Variability and Correlation Between the Seed Yield, Seed Yield Components and Quality of Alfalfa Seed

A 5 year field experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of different yearly climatic features and row spacing on seed yield and seed yield components during the 2008-2012 growing seasons in semi-arid soils in northwest China. Rows pacing treatments were 30, 60, 90, and 120 cm. Seed yield and some seed yield components were determined for all treatments. The year affected seed yield components markedly, but row spacing except for the quantity of seeds per pod. The interaction of year and row spacing have a significant impact on racemes per square meter and seed yield (P less than 0.05). The highest seed yield was gained in the fifth year (409.83 kg ha-1) with 60 cm row spacing (456.30kg ha-1). These results indicated that alfalfa should be planted with 60cm row spacing, which was most productive for improving the alfalfa seed yield in semi-arid lands.

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Effect of Row Spacing on Seed Yield, Yield Components and Seed Quality of Alfalfa

Агрознање ◽

10.7251/agrsr1401085b ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 85

Author(s):

Dragoljub Beković ◽

Rade Stanisavljević ◽

Milan Biberdžić ◽

Slaviša Stojković ◽

Jasmina Knežević

Keyword(s):

Seed Yield ◽

Yield Components ◽

Seed Weight ◽

Seed Quality ◽

Germination Rate ◽

Row Spacing ◽

Grain Number ◽

Alfalfa Seed ◽

Thousand Seed Weight

Under agro-environmental conditions of Southern Serbia, the research was conducted over a three-year period to evaluate the effect of row spacing on seed yield, yield components and seed quality of alfalfa cv. ’K-23’. The average seed yield of alfalfa was highest at a row spacing of 40 cm (271.7 kg ha-1), followed by row spacing of 20 cm (249.4 kg ha-1) and 60 cm (244.0 kg ha-1). The highest and lowest number of inflorescences per stem were obtained in rows spaced 60 cm (13.37 inflorescences/stem) and 20 cm apart (8.57 inflorescences/stem), respectively. The widest row spacing of 60 cm (7.15 pods / inflorescence) resulted in the highest number of pods per inflorescence, whereas the lowest number was produced at 20 cm spacing (5.50 pods / inflorescence). Grain number per pod ranged from 3.55 (at 20 cm row spacing) to 4.05 (at 60 cm). The highest quality of alfalfa seed during the three years of the research was obtained at the widest row spacing (60 cm). Thousand-seed weight was highest at 60 cm and lowest at 20 cm (1.97 g and 2.07 g, respectively). The highest average values for seed germination rate were reported for 60 cm row spacing (88.00%) and the lowest for 20 cm row spacing (85.76 %).

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Registration of HU2, LU2, HP2, LP2, HL2, LL2, HW2, and LW2: Eight Birdsfoot Trefoil Germplasms Bidirectionally Selected for Seed Yield Components

Crop Science ◽

10.2135/cropsci1994.0011183x003400020058x ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 543-543

Author(s):

R. L. McGraw ◽

P. R. Beuselinck

Keyword(s):

Seed Yield ◽

Yield Components ◽

Birdsfoot Trefoil ◽

Seed Yield Components

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Is the flag leaf important in perennial ryegrass seed production?

NZGA: Research and Practice Series ◽

10.33584/rps.14.2008.3182 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 14 ◽

pp. 67-73

Author(s):

J.A.K. Trethewey ◽

M.P. Rolston

Keyword(s):

Seed Yield ◽

Perennial Ryegrass ◽

Yield Components ◽

Seed Weight ◽

Photosynthetic Capacity ◽

Flag Leaf ◽

Active Radiation ◽

Seed Yield Components ◽

Seed Fill ◽

Thousand Seed Weight

In cereals, the importance of the flag leaf for contributing carbohydrate during seed fill is well documented. However, in ryegrass this relationship is not so clear. This paper reports on an investigation of the effect on seed yield components of reduced photosynthetic capacity to the flag leaf, stem and head of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne). The hypothesis was that reduced photosynthetic capacity of the flag leaf does not affect seed yield components in perennial ryegrass. Following flowering, photosynthetic capacity was reduced by defoliation or shading the flag leaf, stem, or head of individual tillers. Seed yield components were measured at harvest. Reduced photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) to the flag leaf and stem did not affect thousand seed weight or seed yield when compared with control plants whereas reducing PAR to the head had a significant effect. The seed head itself may be more important than the flag leaf during seed fill, but when the seed head is shaded substantial re-mobilisation of stored carbohydrates can occur. Keywords: flag leaf, green leaf area, Lolium perenne, photosynthetically active radiation, seed fill, seed yield, thousand seed weight, water-soluble carbohydrates

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Genetic variation for seed yield components of Westerwold ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum var. westerwoldicum).

Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science ◽

10.18174/njas.v37i2.16643 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 119-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. Elgersma ◽

A.P.M. Den Nijs ◽

F.A. Van Eeuwijk

Keyword(s):

Genetic Variation ◽

Seed Yield ◽

Yield Components ◽

Lolium Multiflorum ◽

Genotypic Variation ◽

Yield Component ◽

Path Analyses ◽

Seed Yield Components ◽

High Heritability ◽

1000 Grain Weight

Genetic variation for seed yield components was studied in 4 diploid varieties of Westerwold ryegrass, and 19 genotypes from each variety were grown in the field in 2 clonal replicate rows (minirows). The number of inflorescences/minirow, the numbers of spikelets/inflorescence and florets and seeds/spikelet, 1000-grain weight and seed yield/minirow were determined. Floret site utilization (FSU) was calculated as (seeds/floret) x 100%. Genotypic variation and heritabilities were calculated. Correlation studies and path analyses were carried out in each variety separately. Among varieties, no significant differences occurred for seed yield. However, within varieties large genetic variation was present for both seed yield and yield components. Path analyses revealed that relationships between seed yield components differed to a great extent among varieties. FSU was the major yield component in 3 varieties, but in one variety inflorescence number was the most important yield component. There was ample scope for genetic improvement of seed yield. FSU had a very high heritability and was not correlated with any of the other seed yield components. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

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Heritabilities and phenotypic correlations for seed yield and seed yield components of beans

The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico ◽

10.46429/jaupr.v72i2.7851 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 72 (2) ◽

pp. 301-308

Author(s):

Manuel Mateo Solano ◽

James S. Beaver ◽

Freddy Saladín García

Keyword(s):

Seed Yield ◽

Yield Components ◽

Narrow Sense ◽

Phenotypic Correlations ◽

Seed Yield Components ◽

F2 Generation ◽

Seed Yields ◽

Advanced Generation ◽

Weight Number ◽

100 Seed Weight

Indeterminate bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines derived from crosses between small-seeded indeterminate and large-seeded determinate genotypes were used to estimate the heritabilities and phenotypic correlations for seed yield and seed yield components. The F2 generation of six bean populations was planted at the Fortuna Substation, Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, in October 1984. Seed yield per plant, 100 seed weight, number of pods per plant, and number of seed per pod were measured for 50 plants selected at random from each population. A total of 50 F3 plant rows of each population were planted in February 1985 at the Fortuna Substation, and in March 1985 on a small farm in the Constanza valley of the Dominican Republic. Narrow sense heritabilities were estimated by using parent-offspring regressions of the F2 and F3 generation, and phenotypic correlations were estimated by using means of the F3 lines. Mean seed yields per plant of the indeterminate F3 lines were significantly less than the indeterminate parents, whereas the 100-seed weights of the indeterminate F3 were significantly less than the determinate parents. Narrow sense heritabilities for seed yield and seed yield components were intemediate to low. These results indicate that selection for greater seed yield would be more effective by evaluating advanced lines in replicated trials. Spearman rank correlations between locations for seed yield and seed yield components varied among populations. Multilocation testing of advanced generation lines may be the most effective way to identify bean genotypes that perform well in contrasting environments.

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