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Seed Morphology Of Some Plantago (Plantaginaceae) Species In Iran And Its Systematic And Phylogenetic Implications, Saeed Mohsenzadeh, Masoud Sheidai, Fahimeh Koohdar Jan 2023

Seed Morphology Of Some Plantago (Plantaginaceae) Species In Iran And Its Systematic And Phylogenetic Implications, Saeed Mohsenzadeh, Masoud Sheidai, Fahimeh Koohdar

Turkish Journal of Botany

Plantago is a cosmopolitan genus with approximately 200 species and various infrageneric classifications have been reported. In this study, the seed morphologies of 19 species of Plantago from Iran were studied and documented in detail using scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy. The studied species were grouped by using statistical analyses such as a minimum spherical cluster method based on Euclidean distance, principal coordinate analysis, and multidimentional scaling. We have described four types based on the seed shape and states of the inner side of the studied seeds: convex- angular type, convex-elliptic type, flat-elliptic type, and concave-elliptic type. In this …


Origin, Distribution And Domestication Of The Carob Tree (Ceratonia Siliqua L.), Yassine Moustafa Mahdad, Semir Bechir Suheil Gaouar Jan 2023

Origin, Distribution And Domestication Of The Carob Tree (Ceratonia Siliqua L.), Yassine Moustafa Mahdad, Semir Bechir Suheil Gaouar

Turkish Journal of Botany

The carob tree, which is a member of the Fabaceae family, is an agrosilvopastoral tree whose pre-Mediterranean tropical origin appears well established on the basis of genetic, fossil and physiological data. C. siliqua has recently been successfully introduced from the Mediterranean basin to other parts of the world that have a Mediterranean climate. In terms of its domestication, there is paleobotanical, philological, ecological and historical evidence to suggest that the species was spread by people from Arabia, where it took refuge during the Ice Age, to Mesopotamia and then on to the western Mediterranean. This ?eastern refugium hypothesis? (ERH) postulates …


Drought Stress Effects On Morphophysiological And Quality Characteristics Of Commercial Carrot Cultivars, Muhammad Daniyal Junaid, Zahi̇de Nesli̇han Öztürk, Ali̇ Fuat Gökçe Jan 2023

Drought Stress Effects On Morphophysiological And Quality Characteristics Of Commercial Carrot Cultivars, Muhammad Daniyal Junaid, Zahi̇de Nesli̇han Öztürk, Ali̇ Fuat Gökçe

Turkish Journal of Botany

The effects of drought stress on plant growth and development are getting more pronounced due to increasing influence of climate change on environmental stresses. Current study was devised to explore the drought effects on eight commercial carrot cultivars, having different root colors as a base for further studies to understand the response of carrot. Drought stress for 10 days was applied to carrot plants at taproot formation stage in semicontrolled greenhouse. The results revealed that orange and yellow colored carrot cultivars exhibited the least decline in physiological functioning (relative water contents and dry matter) that assisted in maintaining higher yield …


Dynamics Of Co2 Consumption, And Biomass And Lipid Carbon Production During Photobioreactor Cultivation Of The Diatom Cyclotella, Altan Özkan Jan 2023

Dynamics Of Co2 Consumption, And Biomass And Lipid Carbon Production During Photobioreactor Cultivation Of The Diatom Cyclotella, Altan Özkan

Turkish Journal of Botany

Understanding of CO2 delivery and consumption dynamics in algal photobioreactors are critical to unravel microalgae?s full potential for bioproduct generation and carbon capture from flue gas streams. This study aims to expand our current understanding by cultivating the diatom Cyclotella under controlled process conditions of a bubble column photobioreactor and analyzing CO2 consumption dynamics in real time using results from an online CO2 sensor connected to the reactor exhaust. Two sets of experiments were conducted: they served to contrast the influence of silicon and nitrate (Si&N colimitation) and Si limitation, and the light availability, respectively. CO2 consumption …


Revision Of The Genus Nepeta L. (Lamiaceae) In Iraq, Tuncay Di̇rmenci̇, Ali̇ Haloob, Ferhat Celep, Shahina A. Ghazanfar Jan 2023

Revision Of The Genus Nepeta L. (Lamiaceae) In Iraq, Tuncay Di̇rmenci̇, Ali̇ Haloob, Ferhat Celep, Shahina A. Ghazanfar

Turkish Journal of Botany

This paper revises the genus Nepeta for the family Lamiaceae for the Flora of Iraq project. We describe a new species, Nepeta iraqensis, and four new records Nepeta congesta subsp. cryptantha, N. stricta, N. lamiifolia and N. iodantha for Iraq. Lectotypes for six taxa are selected and comments on complex species are given. In addition, two new synonyms are given here for the first time. In all, we describe with identification keys, 19 taxa, three of which are endemic to Iraq.


Monoclonal Antibodies Against Methyl Glucuronoxylan Epitopes For Understanding Xylan Structure And Modification, Utku Avci Jan 2023

Monoclonal Antibodies Against Methyl Glucuronoxylan Epitopes For Understanding Xylan Structure And Modification, Utku Avci

Turkish Journal of Botany

Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant and renewable source that could be utilized for production of many bioproducts. It mainly consists of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, all of which come together to form a recalcitrant wall that impedes production of bioproducts. In order to overcome the recalcitrant nature of the biomass, it is important to fully understand how cell wall components are synthesized and assembled. Xylan is one of the hemicellulosic components of the wall that contributes to recalcitrance. Xylan has substitutions on the backbone that are formed by the orchestration of many enzymes. For example, glucuronoxylan methyltransferases are responsible for …


Histochemical And Surface Microstructural Analyses Of Floral Cuticles Provide Evidence For Differential Behaviors In Scent Volatiles Emission In Two Tuberoses (Agave Amica (Medik.) Theide And Govaerts) Cultivars From Asparagaceae, Raktim Bhattacharya, Adinpunya Mitra Jan 2023

Histochemical And Surface Microstructural Analyses Of Floral Cuticles Provide Evidence For Differential Behaviors In Scent Volatiles Emission In Two Tuberoses (Agave Amica (Medik.) Theide And Govaerts) Cultivars From Asparagaceae, Raktim Bhattacharya, Adinpunya Mitra

Turkish Journal of Botany

Two popular cultivars of tuberose (Agave amica (Medik.) Theide and Govaerts syn. Polianthes tuberosa L.) from the family Asparagaceae, widely cultivated for floricultural purposes are ,'Calcutta Single' (CS) and 'Calcutta Double' (CD). It was evidenced that CS flowers emit intense scent volatiles as compared to CD flowers, while CD flowers retained higher contents of internal pool of scent volatiles than CS flowers. Such contrasting observations between the flowers of two cultivars suggest the role of possible barriers such as cuticles that prevent the emission of scent volatiles. The cuticular structure of both cultivars was studied using different histochemical approaches, …


The Assessment Of Genetic Diversity And Population Structure Of Endemic Scutellaria Yildirimlii (Lamiaceae) For Conservation Purposes, Merve Yildirim, Gül Ni̇lhan Tuğ, Ahmet Emre Yaprak Jan 2023

The Assessment Of Genetic Diversity And Population Structure Of Endemic Scutellaria Yildirimlii (Lamiaceae) For Conservation Purposes, Merve Yildirim, Gül Ni̇lhan Tuğ, Ahmet Emre Yaprak

Turkish Journal of Botany

Scutellaria yildirimlii is an endangered perennial endemic species from Turkey and belongs to the family Lamiaceae, which has a high number of medicinal and aromatic plants. It is crucial to determine genetic diversity and population structure of this species for its conservation measures; therefore, 111 individuals from five natural populations of S. yildirimlii were investigated by using 15 inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) primers. The percentage of polymorphic loci (PPL), Nei?s gene diversity (H), and Shannon?s information index (I) at the species and population-level were determined as 93.9%, 0.183, 0.292 and 56.5%, 0.158, 0.242, respectively. The analysis of molecular variance …


The Effect Of Grafting On Pollen Fertility And Seed Production Of Diploid Interspecific Hybrid And Tetraploid Eggplant Genotypes, Sebahatti̇n Çürük, İlknur Külahlioğlu Çeği̇l Jan 2023

The Effect Of Grafting On Pollen Fertility And Seed Production Of Diploid Interspecific Hybrid And Tetraploid Eggplant Genotypes, Sebahatti̇n Çürük, İlknur Külahlioğlu Çeği̇l

Turkish Journal of Botany

Solanum melongena is susceptible to diverse diseases and parasites, in particular the wilts (bacterial, Fusarium and Verticillium), nematodes, and some insects. Solanum torvum is robust to Verticillium and some bacterial wilts and root-knot nematode. It was reported that interspecific hybrid plants originated out of the hybridization of these species were sterile. In our previous studies that have been carried out to overcome this interspecific hybridization barrier, only from Faselis F1 that was used as the female parent, many interspecific hybrid seeds were obtained and 9.07% of the seeds grew into plants in vitro. The percentage of pollen viability and germination …


Hplc-Uv Analysis Of Phenolic Compounds And Biological Activities Of Padina Pavonica And Zanardinia Typus Marine Macroalgae Species, Hati̇ce Banu Keski̇nkaya, Ebru Deveci̇, Bahar Yilmaz Altinok, Numan Emre Gümüş, Emi̇ne Şükran Okudan Aslan, Cengi̇z Akköz, Serdar Karakurt Jan 2023

Hplc-Uv Analysis Of Phenolic Compounds And Biological Activities Of Padina Pavonica And Zanardinia Typus Marine Macroalgae Species, Hati̇ce Banu Keski̇nkaya, Ebru Deveci̇, Bahar Yilmaz Altinok, Numan Emre Gümüş, Emi̇ne Şükran Okudan Aslan, Cengi̇z Akköz, Serdar Karakurt

Turkish Journal of Botany

The marine macroalgae species are recognized as the food of the future with excellent bioactive properties. This study aimed to investigate phenolic compounds; cytotoxic, antibacterial, and antioxidant activities; total phenolic (TPC) and flavonoid (TFC) contents of the methanol, ethanol, and water extracts of Padina pavonica (PP) and Zanardinia typus (ZT). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in which ZT was evaluated in terms of phenolic content, antioxidant, antibacterial, and cytotoxic activities. The HPLC analysis allowed the identification of five phenolic compounds containing rutin (0.31 ± 0.04 ? 3.00 ± 0.21 ppm) in all extracts and …


Phytochemical Investigation Of Alkaloid Fractions Of Fumaria Vaillantii And F. Asepala And Their Antifungal Influence On Gene Expression Pattern In Aspergillus Species, Monir Mohseni, Azra Ataie Azimi, Babak Delnavaz Hashemloian, Mozhgan Farzamisepehr Jan 2023

Phytochemical Investigation Of Alkaloid Fractions Of Fumaria Vaillantii And F. Asepala And Their Antifungal Influence On Gene Expression Pattern In Aspergillus Species, Monir Mohseni, Azra Ataie Azimi, Babak Delnavaz Hashemloian, Mozhgan Farzamisepehr

Turkish Journal of Botany

The genus Fumaria is known for its strong medicinal effects. This research aimed to assess the phytochemical profile in various alkaloid fractions from Fumaria vaillantii Loisel and Fumaria asepala Boiss. grown in the Saveh region of the central province of Iran and their antifungal activity against Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger was investigated in laboratory conditions. Also, the types and amount of alkaloid compounds and the effect of compounds on the expression of key genes of aflatoxin biosynthesis were conducted in order to investigate the ability of alkaloids of two Fumaria species to prepare environmentally friendly disinfectants. The total alkaloid …


Protective Potential Of Mokko Lactone From Cheilocostus Speciosus (J. Koenig) C.D.Specht (Costaceae) Rhizomes Against Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Ahmed Altyar, Ikhlas Sindi, Dina El-Agamy, Wael Elsaed, Ahmed Shehata, Hossam Abdallah, Gamal Mohamed, Abdelsattar Omar, Sabrin Ibrahim Jan 2023

Protective Potential Of Mokko Lactone From Cheilocostus Speciosus (J. Koenig) C.D.Specht (Costaceae) Rhizomes Against Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Ahmed Altyar, Ikhlas Sindi, Dina El-Agamy, Wael Elsaed, Ahmed Shehata, Hossam Abdallah, Gamal Mohamed, Abdelsattar Omar, Sabrin Ibrahim

Turkish Journal of Botany

Cheilocostus speciosus (Syn: Costus speciosus) (Crepe or spiral ginger) is one of the species of the family Costaceae that is widely used in various traditional medicines for treating various ailments. Mokko lactone (ML) belongs to the guaianolide family of sesquiterpenes, which has been separated from C. speciosus. It showed noticeable antiinflammation and antioxidative capacities. The current study explored the ML hepatoprotective potential against FHF (fulminant hepatic failure) in mice. FHF was successfully established using intraperitoneal injection of ?-galactosamine (?-GalN, 700 mg/kg)/lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 10 µg/kg) in male Swiss-albino mice. The mice were pretreated with ML (20 or 40 mg/kg, orally) daily …


Distributional Ecology Of Noccaea Vesicaria In Relation To The Anatolian Diagonal, İlayda Dumlupinar, Hakan Gür, Bariş Özüdoğru Jan 2023

Distributional Ecology Of Noccaea Vesicaria In Relation To The Anatolian Diagonal, İlayda Dumlupinar, Hakan Gür, Bariş Özüdoğru

Turkish Journal of Botany

Anatolia is located at the intersection of three of the world's 36 biodiversity hotspots (the Caucasus, Irano-Anatolian, and Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspots) and has about 10,000 plant species, over 3000 of which are endemic. Among the many reasons for the astonishing biodiversity of Anatolia, one that stands out is the Anatolian Diagonal. Although the Anatolian Diagonal has long been recognized as a biogeographical boundary between Central and Eastern Anatolia, its exact functioning is still not well understood. Thus, in this study, our aims were 1) to assess the environmental barrier function of the Anatolian Diagonal for a plant species, Noccaea …


Diversity Of Endolichenic Fungi Within Lichen Genus Parmotrema From India, Jyotsna Chakarwarti, Sanjeeva Nayaka, Suchi Srivastava Jan 2023

Diversity Of Endolichenic Fungi Within Lichen Genus Parmotrema From India, Jyotsna Chakarwarti, Sanjeeva Nayaka, Suchi Srivastava

Turkish Journal of Botany

: The lichens serve as an ecological niche for a group of unexplored fungal species residing inside their thallus without causing any noticeable symptoms and such fungi are termed as endolichenic fungi. The objective of the current study is to check the endolichenic fungal diversity within lichen genus Parmotrema. The study resulted in a total of 450 endolichenic fungi (ELF) isolates from 15 species of Parmotrema. Out of these, 73 sporulating isolates were identified using ITS sequences which resulted in 47 species under 23 genera. The phylogenetic assemblage of the fungi comprised Sordariomycetes (84.50%), Dothideomycetes (5.63%), Eurotiomycetes (7.04%), Pezizomycetes (1.40%), …


Tanacetum Isfahanicum (Compositae-Anthemideae), A New Species From Iran And Its Phylogenetic Position Based On Nrdna Its Data, Maryam Naderifar, Ali Sonboli, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo Jan 2023

Tanacetum Isfahanicum (Compositae-Anthemideae), A New Species From Iran And Its Phylogenetic Position Based On Nrdna Its Data, Maryam Naderifar, Ali Sonboli, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo

Turkish Journal of Botany

Tanacetum isfahanicum Sonboli and Naderifar (Compositae-Anthemideae) is described as a new species from Isfahan and Fars provinces of Iran. It belongs morphologically to Tanacetum sect Xanthoglossa and differs from its the closest relative, T. polycephalum, by shape of basal and cauline leaves, shape of capitula, length and width of involucre and color of achene ribs. The phylogenetic position of the new species within the genus Tanacetum is established based on nrDNA ITS sequences variation and its close relationship with T. polycephalum is corroborated.


Ecological Quality Status Of The Turkish Coastal Waters By Using A Marine Macrophytic Biotic Index (Eei-C), Ergün Taşkin, İbrahi̇m Tan, Murat Çakir, Özge Sungur, Orki̇de Mi̇nareci̇, Ersi̇n Mi̇nareci̇, Hakan Atabay Jan 2023

Ecological Quality Status Of The Turkish Coastal Waters By Using A Marine Macrophytic Biotic Index (Eei-C), Ergün Taşkin, İbrahi̇m Tan, Murat Çakir, Özge Sungur, Orki̇de Mi̇nareci̇, Ersi̇n Mi̇nareci̇, Hakan Atabay

Turkish Journal of Botany

The present study includes the results of the second benthic macrophytes? monitoring period of a survey of ecological status from the Turkish coasts. The biotic index Ecological Evaluation Index (EEI-c) was used to assess the ecological status classes (ESC) and MA-LUSI the anthropogenic pressures. Sampling was made by the quadrat (20 × 20 cm) method, and the samples were collected from 93 sites in Turkish coastal waters between 2017 and 2019. In total, 240 taxa were found in the Turkish marine waters. Forty sites were classified into High ESC, 24 sites into Good, 12 sites into Moderate, 13 sites into …


Activated Charcoal Alleviates Fluoride Stress By Restricting Fluoride Uptake And Counteracting Oxidative Damages In The Rice Cultivar Mtu1010, Ankur Singh, Swarnavo Chakraborty, Aryadeep Roychoudhury Jan 2023

Activated Charcoal Alleviates Fluoride Stress By Restricting Fluoride Uptake And Counteracting Oxidative Damages In The Rice Cultivar Mtu1010, Ankur Singh, Swarnavo Chakraborty, Aryadeep Roychoudhury

Turkish Journal of Botany

This work was aimed to explore the efficacy of activated charcoal (5 mg g-1 soil) in abating fluoride (25 mg L-1 NaF) stress in rice seedlings, since the protective role of charcoal is widely reported against other forms of abiotic stress. Application of NaF solution reduced germination rate, dry and fresh weight, and shoot and root length of seedlings. Extensive fluoride accumulation lowered the chlorophyll level along with higher electrolyte leakage and formation of H2 O2 , malondialdehyde, and methylglyoxal. Administration of activated charcoal lowered the extent of oxidative damages by inhibiting the uptake of fluoride ions. Exogenous …


Improvements In The Phylogeny Of Epilobium And Chamaenerion Inferred From Nrdna And Cpdna Data Focusing On Türkiye, Suzan Kundakçi, Serdar Makbul, Mutlu Gültepe, Murat Erdem Güzel, Seda Okur, Kami̇l Coşkunçelebi̇ Jan 2023

Improvements In The Phylogeny Of Epilobium And Chamaenerion Inferred From Nrdna And Cpdna Data Focusing On Türkiye, Suzan Kundakçi, Serdar Makbul, Mutlu Gültepe, Murat Erdem Güzel, Seda Okur, Kami̇l Coşkunçelebi̇

Turkish Journal of Botany

Epilobium and Chamaenerion included 165 and 8 species over the world, respectively. The members of the genera are distributed particularly in moist habitats from subpolar to tropical regions.This paper aims to provide improvements in the phylogeny of the genera Epilobium and Chamaenerion using Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) of nuclear DNA and matK gene sequence data evaluation with maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian inference criterations. A total of 188 individual accessions belonging to 28 taxa were newly generated and 110 sequences imported from GenBank (NCBI) were analysed. The nrDNA and plastid DNA gene trees supported to treat Epilobium and Chamaenerion …


Sorghum Wrky Transcription Factor Sbwrky45 Enhanced Seed Germination Under Drought Stress In Transgenic Arabidopsis, Elamin Baillo, Muhammad Sajid Hanif, Ping Xu, Zhengbin Zhang Jan 2023

Sorghum Wrky Transcription Factor Sbwrky45 Enhanced Seed Germination Under Drought Stress In Transgenic Arabidopsis, Elamin Baillo, Muhammad Sajid Hanif, Ping Xu, Zhengbin Zhang

Turkish Journal of Botany

The WRKY transcription factors (TFs) family is an important family of plant-specific TFs, playing vital roles in various abiotic and biotic stress responses. WRKY TFs are gaining considerable attention due to their significant roles in stress responses. However, their functions in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) are lagging behind. In this study, a WRKY gene designated as SbWRKY45 was isolated and characterized from sorghum. SbWRKY45, belonging to Group IIa, consists of one intron and two exons and encodes 430 amino acids. SbWRKY45 is located in chromosome 4. The cis-element prediction analysis showed that the promoter region of SbWRKY45 has several abiotic …


Bioaccumulation Of Four Metals In The Same Genus Mosses (Barbula Hedw.) And Soil Pollution Assessment In An Abandoned Karst Bauxite Tailing Area, Dengfu Wang, Qimei Wu, Zhaohui Zhang Jan 2023

Bioaccumulation Of Four Metals In The Same Genus Mosses (Barbula Hedw.) And Soil Pollution Assessment In An Abandoned Karst Bauxite Tailing Area, Dengfu Wang, Qimei Wu, Zhaohui Zhang

Turkish Journal of Botany

Soil metal pollution is a concern in bauxite tailing areas. This study aimed to effectively screen plants with strong tolerance to metal contamination by analyzing the levels of metals in Barbula rigidula (Hedw.) Mild. (BR), Barbula indica (Hook.) Spreng. (BI), and Barbula vinealis Brid. (BV) and in soils. The contents of metals in mosses obtained from the bauxite tailing area followed the following order: Al > Fe > Zn > Cu. Furthermore, the levels of these metals were highest in BR, followed by BI and BV. However, concentrations of Al (12,220-87,080 mg/kg), Fe (8520-62,690 mg/kg), Cu (98.5-185.4 mg/kg), and Zn (208.2-352.6 mg/kg) in …


A New Species Of Arrhenia (Agaricales, Hygrophoraceae) From Guizhou Province, China, Jing Wang, Huan Gao, Dong Mei Liu, Chun Ying Deng, Shao Qi Zhou Jan 2023

A New Species Of Arrhenia (Agaricales, Hygrophoraceae) From Guizhou Province, China, Jing Wang, Huan Gao, Dong Mei Liu, Chun Ying Deng, Shao Qi Zhou

Turkish Journal of Botany

Arrhenia nivea is a new bryophilous species of Arrhenia from a valley in southwestern China'a subtropical monsoon humid climate zone.The species is characterized by pure white basidiomata with an irregularly discoid to cupulate 1.5-4.5 mm diameter pileus, reduced hymenium, nonamyloid basidiospores, lack of cystidia, the presence of clamps, and no incrusted pigment of the pileipellic hyphae. Phylogenetic analysis using ITS sequence data confirmed that it arised from a pathway separate from other species of Arrhenia.


Seed Morphology Of Some Taxa Of The Genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) In Turkey And Its Taxonomic Significance, Murat Kurşat, Bi̇rol Başer, Fahretti̇n Özbey, İrfan Emre Jan 2023

Seed Morphology Of Some Taxa Of The Genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) In Turkey And Its Taxonomic Significance, Murat Kurşat, Bi̇rol Başer, Fahretti̇n Özbey, İrfan Emre

Turkish Journal of Botany

The morphological characteristics of seeds are not affected by environmental factors and can be used to identify the Euphorbia taxa. The present study aims to determine the morphological characteristics of seeds in 27 taxa of Euphorbia using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and light microscope (LM). Findings revealed that the seeds of Euphorbia show variation in size, color, and seed surface ornamentations among different species. The seeds vary also in shape from ovoid, ellipsoidal, globose, quadrangular, compressed, to compressed-ellipsoidal with two exceptions in E. petiolata (oblong--quadrangular truncate), E. macrocarpa (subglobose), and E. szovitsii var. kharputensis(ellipsoidal quadrangular truncate). Furthermore, it was …


Haplotype Diversity And Molecular Phylogeny Of Wild Crambe L. (Brassicaceae) Taxa Of Turkey, Burcu Tarikahya Hacioğlu, Kurtuluş Özgi̇şi̇ Jan 2023

Haplotype Diversity And Molecular Phylogeny Of Wild Crambe L. (Brassicaceae) Taxa Of Turkey, Burcu Tarikahya Hacioğlu, Kurtuluş Özgi̇şi̇

Turkish Journal of Botany

Revealing genetic diversity is both essential for plant systematics and also provides important information for agricultural sciences. Crambe hispanica var. abyssinica is an oil seed crop. Wild plants related to crops (Crop Wild Relatives) are important resources for the genetic improvement of cultivated species. In order to reveal the genetic diversity of wild Crambe taxa of Turkey, we used ITS and trnL-F markers to create the haplotype networks and phylogeny reconstruction. Thirty-nine accessions belonging to 8 Crambe taxa were used as the material of our study: Crambe orientalis var. orientalis with 18 accessions, Crambe orientalis var. sulphurea with 3 accessions, …


Limacella Subtropicana (Amanitaceae, Agaricales), A New Species From Pakistan Based On Morphological And Molecular Phylogenetic Evidences, Aiman Izhar, Abdul Rehman Niazi, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Haq Nawaz, Hira Bashir, Abdul Nasir Khalid Jan 2022

Limacella Subtropicana (Amanitaceae, Agaricales), A New Species From Pakistan Based On Morphological And Molecular Phylogenetic Evidences, Aiman Izhar, Abdul Rehman Niazi, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Haq Nawaz, Hira Bashir, Abdul Nasir Khalid

Turkish Journal of Botany

Basidiomata of a hitherto undescribed Limacella species were collected from the grasslands of Punjab, Pakistan. We describe it as Limacella subtropicana, which is characterized by its viscid, white to creamy pileus, white to the creamy stipe, changing to brown when bruised, subglobose basidiospores measuring 4.0?6.3 × 3.7?5.5 ?m, an ixotrichodermal pileipellis with subcylindric to clavate terminal elements and the common presence of clamp connections in all tissues. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses of ITS sequences and LSU sequences of nrDNA confirmed its placement in the genus Limacella. A comprehensive description and a comparison of the new taxon with other …


Involvement Of Poly(Adp-Ribose)Ylation (Parylation) In The Regulation Of Antioxidant Defense System In Arabidopsis Thaliana Under Salt Stress, Rengi̇n Özgür Uzi̇lday Jan 2022

Involvement Of Poly(Adp-Ribose)Ylation (Parylation) In The Regulation Of Antioxidant Defense System In Arabidopsis Thaliana Under Salt Stress, Rengi̇n Özgür Uzi̇lday

Turkish Journal of Botany

Posttranslational modifications (PTM) are one of the first responses of plants to environmental stress and involve changing the location and activity of proteins in the cell. Addition of poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) to proteins, poly(ADP-ribose)ylation (PARylation), is a posttranslational modification resulting from the binding of ADP-ribose from NAD+ to target proteins by PAR polymerases (PARP). PARylation is involved in many physiological events in plants including abiotic and biotic stress response. The aim of this work was to understand involvement of PARylation in inducing enzymatic antioxidant defence and alternative electron sinks in response to salinity. For this purpose A. thaliana plants were treated …


Allelopathic Potential, Nutritional Qualities, And Responses Of Chenopodium Quinoa (Willd.) To Abiotic Stress Conditions-A Review, Sulaiman Shah, Yaseen Khan Jan 2022

Allelopathic Potential, Nutritional Qualities, And Responses Of Chenopodium Quinoa (Willd.) To Abiotic Stress Conditions-A Review, Sulaiman Shah, Yaseen Khan

Turkish Journal of Botany

Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is a pseudo cereal crop, which is considered a new alternative crop due to its high nutritional value and tolerance to environmental stresses. Its seeds are rich in proteins and amino acids (e.g., lysine, threonine, and methionine) that are deficient in other pseudo-cereal crops. It also contains essential fatty acids, such as linoleic, and alpha-linolenic acids, and high quantities of vitamins, e.g., riboflavin (B2), and tocopherol (vitamin E), and inorganic nutrients. It has a low glycemic value, is gluten-free, and has high levels of fibre and antioxidants, e.g., alpha- and gamma-tocopherol. In many studies, quinoa …


Detection And Confirmation Of Diagnostic Microsatellite Loci In Populus Nigra And Populus Deltoides To Identify Their Hybrids (P. × Canadensis), Asi̇ye Uluğ Jan 2022

Detection And Confirmation Of Diagnostic Microsatellite Loci In Populus Nigra And Populus Deltoides To Identify Their Hybrids (P. × Canadensis), Asi̇ye Uluğ

Turkish Journal of Botany

Poplar cultivation has economic, social, ecological, and environmental importance in Turkey. Even though, Populus × canadensis hybrids play an important role for the commercial poplar cultivation with good growth performance and adaptability, hybrid clones introduced the different region of Turkey have started to replace the native stands of Populus nigra gradually. To continue sustainable cultivation of poplar and to conserve the native stands of P. nigra at the same time, genetic identification, and registration of the Populus cultivars from different origins are essential in breeding programs. Genetic identification and characterization of a natural population of P. nigra growing along the …


Identification And Characterization Of A Long Fruit Mutant In Cucumis Sativus L., Yajing Hu, Xiaojing Dong, Yana Zhang, Rui Tang, Jiali Li, Chenxing Cao, Chunhua Chen, Zhonghai Ren, Lina Wang Jan 2022

Identification And Characterization Of A Long Fruit Mutant In Cucumis Sativus L., Yajing Hu, Xiaojing Dong, Yana Zhang, Rui Tang, Jiali Li, Chenxing Cao, Chunhua Chen, Zhonghai Ren, Lina Wang

Turkish Journal of Botany

A long fruit (lf) mutant was obtained from the cucumber inbred line 'SN5' by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-mediated mutagenesis. We found that plant height and internode length of lf were significantly decreased, while leaf area was significantly increased in comparison to wild type (WT) plants. Higher carbohydrate level, together with lower chlorophyll content and photosynthetic parameters, was revealed in lf leaves than those of WT. Longer fruits, as well as enhanced fruit quality, were observed for mutant plants in comparison to WT, and the difference in fruit length was continuously increased with the development of fruits. ELISA and real-time PCR analyses …


Assessment Of Genetic Variation Of Natural Populations Of Wild Cherry (Prunus Avium L.)Via Ssr Markers, Burcu Uzan Eken, Emrah Kirdök, Ercan Veli̇oğlu, Yelda Özden Çi̇ftçi̇ Jan 2022

Assessment Of Genetic Variation Of Natural Populations Of Wild Cherry (Prunus Avium L.)Via Ssr Markers, Burcu Uzan Eken, Emrah Kirdök, Ercan Veli̇oğlu, Yelda Özden Çi̇ftçi̇

Turkish Journal of Botany

Wild cherry (Prunus avium L, syn. Cerasus avium L. Moench.) is a widely spread forest tree that has ecological and economical importance. However, the genetic diversity of this species is threatened for many reasons. Therefore, a breeding and conservation program should be established in order to minimise the loss of genetic diversity. In this study, we aimed to understand the genetic structure of 440 individual wild cherries sampled from 22 different populations in Turkey using 10 SSR molecular markers. With the molecular variance analysis, we found that the genetic diversity within the population is approximately 88.5% and the genetic diversity …


Mining And Analysis Of Chloroplast Simple Sequence Repeats (Ssrs) From Eight Species Of Aquilaria, Muhammad Syahmi Hishamuddin, Ahmad Syazwan Samsuddin, Rozi Mohamed Jan 2022

Mining And Analysis Of Chloroplast Simple Sequence Repeats (Ssrs) From Eight Species Of Aquilaria, Muhammad Syahmi Hishamuddin, Ahmad Syazwan Samsuddin, Rozi Mohamed

Turkish Journal of Botany

Aquilaria is a tropical forest tree, producer of the famed and expensive agarwood. Aggressive collection of agarwood put strain on the natural stands of Aquilaria species, sparking efforts to domesticate the tree and cultivate agarwood in plantations. However, tree domestication progress is hampered by the scarcity of genomic resources that is crucial for breeding programs. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genome sequences from eight Aquilaria species were analyzed in silico. For identification of the simple sequence repeats (SSRs), MISA PERL script which had a repeat length of 12 for mononucleotides (mono-), 6 for dinucleotides (di-), 4 for trinucleotides …