DETERMINATION OF YIELD, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME DURUM WHEAT GENOTYPES

Abstract

High efficiency and production in durum wheat production could be possible with the use of genotypes having high-yield and quality, resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, and stable for these characteristics. Crop development and related yield components in durum wheat are under the influence of genotype x environment interaction. Therefore, plant characteristics are shaped under the influence of precipitation and temperature, as well as genotypic performance. This study was aimed to reveal the performance of some durum genotypes for in plant height, spike length, the number and weight of seed per spike, and protein content under arid conditions in the 2022-2023 growing season. In our study, differences between genotypes for protein content were determined to be insignificant; Differences between genotypes in terms of for plant height, spike length, number and weignt of seeds per spike were found to be very important. Eminbey, Yelken and Dumlupınar genotypes were determined as the higher performance.