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Role Of Endogenous Polyamines In The Alternate Bearing Phenomenon In Pistachio, Muhammet Ali̇ Gündeşli̇, Sali̇h Kafkas, Mouzghan Zarifikhosroshahi, Nesi̇be Ebru Kafkas

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Alternate bearing is a significant economic problem adversely affecting the producers, consumers, and economy of a country. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the physiological role of free polyamines (PAs) in fruit bud abscission of the Uzun pistachio variety, which has a strong alternate bearing tendency. The identification and quantification of PAs, such as putrescine (Put), spermidine (Spd), and spermine (Spm), at different physiological stages and in different organs, were carried out by high-performance liquid chromatography. Putrescine was the major PA in all the organs of pistachio trees. Furthermore, the concentrations of Put and Spd in the leaves …

The Development Of A Low Cost Uav-Based Image Acquisition System And The Procedure For Capturing Data In Precision Agriculture, Ari̇f Behi̇ç Teki̇n, Marco Fornale

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Remote sensing is a method of monitoring the natural heterogeneity of vegetation. Although satellite based remote sensing has been a popular method for monitoring the earth's surface, it has several drawbacks, such as the orbital period, unattended capture, and investment cost. On the other hand, an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) is more flexible in terms of deployment, monitoring a small area, and being easy to obtain at a low cost. From this point of view, the goal of this research was to develop a low cost and easy to implement technical solution for mapping spatial heterogeneity and research its relationship …

Effects Of Methyl Jasmonate And Salicylic Acid On The Production Of Camphor And Phenolic Compounds In Cell Suspension Culture Of Endemic Turkish Yarrow(Achillea Gypsicola) Species, Muhammed Aki̇f Açikgöz, Şevket Meti̇n Kara, Ahmet Aygün, Mehmet Muharrem Özcan, Ebru Bati Ay

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Elicitors have been widely used as biotic and abiotic stimulants in triggering the production of secondary metabolites in plant cell culture. The present study aimed to enhance the production of camphor and phenolic compounds and cell growth using methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and salicylic acid (SA) in the cell suspension culture of Turkish endemic species Achillea gypsicola. Various concentrations (0, 10, 50, and 100 μM) of MeJA and SA were applied to 8-day-old cell cultures. The camphor and phenolic compound contents were determined using a headspace gas chromatographic-mass spectrometer device and spectrophotometer. Increasing doses of MeJA and SA significantly enhanced the …

Effects Of Tillage Method And Fertilizer Type On The Yield Of Sudan Grass(Sorghum Bicolor L.), Bojan Stipesevic, Bojana Brozovic, Danijel Jug, Irena Jug, Vesna Vukadinovic, Boris Djurdjevic

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The Sudan grass plant (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. drummondii) density and yield were determined in this 2-year research with different tillage systems and fertilization at 3 locations. After harvesting the main crops, 3 tillage treatments were applied: conventional (CT) mouldboard ploughing (25-30 cm deep), followed by disk harrowing and sowing: reduced tillage 1 (HDH) with 2 passes by a disk harrow (15-20 cm deep), followed by seedbed preparation, and reduced tillage 2 (LDH) with a single pass by a disk harrow. Soil penetration resistance was measured at each tillage treatment. A total of 5 side dressing fertilizer treatments were …

Determination Of Essential Oil Components, Mineral Matter, And Heavy Metal Content Ofsalvia Virgata Jacq. Grown In Culture Conditions, Belgi̇n Coşge Şenkal, Tansu Uskutoğlu, Cüneyt Cesur, Volkan Özavci, Hülya Doğan

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Most members of the family Lamiaceae are of considerable importance in areas such as medicine, food, cosmetics, and perfumery, as they are rich in essential oils, aromatic oils, and secondary metabolites. Sage, a member of this family, is the generic name for species of the genus Salvia. The genus Salvia has approximately 900 species worldwide. There are 99 species of the genus Salvia L. in Turkey; 51 of these species are endemic. The local name of S. virgata is "yılancık" or "fatmanaotu" in Turkey, and it is used for the treatment of wounds and various skin diseases. In addition, a …

Effect Of Cultivar And Fertilization On Garlic Yield And Allicin Content In Bulbs At Harvestand During Storage, Nina Kacjan Marsic, Marijan Necemer, Robert Veberic, Natasa Poklar Ulrih, Mihaela Skrt

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Allicin, one of the most important flavor compounds in garlic bulbs, is affected by genotypic characteristics modified by ontogenesis, environmental conditions, fertilization practices, and storage duration. Therefore, the effects of fertilization practices and cultivar on garlic yield and allicin content in garlic bulbs were evaluated at harvest and during storage. One autochthonous (Ptujski spomladanski) and three commercial cultivars (Garcua, Gardacho, and Gardos) were used, and three fertilization treatments (N90S0 - 90 kg N ha-1, N90S60 - 90 kg N ha-1 +60 kg S ha-1, and N0S0 - control) were performed during two growing seasons. After the harvest, 32 bulbs per …

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Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

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Identification Of Watermelon Heat Shock Protein Members And Tissue-Specific Gene Expression Analysis Under Combined Drought And Heat Stresses, Yasemi̇n Çeli̇k Altunoğlu, Merve Keleş, Tevfi̇k Hasan Can, Mehmet Cengi̇z Baloğlu

Turkish Journal of Biology

Heat shock protein (Hsp) gene family members in the watermelon genome were identified and characterized by bioinformatics analysis. In addition, expression profiles of genes under combined drought and heat stress conditions were experimentally analyzed. In the watermelon genome, 39 genes belonging to the sHsp family, 101 genes belonging to the Hsp40 family, 23 genes belonging to the Hsp60 family, 12 genes belonging to the Hsp70 family, 6 genes belonging to the Hsp90 family, and 102 genes belonging to the Hsp100 family were found. It was also observed that the proteins in the same cluster in the phylogenetic trees had similar …

New Technology (In Situ Grafting) For Faster Production Of Walnut (Juglans Regia L.), Borivoje Bogdanovic, Sandra Bijelic, Branislava Golosin, Dijana Kulacanin

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Technology regarding grafted walnut production is very complex and expensive because it depends on a number of factors that directly influence grafting success. Due to a long production period and a smaller number of first class plants compared to other fruit species, young walnut trees are among the most expensive. New in situ production technology of young walnut trees has led to quicker production, shorter by 1 year, and increased the success of grafting, allowing for large-scale production of grafted walnut. In order to increase the production of quality planting material for walnut varieties, the possibility of walnut grafting in …

Combined Effects Of Ethephon And Mepiquat Chloride On Late Blooming, Fruit Set, Andphytochemical Characteristics Of Black Diamond Plum, Kerem Mertoğlu, Yasemi̇n Evrenosoğlu, Mehmet Polat

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This study was carried out in 2015 and 2016 to investigate the use of ethephon and mepiquat chloride for reduction of damage to flowering and fruit set caused by late spring frosts in Black Diamond plum. The single treatment of mepiquat chloride delayed full blooming by 5 days, while the ethephon treatment delayed blooming by 7 days. The interactive effect of the chemicals yielded more positive results in the delay of blooming, causing a delay of up to 11 days. An increase in fruit set was observed along with blooming. The fruit set percentage of the control was 4.18%, while …

In Silico Comparative Proteomic Analysis Of Enzymes Involved In Fatty Acid Biosynthesis In Castor Bean (Ricinus Communis) And Soybean (Glycine Max), Qudsia Yousafi, Hafsa Ahmad Ali, Hamid Rashid, Muhammad Saad Khan

Turkish Journal of Botany

Plant oils are very important for domestic and industrial use. Biodiesel can be obtained from plant seed oil. Biodiesel is currently popular and in demand due to the high cost of petroleum and to avoid pollution. It is time to increase plant seed oil production and conduct research to find ways of enhancing its production. We studied two species of oil seed plants, i.e. Ricinus communis and Glycine max, with varying amounts of oil content. Proteins from six categories of enzymes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis were selected for study. The 3D structures were predicted using different structure prediction tools. …

Characterizing Ethylene Pathway Genes During The Development, Ripening, And Postharvest Response In Citrus Reticulata Blanco Fruit Pulp, Karishma Kashyap, Sofia Banu

Turkish Journal of Botany

Ethylene is involved in the regulation of the natural process of fruit pulp development and postharvest storage. The present study was carried out to determine the expression of eight genes encoding ethylene biosynthesis and signaling during development in Khasi mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) fruit pulp as well as during postharvest storage in the fruit pulp (at 4 °C and 20 °C). Gibberellic acid (GA3) is known to improve internal fruit quality and to mediate various stress responses during postharvest fruit storage in species like citrus. The effect of GA3 during postharvest storage was also investigated to understand the regulation of …

Roles Of Plant Cbl?Cipk Systems In Abiotic Stress Responses, Shilian Huang, Shaofeng Jiang, Junsong Liang, Miao Chen

Turkish Journal of Botany

Plants evolved from long-term adaptation to form regulatory mechanisms of perception, transduction, and response to stresses. The CBL?CIPK signaling system is a basic calcium sensor that plays an important role in sensing adverse environmental stimuli. CBLs can perceive and bind Ca2+ under adversity and then specifically interact with CIPKs. The activated CBL?CIPK complex phosphorylates downstream target proteins (such as ion channels and transporters), or regulates transcription factors and stress responsive genes. Important progress has been made in the study of CBL?CIPK signaling pathways in response to high salt, low N, low K, high Mg, and high pH. This review summarizes …

Effects Of Salicylic Acid And Heat Acclimation On Thermotolerance And Withanolide Accumulation Under High Temperature Stress In The Cape Gooseberry (Physalisperuviana L.), Günce Şahi̇n

Turkish Journal of Botany

The adverse effects of high temperature stress can be alleviated by thermotolerance induced by exogenous application of plant growth regulators or by gradual application of temperature stress. Physalis peruviana L., commonly known as the Cape gooseberry, is a source of a variety of phytocompounds such as withanolides (withanone, withaferin A, and withanolide A). These withanolides are potentially high-value drug candidates because of their various pharmacological properties. The production of withanolides via traditional agriculture is commercially inadequate. In the present study, elicitation strategies were employed to improve the crop's thermotolerance and accumulation of withanolides. For these purposes, the effects of heat …

Study Of Seed Coat Microsculpture Organization During Seed Development In Zygophyllum Fabago (Zygophyllaceae), Elham Mohajel Kazemi, Mina Kazemian, Fatemeh Majid Zadeh, Mahbubeh Aliasgharpour, Ali Movafeghi

Turkish Journal of Botany

The ontogeny of seed coat and endosperm tissue in Zygophyllum fabago L. was studied to determine their developmental importance using different histochemical and microscopic techniques. Our results revealed that the ovuleof Z. fabago was of the anatropous and bitegmic type. The inner epidermis cells were retained up to the end of seed development, whereas the other layers were removed in the early stages. Moreover, the outer integument was changed into the seed coat sculptures during the seed development. Concurrently, multiple cytoplasmic strings were formed at the seed coat cells. Fluorescence microscopic analysis indicated that callose and polyphenols were laid down …

Biology Of Flowering And Insect Visitors Of Iris Aphylla L. (Iridaceae), Agnieszka Dabrowska, Magdalena Smigala, Bozena Denisow, Krystyna Winiarczyk

Turkish Journal of Botany

The paper presents the morphology of the flower of Iris aphylla L., which is a protected species in many European countries. The study comprises phenological observations of flowering and assessment of nectar and pollen production, and flowering and fruiting abundance. Additionally, the number of insect visitors on the flowers was monitored. The investigations of specimens originating from 4 populations in central-eastern Poland (Wyzyna Lubelska Upland) were conducted in the Botanical Garden of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. It was found that morphological features of the analysed flowers, i.e. the 6-angular ovary and the perianth tube, which is 2-fold longer than the ovary, …

Of Course, Humans Are Not Unique!, Bernard Wallner

Animal Sentience

This commentary focuses on the question of the uniqueness of humans in comparison to other species and on the false assumption that single arguments support logical conclusions. Comparative analysis of genetic data in humans and nonhuman primates regarding the dopaminergic system of the subcortical mesolimbic reward system highlights homologous traits shared and modified by the process of evolution. Such an analytical approach is more relevant than claims of uniqueness.

Ann-Assisted Forecasting Of Adsorption Efficiency To Remove Heavy Metals, Magdi Buaisha, Şazi̇ye Balku, Şeni̇z Özalp Yaman

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In wastewater treatment, scientific and practical models utilizing numerical computational techniques such as artificial neural networks (ANNs) can significantly help to improve the process as a whole through adsorption systems. In the modeling of the adsorption efficiency for heavy metals from wastewater, some kinetic models have been used such as pseudo first-order and second-order. The present work develops an ANN model to forecast the adsorption efficiency of heavy metals such as zinc, nickel, and copper by extracting experimental data from three case studies. To do this, we apply trial-and-error to find the most ideal ANN settings, the efficiency of which …

January 2019 Cvm Library Newsletter, Mississippi State University

CVM Library Newsletters

Newsletter of the College of Veterinary Medicine Library at Mississippi State University.

Differences In Soil Bacterial Diversity After Treatment With Benzyl Isothiocyanate, An Allelopathic Secondary Metabolite Derivative Of Alliaria Petiolata (Garlic Mustard), Samantha Pagel

Undergraduate Student Research

The species, Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard), has overtaken the understory of North American forests for over a century, but how the plant has become invasively successful is not well understood. There is some indication that the secretion and breakdown of its allelopathic metabolic compounds, known as glucosinolates, contribute to its success. Benzyl isothiocyanate, an end product of garlic mustard glucosinolate breakdown, has been found in previous studies to inhibit seed germination and the growth of certain mycorrhizal fungi species. Soil bacterial communities, in addition to fungi, play an important role in the surrounding abiotic and biotic environment. This study aims …

Anthocynanins, Lily Lincoln, Maxkenzie Taticek

Natural Sciences Student Research Presentations

This slide presentation for the Natural Sciences Poster Session at Parkland College summarizes anthoxyanins, flavonoid water soluble pigments in plants like blueberries and other blue and purple plants -- their chemical composition, role in plants, and benefits as antioxidants.

Automatic Nonnutritive Suck Waveform Discrimination And Feature Extraction In Preterm Infants, Chunxiao Liao, Austin O. Rosner, Jill L. Maron, Dongli Song, Steven M. Barlow

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders: Faculty Publications

Background and Objective: The emergence of the nonnutritive suck (NNS) pattern in preterm infants reflects the integrity of the brain and is used by clinicians in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to assess feeding readiness and oromotor development. A critical need exists for an integrated software platform that provides NNS signal preprocessing, adaptive waveform discrimination, feature detection, and batch processing of big data sets across multiple NICU sites. Thus, the goal was to develop and describe a crossplatform graphical user interface (GUI) and terminal application known as NeoNNS for single and batch file time series and frequency-domain analyses of …

Nebraska's Advantage: Productive Agriculture And Bountiful Natural Resources, Laura E. Young, Mary Garbacz, Michael J. Boehm, Bethany Karlberg, John Carroll, Kathryn Bagniewski, Daran Rudnick, Halle Ramsey, Marc Libault, Cadrien Livingston, Jamilynn Poletto, Leanne Gamet, Troy Gilmore, Natalie Jones, Lisa Pennisi, Elizabeth Vanwormer, Abby Steffen, Andrea Basche, Rylie Kalb, Rick Koelsch, Bethany Karlberg, Martha Shulski, Michael Hayes, Peter Mccornick, Amit Jhala, Walter Schacht, Stanosh Pitla, Michael Ferguson, John Gamon, Joe Luck, Tami M. Brown-Brandl, Bertrand Clarke, Taro Mieno

Strategic Discussions for Nebraska

Nebraska's Advantage: Productive Agriculture and Bountiful Natural Resources

You can’t talk about healthy production systems and natural resource systems without also thinking about the resilience. We need to harmonize production agriculture in a way that ensures the resilience of our natural ecosystems and rural communities—all while addressing bundles of grand challenges.

Nebline, January 2019

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

2018 Extension highlights

Benefit to people

Teaching, growing and making a difference

36,520 youth engaged in 4-H programs

Extension’s volunteers worth nearly $700,000

New Year, new you: Nutrition tips to a healthier you

RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Pesticide applicator 2019 training dates

Ag Estate and Succession Planning workshop, Jan. 23 & March 5

Successful Farmer Series

Upcoming green industry conferences

Extension’s 2019 Master Gardener trainings, two sites available

Garden Guide Things to Do This Month

Sticky situation: Using glue boards to monitor pests

HEART OF 4-H Volunteer Award: Susan Bulling

IT’S TIME TO RE-ENROLL IN 4-H!

Meet 2018–2019 4-H Council …

Dissemination, Access, Preservation: A Case Study Of Publications From The Organic Agriculture Research And Extension Initiative, Leslie M. Delserone

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative, administered by USDA-NIFA, is the major federal funder of organic agricultural research. Analysis of 733 publications produced during the initiative’s first five years explored the dissemination of this research, and accessibility to and preservation of the publications. Publications associated with conferences (e.g., abstracts) were most numerous (36%). Many publications (69%) were openly accessible online in 2017 but fewer than 10% of these appeared in a stable digital repository. In four of the eight publication categories, access disappeared over time. No program exists to systematically collect and preserve these outputs of organic agricultural research. …

Board Of Regents Meeting Materials, February 7, 2019, Eastern Michigan University

Board of Regents Meeting Materials

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Board Of Regents Meeting Materials, December 13, 2019, Eastern Michigan University

Board of Regents Meeting Materials

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Board Of Regents Meeting Materials, April 23, 2019, Eastern Michigan University

Board of Regents Meeting Materials

No abstract provided.

Gestational Weight Gain And Group Prenatal Care: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Michelle A. Kominiarek, Adam K. Lewkowitz, Ebony Carter, Susan A. Fowler, Melissa Simon

Open Access Publications

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At Risk Alcohol Consumption With Smoking By National Background: Results From The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study Of Latinos, Frank C. Bandiera, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Folefac Atem, Raul Caetano, Denise C. Vidot, Marc D. Gellman, Elena L. Navas-Nacher, Jianwen Cai, Gregory Talavera, Neil Schneiderman, Robert Kaplan

United States Food and Drug Administration: Publications

Introduction: Tobacco smoking and binge or excess drinking are unhealthy behaviors that frequently co-occur. Studies of Hispanics/Latinos have mostly been of Mexican Americans although there are substantial differences in smoking and drinking by heritage background. Associated with co-use by 5 subpopulations.

Methods: Cross-sectional data of 16,412 Hispanics/Latinos from Miami, the Bronx, Chicago and San Diego collected between 2008 and 2011 as part of the HCHS/SOL were analyzed. Smoking and alcohol consumption and demographic data were measured by self-report. Prevalence of smoking and alcohol consumption and co-use were reported. Logistic regression models examined the odds of co-use of smoking and binge …