Heterosis and combining ability for yield and resistance to grain mold in tannin-free photoperiod-insensitive sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench] in Senegal

Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology - Increasing sorghum production per unit area in the farmer’s field by developing high yielding tannin-free and grain mold tolerant varieties in...     

Soil chronosequence and biosequence on old lake sediments of the Burdur Lake in Turkey

The Burdur Lake is located in the southwest of Turkey, and its area has decreased by 40% from 211 km² in 1975 to 126 km² in 2019. In this study, we investigated how the soil has changed in the lacustrine material. Three soil profiles were sampled from the former lakebed (chronosequence profiles: P1, 2007; P2, 1994; and P3, 1975), and three soil profiles under different land use types (biosequence profiles: P4, native forest vegetation; P5, agriculture; and P6, lakebed) were sampled. The chronosequence and biosequence soil profiles represented various distances from the Burdur Lake and showed different stages of lacustrine evolution. Soil electrical conductivity (EC; 18.1 to 0.4 dS m_-1), exchangeable Na⁺ (34.7 to 1.4 cmol kg^-1) and K⁺ (0.61 to 0.56 cmol kg^-1), and water-soluble Cl^- (70.3 to 2.1 cmol L^-1) and SO₄^2- (275.9 to 25.0 cmol L^-1) decreased with increasing distance from the Burdur Lake, whereas the A horizon thickness (10 to 48 cm), structure formation (0 to 48 cm), gleization-oxidation depth (0 to 79 cm), and montmorillonite and organic matter (OM; 25.9 to 46.0 g kg^-1) contents increased in the chronosequence soil profiles. The formation of P3 in the chronosequence and P5 in the biosequence soil profiles increased due to longer exposure to pedogenic processes (time, land use, vegetation, etc.). Changes in EC, exchangeable cation (Na⁺ and K⁺) and water-soluble anion (Cl^- and SO₄^2-) concentrations of the salt-enriched horizon, OM, gleization-oxidation depth, A horizon thickness, and structure formation of the chronosequence and biosequence soil profiles (especially the topsoil horizon) were highly related to the distance from the Burdur Lake, time, and land use.     

Kleine botanische Beobachtungen im Institutsgelände

Zusammenfassung 1. Die BlastocladialeAllomyces arbuscula, in Deutschland bisher nur von drei Fundorten angegeben (Remy 1950) wurde in einer Zone temporärer Pfützen am Rande einer gepflasterten Straße, wo auch die DesmidiaceeActinotaenium curtum (Bréb.)Teil. vorkommt, zwischen Gebäuden des Zentralinstitus gefunden.2.Tulipa sylvestris L. von einem Wild-Standort, wo sie sich wenig blühwillig zeigt, weist, in's Institutsgelände verpflanzt, starke vegetative Vermehrung und reichen Blütenansatz auf. Über auftretende Variationen im Blütenbau wird berichtet.

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Some botanical observations in the area of the Institute

Summary 1. The BlastocladialeAllomyces arbuscula E. J. Butler 1911, known hitherto in Germany only from three sites (Remy 1950) was found on loamy soil from roadsides in the area of the Central Institute Gatersleben, together with the DesmidialeActinotaenium curtum (Bréb.)Teil. 1954.2. Observations on enhancement of floweriness and natural occurring aberrations in the flower formula fromTulipa sylvestris L. transplanted from a shaded wild site with very sparse producing flowers to gardenground with full sunshine.

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