Determination of High Yield and Quality Sainfoin Genotypes (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.) for the Bingöl Province of Turkey

Abstract

This research was carried out for two years between 2017-2018 to determine the high yield and quality sainfoin genotypes for Bingöl Province. A total of 13 genotypes were used as plant materials, two of which were registered cultivars (Lutfibey, Peschanyj 1251), six candidate cultivars (Emre, Hilal, Fatih, Mehmetalibey, Koc 1461, Yunus) and five were populations (Genc, Adakli, Yedisu, Ankara, Tarim). In the study forage yields, dry matter yields, crude protein ratios, crude protein yields, ADF (acid detergent fiber) ratios, NDF (neutral detergent fiber) ratios, digestible dry matter ratios and relative feed values of genotypes were investigated. As the average of two years of the genotypes; the forage yield was 1832±60 kg da-1, the dry matter yield was 576±20 kg da-1, the crude protein rate was 16.4±0.3%, the crude protein yield was 95.3±3.9 kg da-1, the ADF rate was 31.2±0.5%, the NDF rate was 43.8±0.6%, the digestible dry matter rate was 64.6±0.4% and the relative feed value was obtained as 139±2.3. According to two years data in the study, the differences between genotypes were found statistically significant (p<0.01) in terms of forage yield, dry matter yield and crude protein yield, but the differences between genotypes were found to be statistically insignificant in terms of crude protein, ADF, NDF and digestible dry matter ratios and relative feed value. As a result, it was determined that Tarim, Hilal, Peschanyj and Lutfibey genotypes came to the fore in the conditions of Bingöl Province in terms of the examined characteristics.