Investigation of yield and some quality characteristics of local and current durum wheat genotypes under Diyarbakir conditions

This study was conducted in Diyarbakır ecological conditions during the 2019-2020 plant growing season under rainfall conditions. The study was aimed to determine some yield and quality characteristics of some durum wheat genotypes grown Diyarbakır conditions. The experimental design was randomized blocks design with 4 replications. Total 12 durum wheat genotypes were used as seed material. Six of them local durum wheat cultivars (Boğacak, Devedişi, Havrani, Menceki, M2-4 and Sorgül) and six of them registered durum wheat cultivars (Burgos, Fırat-93, Sena, Sümerli, Svevo and Zühre). Mean values of examined genotypes showed that heading time varied 37.5-155.3 days, SPAD values varied 38.83-46.08, NDVI values varied between 0.663-0.783, plant height varied between 87.38-145.8 cm, spike lenght varied between 5.73-8.03 cm, grain number in spike varied between between 31.38-49.50 number spike-1, grain weight varied between 1.89-2.42 g spike-1, number of spikelets varied between 17.22-21.05 number spike-1, grain yield varied between 351.1-691.7 kg ha-1, thousand kernel weight varied between 40.38-54.48 g, test weight varied 83.63-88.8 kg, semolina color varied 14.18-16.73 and protein ratio varied between 14.18-16-73 %. In general, it can be said that local varieties showed similar values with the registered varieties in terms of quality, while the local varieties were late heading, taller, longer eared and low yielding.