha-1,the number of days to harvest between 79.0 and 91.1 days and plant heightsbetween 68.8 and 102.0 cm. Among the investigated ecotypes, the Değirmencik-1and Subatan were considered to be promising ecotypes for breeding studies andregional yield studies.
Keywords : Forage pea, Genotypes, Dry matter yield, Hay quality