Determination of Macro and Microelement Content of Some Virginia Market Type Peanut Varieties

This study was designed to investigate the macro and micronutrient contents of 10 different Virginia market peanut cultivars under Kahramanmaras conditions for 2 years. Arıoğlu 2003, Halisbey, Osmaniye 2005, and Sultan varieties registered by Çukurova University, Batem 5025, Batem Cihangir, Brantley, NC-7, and Wilson varieties registered by Western Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, Brantley, NC-7, and Wilson varieties originating from the USA, and lastly Flower-22 variety originating from China were used as material. The research was conducted for two years (2018-2019) under main crop conditions in the experimental fields of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, Application and Research Centre. It was observed that the cultivars were considerably different in terms of macro and micronutrient contents, and the variety-year interactions were significant. The two-year average results showed that the highest N, P, Fe, Ni, and Cu contents were obtained from the Flower-22 variety, the highest K and Ca contents were obtained from the Batem Cihangir variety, and the highest Zn contents were obtained from Sultan and Osmaniye-2005 varieties. Principal component biplot analyses (PCA) accounted for 52.7% of the relationships between the studied traits. As a consequence of the study, it was observed that P value had positive and important relationships with Fe, Zn, Mo and Cu contents, Ca content had positive and important relationships with Fe, Mn, Ni, and Cu, and K values had negative and important relationships with Fe, Mn and Ni.