International Journal of Agriculture: Research and Review, cilt.2, sa.6, ss.834-843, 2012 (Scopus)
The trial was conducted during the winter seasons of 2006-07 and 2007-08 at
arid conditions in the Research Area of the Department of Field Crops, Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Eskişehir Osmangazi in Turkey. The experiment was laid out in a
split-plot design with four replications. Sowing dates were the main plots and cultivars were
the sub-plots. Lentil seeds were sown on 9,17 and 30 October in first year and 2,16 and 30
October for second year. Plant height, first pod height, biological yield per plant , pods per
plant, seeds per plant, harvest index per plant, grain yield per plant and 100 seed weight were
recorded. Results in all analysis showed that biological yield per plant, pods and seeds per
plant, harvest index are the most efficient yield components on grain yield per plant. 30th of
October (late October) was determined as optimum sowing time for lentil. Seed Yield: - 0.208+0.273 * biological yield per plant -0.0125 * plant height + 0.00214 * first pod height - 0.0388* pods per plant + 0.0516S * seeds per plant + 0.0229* harvest index per plant - 0.0294100* seed weight (R²: 98.8) could be well forecasted for seed yield.