Effects of Seed Moisture Content and Threshing Methods on Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Seed Quality

Beyaz tohum kabuğuna sahip fasulye (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) çeşitlerinde düşük tohum kalitesi tarla çıkışında problemlere neden olabilmektedir. Türkiye'de fasulye tohumluk üretiminin büyük bir kısmı, kuru ve sıcak yaz sezonuna sahip olan Konya düzlüklerinde üretilmektedir. Fasulye tohumları, farklı ticari tohumluk üretim tarlalarından elle hasat edilen bitkilerden, %11 ile %20 arasında değişen tohum nem içeriklerinde elle veya mekanik olarak ayrılmışlardır. %14 tohum neminin altında makineli ayrımlarda, normal çim oranında azalma, anormal çim oranınında önemli ölçüde artışın yanısıra kırık tohum kabuğunun görülme sıklığının arttığı belirlenmiştir. İki farklı lokasyonda yapılan tarla çıkış testi, %11 tohum neminde makine ile ayrılan tohumlarda çıkıştaki azalmanın bir kanıtı olmuştur. Bu bulgular, fasulyede tohum kalitesinin korunumu isteniyorsa, %14'ün altındaki tohum neminde makineli hasat ve ayrımın yapılmaması gerektiğini göstermektedir

Tohum Nemi ve Ayrım Yöntemlerinin Fasulye (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Tohum Kalitesi Üzerine Etkileri

The low seed quality of white-seeded cultivars of Phaseolus vulgaris L. can cause problems at field emergence. Bean seeds in Turkey are produced mainly in the hot dry summer season in the Konya plain. Bean seeds were harvested by hand from different commercial fields and the seeds were removed by hand or by mechanical threshing at different seed moisture contents (SMC) from 20% down to 11%. The lowest percentage of normal seedlings and significantly higher abnormal seedlings, as well as a higher incidence of cracked seed coats were found for machine threshed seeds at below 14% SMC. The field emergence at two sites showed evidence of reduced emergence in seeds that had been machine threshed at 11% SMC. These findings showed that bean seeds should not be harvested and threshed by machine at below 14% SMC if seed quality is to be maintained

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