This study was carried out to determine the effect of different light, temperature and salt concentration levels on dent (P 3394), sweet corn (Sunshine) hybrids and popcorn (local variety of Çanakkale) seeds which have different endosperm. In this study, research was conducted to evaluate the effect of two different light periods (continuous light and 12 h light : 12 h dark), two different temperatures (17 and 30 ºC) and four different salt concentrations (0, 25, 50 and 100 mM) on germination speed, germination rate, radicle length, coleoptile length, plumula length and vigor index of maize grain. The light periods had a significant effect on germination speed, germination rate and radicula length at 12 hours light and 12 hours dark (26.83%, 31.26% and 1.71cm respectively), and continuous light (32.77% 41.12% and 2.29cm respectively). The germination rate and coleoptile length were affected at 17 ºC temperature (40.47% and 1.57cm) and at 30 ºC temperatures (31.91% and 2.29 cm). Salt concentration had a significant effect on radicula length, coleoptile length and plumula length. They decreased with increasing of salt concentration level. There were significant differences among maize seeds that have different endosperm in terms of all investigated traits in this study. The popcorn seed had significantly higher values than the other maize hybrids in respect to all investigated traits. The seed of popcorn has superiority 50% than dent and sweet corn hybrids.

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Geliş Investigation of Agricultural Characteristics of Local Popcorn Genotypes in Kahramanmaras ConditionsABSTRACT: This study with total 13 genotypes that is two local varieties and one composite with 10 popcorn population collected from different parts of the country was conducted in Kahramanmaraş conditions in 2012 and 2013 years. The experiment was conducted in randomized block desing with four replications. The ear tassel-out time, ear silk-out time, first ear height, plant height, ear lenght, ear diameter, number of grains on row per ear, row number per ear, ear number per plant, percentage of grain ratio, grain yield, popping volume and percentage of unpopped kernels of popcorn were investigated. According to the results of the averageof two years, the except for ear number per plant from examination characteristics, the difference among the other characteristic in terms of genotypes were determined significant as statistical. Considering the average of the two years, the ear tassel-out time, plant height, popping volume and percentage of unpopped kernels and grain yield of popcorn were determined as 54-66 days, 134-181 cm, 10-22 m 3 g -1, % 8-24, 369-498 kg da -1 respectively. Considering the grain yield, earliness and the poppin volume Kadirli pop, Samsun pop, Composite pop ve Edirne white pop genotypes can be recommended for the region.

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an important Amaranthaceae family plant cultivated in arid regions in Andes in South America with high adaptability to extreme conditions for centuries (Bazile et al., 2014). The high-quality nutrients (Mota et al., 2016), lack of gluten content, and significant nutrients for celiac patients (Abugoch et al., 2009) made the crops popular worldwide. Quinoa is mostly used in human nutrition due to its high nutritional value, while its straw is an animal fodder ingredient (Kakabouki et al., 2014). The straws have been used, especially by South American Indians, to feed ruminant and non-ruminant animals since ancient times. They also used the harvest residues to feed animals such as cattle, sheep, horses, and pigs. Podkowka et al. (2018) reported that quinoa may be a valuable feed plant for dairy farms. Rosero et al. (2010) noted that a large proportion of Colombian livestock farmers are familiar with the quinoa crop, but fewer (20%) actually use quinoa as animal feed. Studies conducted in Denmark have shown that siloed quinoa can be a valuable feed for dairy farms, resulting in good milk yield and higher dietary protein (Darwinkel, 1997). Ramos and Cruz (2002) evaluated the performance of quinoa for feed production to obtain high-quality

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Yield performances differ according to the environment in which the plants are grown. In order to determine the chickpea cultivars suitable for Kahramanmaraş province, 17 different chickpea cultivars were tried during the growing seasons of 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. Among the characteristics examined in the study, flowering times, pod bind times, first branch height to years, varieties and years variety interactions were significant as statistical. There were statistically significant differences in terms of plant height, years and year × variety interaction. The number of pods, pod length, pod width created statistically significant differences in terms of years and cultivars. The differences among the cultivars in terms of grain yield were found as statistically significant. It was determined that the effects of years, cultivars and year-variety interactions on the first pod height, number of branches, and pod diameter did not have a statistically significant. At the end of the two-year study, it was concluded that Seckin, Arda, Hasanbey, Çagatay, Azkan, Ubet, Damla 89 and Aslanbey chickpea cultivars can be recommended due to the over grain yield of 300 (345-301) kg from per decare in Kahramanmaras conditions.

The corn plant are required the necessity of testing in regional conditions, because new hybrid varieties are continuous submission of to the market. For this purpose, ear characteristics and grain quality criteria of hybrid maize varieties (Tavascan,

ÖzetBu çalışma, P.31A34 hibrid mısır çeşidi birinci ürün olarak yetiştirilerek, dekara 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 ve 10 kg fosfor uygulaması yapılarak, tesadüf blokları deneme deseninde dört tekerrürlü olarak Kahramanmaraş koşullarında 2013 yılında yürütülmüştür. Araştırmada 25 kg da -1 azot sabit tutularak, farklı fosfor dozlarının mısır bitkisinin mısır bitkisinin tepe püskülü çıkış süresine, ilk koçan yüksekliğine, bitki boyuna, koçan uzunluğuna, koçan çapı, tek koçanın tane ağırlığına, % tane oranına, bin tane ağırlığına, tane verimine, tanenin % protein oranına ve % nişasta oranlarına etkisi araştırılmıştır. Uygulanan fosfor dozlarının mısır bitkisinin tepe püskülü çıkış süresi, koçan çapı, tek koçan ağırlığı ve bin tane ağırlığı üzerinde etkisinin istatistiki olarak önemli farklılıklar oluşturduğu kaydedilmiştir. İncelenen diğer özelliklerden ilk koçan yüksekliği, bitki boyu, % tane oranı, tek koçanın tane ağırlığı, tane verimi, tanenin % protein ve % nişasta içeri üzerine fosfor dozlarının etkisi önemsiz olduğu tespit edilmiştir. İstatistiki olarak önemli farklılık gösteren tepe püskülü çıkış süresinin 76-78 gün, koçan çapının 43.296-46.846 mm, tek koçan ağırlığının 168-207 g, bin tane ağırlığının 309.375-365.625 g arasında değiştiği belirlenmiştir. Uygulanan fosfor dozlarının tane verimi üzerine etkisinin önemsiz olmasına rağmen tane verimi 1027.73-1179.55 kg/da arasında kaydedilmiştir.