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Effects Of Some Commercial Products On Root And Crown Rot Caused By Phytophthora Cactorum In Apple Cultivation, Suat Kaymak Jan 2022

Effects Of Some Commercial Products On Root And Crown Rot Caused By Phytophthora Cactorum In Apple Cultivation, Suat Kaymak

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Root and crown rot caused by Phytophthora cactorum (Lebert & John) Schroeter is one of the most common diseases of apple (Malus domestica) in the world. Due to the negative influences of fungicides on the environment, using other applicable control measures is a plausible way for the management of the disease. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of eleven commercial products (bio-pesticides, fertilizers, and activators) on P. cactorum by comparing plant growth parameters (trunk diameter, plant height, number of branches, and root dry weight). Trials were conducted according to a randomized complete block design with three …

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Characterization Of Volatile Compounds Nongrafted And Pumpkin-Grafted Bitter Gourd(Momordica Charantia L.), Arzu Karataş, Yusuf Şavşatli Jan 2022

Characterization Of Volatile Compounds Nongrafted And Pumpkin-Grafted Bitter Gourd(Momordica Charantia L.), Arzu Karataş, Yusuf Şavşatli

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Bitter melon (Momordica charantia L.) is a unique vegetable-fruit possessing several multifarious health benefits. In this study, the plant extraction obtained from grafted bitter gourd onto pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) and nongrafted bitter gourd cultivated under greenhouse conditions were evaluated for their constituents of volatile compounds. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPMEGC-MS) techniques were employed to determine these compounds in the leaves (young, middle, and old-age) and fruits (unripe and ripe) of bitter gourd. The volatile compounds in the leaves of pumpkin during the three stages mentioned above were also investigated. Overall, 72 in leaves and 56 in fruits of bitter gourd compounds …

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Morphological Characterisation And Volatile Analysis Of Turkish Garlic Genotypes, Selen Akan Jan 2022

Morphological Characterisation And Volatile Analysis Of Turkish Garlic Genotypes, Selen Akan

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Garlic is one of the most important vegetables and used for nutrient and medicinal purposes since ancient times. Deficiency in the detection of high-quality garlic genotypes with a rich biochemical profile is one of the main constraints in limiting the production. Currently, the selection and identification of promising garlic genotypes is a popular target, and to reach the best results it is necessary to clarify discrimination. This study aims to discriminate the garlic genotypes obtained from different cultivation locations in Turkey. For that purpose, firstly, morphological characters including biometric parameters were measured based on 18 morphological traits. Particular correlations related …

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Assessment Of Safflower Genotypes For Individual And Combined Effects Of Drought And Salinity Stress At Early Seedling Growth Stages, Fatma Kayaçeti̇n Jan 2022

Assessment Of Safflower Genotypes For Individual And Combined Effects Of Drought And Salinity Stress At Early Seedling Growth Stages, Fatma Kayaçeti̇n

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Safflower is a highly valued oilseed crop. Safflower oil is a source of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids which are important for a plurality of industries including the edible vegetable oil industry. Safflower is highly resistant to salinity and drought stress, which impede seed germination. Two safflower cultivars and 4 lines were screened against nine levels of osmotic stress treatments (using NaCl0 and PEG 60000 (control), NaCl-0.2, NaCl-0.4, PEG 6000-0.2, PEG 6000-0.4, PEG 6000-0.2+NaCl-0.2, PEG 6000-0.2+NaCl-0.4, PEG 6000-0.4+NaCl-0.2, PEG 6000-0.4+NaCl-0.4 MPa) for 8 days at seed germination stage. The osmotic stress was observed to induce a negative effect on the …

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Integrated Application Of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria And Biochar Improves Salt Tolerance In Eggplant Seedlings, Razi̇ye Kul Jan 2022

Integrated Application Of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria And Biochar Improves Salt Tolerance In Eggplant Seedlings, Razi̇ye Kul

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

A pot study was conducted to determine the effects of the combination of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and biochar on the growth, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of eggplant seedlings under salinity stress. The greenhouse experiment included two salinity levels of NaCl [S0 (0 mM NaCl) and S1 (100 mM NaCl)], three biochar levels [B0 (non-biochar), B1 (5%) and B2 (10%)] and two PGPR [R0 (non-PGPR), R1 (combination of Bacillus megaterium TV-6D, Paenibacillus polymyxa KIN- 37, and Pantoea agglomerans RK92). Results showed that plant growth, relative leaf water content (LRWC), and chlorophyll content of eggplant seedlings decreased significantly, while malondialdehyde …

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Curriculum Development Of Agricultural Educators In South Dakota, Mercedes Lemke Jan 2022

Curriculum Development Of Agricultural Educators In South Dakota, Mercedes Lemke

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Curriculum development is an essential component of teaching. Understanding how agriculture education teachers utilize, develop, and adapt content to curriculum can benefit teachers to spend less time on curriculum development. Recognizing the way agriculture education teachers use content in curriculum implementation will allow curriculum developers to create materials that can effectively be used by teachers. This study also looked at the affects of how COVID19 pandemic affected the way teachers locate and develop curriculum. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the way agriculture education instructor’s usage of content for curriculum development, implementation decisions and the affects of the …

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Effect Of Essential Oils In The Control Of Fungal Diseases In Small Grains, Esneider Mahecha Bojaca Jan 2022

Effect Of Essential Oils In The Control Of Fungal Diseases In Small Grains, Esneider Mahecha Bojaca

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and oats (Avena sativa L.) are important crops due to their high consumption in our daily diet worldwide. They are the main food of consumption per capita due to the high amino-acid content as well of vitamins. However, grain production is limited due to the negative impact of the diseases that cause significant yield loss. Diseases in oats, such as crown rust caused by Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae (Pca), and in wheat such as Fusarium head blight (FHB) caused by the fungus Fusarium graminearum. Foliar diseases such as tan spot incited by the fungi …

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Louisiana Agriculture Winter, 2022, Lsu Agcenter Jan 2022

Louisiana Agriculture Winter, 2022, Lsu Agcenter

Louisiana Agriculture

Louisiana’s agricultural and natural resources continue to be under attack from a wide variety of invasive species. Some are new to the state, while others have been here for a long time. This issue of Louisiana Agriculture highlights the broad range of research activities being conducted by LSU AgCenter scientists to understand how invasive species survive and thrive and to identify effective means of controlling or limiting their damage in the state.

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Regenerative Agriculture Effects On Invertebrate And Bird Communities And Insect-Provided Ecosystem Services, Alex Michels Jan 2022

Regenerative Agriculture Effects On Invertebrate And Bird Communities And Insect-Provided Ecosystem Services, Alex Michels

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Conventional agricultural practices can have unintended consequences on the environment and wildlife. Insects and birds are declining at rapid rates around the world, and the current conventional agricultural paradigm is a major driver through habitat loss and the intensification of production. Invertebrates in agroecosystems provide services to both farmers and the rest of society. Regenerative systems may promote the functioning of an agroecosystem by influencing invertebrate abundance, diversity, and ecosystem services and mitigate bird and insect declines through conservation practices that increase soil health, reduce disturbances, and increase biological diversity. Here I address knowledge gaps of the effects of regenerative …

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Using Deep Neural Networks To Analyze Precision Agriculture Data, Stephanie Liebl Jan 2022

Using Deep Neural Networks To Analyze Precision Agriculture Data, Stephanie Liebl

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

As the population of the Earth increases, there is a growing need for food to feed the inhabitants. Precision agriculture offers techniques and tools that can be used to help accommodate the growing population. One specific precision agriculture tool is remote sensing data, which can be used to image fields as an effort to better predict or understand the crops. In this thesis, deep neural networks are used to evaluate various spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions of three different satellite images to determine which best predicts corn yield. The main metrics we used to evaluate the models were R-squared (R2), …

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Effects Of Buried Wood On The Development Of Populus Tremuloides On Various Oil Sands Reclamation Soils, Kaitlyn E. Trepanier, Laura Manchola-Rojas, Bradley D. Pinno Jan 2022

Effects Of Buried Wood On The Development Of Populus Tremuloides On Various Oil Sands Reclamation Soils, Kaitlyn E. Trepanier, Laura Manchola-Rojas, Bradley D. Pinno

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Buried wood is an important but understudied component of reclamation soils. We examined the impacts of buried wood amounts and species on the growth of the common reclamation tree species trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides). In a greenhouse study, aspen seedlings were planted into four soil types, upland derived fine forest floor-mineral mix (fFFMM), coarse forest floor-mineral mix (cFFMM), and lowland derived peat and peat-mineral mix (PMM), that were mixed with either aspen or pine wood shavings at four concentrations (0%, 10%, 20% and 50% of total volume). Height and diameter growth, chlorophyll concentration, and leaf and stem biomass were measured. …

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Fruits Of Our Labor: Exploring The Impacts Of A Nonprofit Seed Bank On Indigenous Communities In The Southwestern United States, Rachel Mary Davis Jan 2022

Fruits Of Our Labor: Exploring The Impacts Of A Nonprofit Seed Bank On Indigenous Communities In The Southwestern United States, Rachel Mary Davis

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This thesis explores the ways that the nonprofit Native Seeds/SEARCH, of Tucson, Arizona interfaces with Indigenous communities and the local seed and food systems in the Southwest United States. The thesis argues that Native seed and food sovereignty have different meanings for different Indigenous people, and that nonprofits working with Indigenous communities need to consider input from them when deciding how to catalogue, regenerate and sustain healthy grow outs for the future, especially in the light of climate change and drought.

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Growing Meat On Plants: Using Intermediate Cbd-Rgd Fusion Proteins To Improve Bovine Satellite Cell Attachment On Cellulose-Based Scaffolds, Julian Cohen Jan 2022

Growing Meat On Plants: Using Intermediate Cbd-Rgd Fusion Proteins To Improve Bovine Satellite Cell Attachment On Cellulose-Based Scaffolds, Julian Cohen

Pitzer Senior Theses

Cellular agriculture is an emerging technology aiming to replace existing methods for animal agriculture with tissue engineering and cell culture-based technologies. Cultured meat falls within this purview, using a biomimetic approach to recreate animal muscle tissue through tissue engineering. In the attempt to diminish the necessity of animal-derived materials within this process, plant-based scaffolds can be used as a substrate upon which stem cells are cultured. Due to the unfavorable environment of cellulose for mammalian cell-surface proteins, the approach was taken of coating cellulose nanofiber films with a fusion protein composed of a cellulose binding domain (CBD) protein and the …

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Essential Outcomes For Cop26, Pete Smith, Linda Beaumont, Carl J. Bernacchi, Maria Byrne, William Cheung, Richard T. Conant, Francesca Cotrufo, Xiaojuan Feng, Ivan Janssens, Hefin Jones, Miko U.F. Kirschbaum, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Julie Laroche, Yiqi Luo, Andrew Mckechnie, Josep Penuelas, Shilong Piao, Sharon Robinson, Rowan F. Sage, David J. Sugget, Stephen J. Thackeray, Danielle Way, Stephen P. Long Jan 2022

Essential Outcomes For Cop26, Pete Smith, Linda Beaumont, Carl J. Bernacchi, Maria Byrne, William Cheung, Richard T. Conant, Francesca Cotrufo, Xiaojuan Feng, Ivan Janssens, Hefin Jones, Miko U.F. Kirschbaum, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Julie Laroche, Yiqi Luo, Andrew Mckechnie, Josep Penuelas, Shilong Piao, Sharon Robinson, Rowan F. Sage, David J. Sugget, Stephen J. Thackeray, Danielle Way, Stephen P. Long

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The UK Government is hosting COP26 in Glasgow between 31st October and 12th November 2021. It plans to make progress in four key areas which summarize as ‘coal, cars, cash and trees’ (Carbon Brief, 2021). The first two of these aims—to get agreement for the rapid phase out of coal, the most polluting of fossil fuels, and to ensure a rapid transition away for cars fuelled by fossil fuels—are very important, but are not directly related to the remit of Global Change Biology. The latter two aims—ensuring that the financial support of $100 billion per year promised in 2010 by …

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Substantial Carbon Loss Respired From A Corn-Soybean Agroecosystem Highlights The Importance Of Careful Management As We Adapt To Changing Climate, Caitlin E. Moore, Christy D. Gibson, Guofang Miao, Evan C. Dracup, Nuria Gomez-Casanovas, Michael D. Masters, Jesse Miller, Adam C Von Haden, Tilden Meyers, Evan H. Delucia, Carl J. Bernacchi Jan 2022

Substantial Carbon Loss Respired From A Corn-Soybean Agroecosystem Highlights The Importance Of Careful Management As We Adapt To Changing Climate, Caitlin E. Moore, Christy D. Gibson, Guofang Miao, Evan C. Dracup, Nuria Gomez-Casanovas, Michael D. Masters, Jesse Miller, Adam C Von Haden, Tilden Meyers, Evan H. Delucia, Carl J. Bernacchi

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Understanding agroecosystem carbon (C) cycle response to climate change and management is vital for maintaining their long-term C storage. We demonstrate this importance through an in-depth examination of a ten-year eddy covariance dataset from a corn-corn-soybean crop rotation grown in the Midwest United States. Ten-year average annual net ecosystem exchange (NEE) showed a net C sink of -0.39 Mg C ha-1 yr-1. However, NEE in 2014 and 2015 from the corn ecosystem was 3.58 and 2.56 Mg C ha-1 yr-1, respectively. Most C loss occurred during the growing season, when photosynthesis should dominate and C fluxes should reflect a net …

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Patterning Ecological Restoration After Weeds, Stephen L. Young, Erik P. Hamerlynck Jan 2022

Patterning Ecological Restoration After Weeds, Stephen L. Young, Erik P. Hamerlynck

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration aims to prevent, halt, and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on every continent. Disturbances stemming from anthropogenic or natural causes make plant community restoration challenging. The introduction of fast-growing weeds that generate high biomass and produce copious seed is most threatening to plant communities. A paradigm shift in ecosystem restoration is needed that emphasizes traits and affected ecological processes similar to weeds. The repeated introduction of seed from native plants with weedy characteristics follows the propagule pressure and evolution of invasiveness hypotheses. In targeting areas with heavy weed populations, native plants could establish …

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Corn Nitrogen Nutrition Index Prediction Improved By Integrating Genetic, Environmental, And Management Factors With Active Canopy Sensing Using Machine Learning, Dan Li, Yuxin Miao, Curtis J. Ransom, Gregory Mac Bean, Newell R. Kitchen, Fabián G. Fernández, John E. Sawyer, James J. Camberato, Paul R. Carter, Richard B. Ferguson, David W. Franzen, Carrie A.M. Laboski, Emerson D. Nafziger, John F. Shanahan Jan 2022

Corn Nitrogen Nutrition Index Prediction Improved By Integrating Genetic, Environmental, And Management Factors With Active Canopy Sensing Using Machine Learning, Dan Li, Yuxin Miao, Curtis J. Ransom, Gregory Mac Bean, Newell R. Kitchen, Fabián G. Fernández, John E. Sawyer, James J. Camberato, Paul R. Carter, Richard B. Ferguson, David W. Franzen, Carrie A.M. Laboski, Emerson D. Nafziger, John F. Shanahan

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Accurate nitrogen (N) diagnosis early in the growing season across diverse soil, weather, and management conditions is challenging. Strategies using multi-source data are hypothesized to perform significantly better than approaches using crop sensing information alone. The objective of this study was to evaluate, across diverse environments, the potential for integrating genetic (e.g., comparative relative maturity and growing degree units to key developmental growth stages), environmental (e.g., soil and weather), and management (e.g., seeding rate, irrigation, previous crop, and preplant N rate) information with active canopy sensor data for improved corn N nutrition index (NNI) prediction using machine learning methods. Thirteen …

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Mechanisms Of Programmed Nutrition In Finishing Cattle In Vivo And Ruminal Parameters Of Amaize Supplementation In Vitro, Amanda Pesqueira Schiff Jan 2022

Mechanisms Of Programmed Nutrition In Finishing Cattle In Vivo And Ruminal Parameters Of Amaize Supplementation In Vitro, Amanda Pesqueira Schiff

Theses and Dissertations--Animal and Food Sciences

Programmed Nutrition Beef Program (Alltech Inc.) is a dietary supplement that contains Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract with α-amylase activity that could reduce the use of feed additives such as monensin and tylosin in conventional feedlot diets. This study examines the changes in rumen fermentation resulting from feeding monensin/tylosin and Programmed Nutrition Beef Finisher. The goal was to determine if these shifts in rumen fermentation contribute to the Programmed Nutrition response observed in vivo. This study also analyzes how different levels of α-amylase (Amaize)supplementation impacts feedstuff degradation and utilization in vitro. In vivo experiment used eight steers in a replicated …

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Productivity Of Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolar L.) At Diverse Irrigation Regimes And Sowing Dates In Semi-Arid And Arid Environment, Muhammad Kashif Mubarik, Khadim Hussain, Ghulam Abbas, Muhammad Tanveer Altaf, Faheem Shahzad Baloch, Shakeel Ahmad Jan 2022

Productivity Of Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolar L.) At Diverse Irrigation Regimes And Sowing Dates In Semi-Arid And Arid Environment, Muhammad Kashif Mubarik, Khadim Hussain, Ghulam Abbas, Muhammad Tanveer Altaf, Faheem Shahzad Baloch, Shakeel Ahmad

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Determining optimal sowing date, optimal number of irrigation applications, and best-performing cultivars is critical to maximizing achievable sorghum yield in semiarid and arid environments. Limited research is available on interactive effects of sowing date, irrigation frequency, and genotype at multiple locations. Consequently, this study was conducted to determine impact of sowing dates, irrigation regimes, and cultivars on yield and growth traits during 2016 and 2017 at two locations in Pakistan. Experiments were laid out in a split-split design at Maize and Millets Research Institute, Yusafwala, Sahiwal, and at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. Each experiment was comprised of three factors: (a) …

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Characterization Of Grapevine (V. Vinifera L.) Varieties Grown In Yozgat Province (Turkey) By Simple Sequence Repeat (Ssr) Markers, Selda Daler, Rüstem Cangi̇ Jan 2022

Characterization Of Grapevine (V. Vinifera L.) Varieties Grown In Yozgat Province (Turkey) By Simple Sequence Repeat (Ssr) Markers, Selda Daler, Rüstem Cangi̇

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The study was conducted to characterise 50 grape varieties grown in Yozgat by molecular methods. Molecular definitions were realized using 9 simple sequence repeat (SSR) primers (VVS2, VVMD5, VVMD7, VVMD24, VVMD27, VVMD28, VVMD31, VrZAG62, and VrZAG79), including six microsatellite loci used for grapevine variety collections by the European Union funded project (GENRES 081), accepted as the minimum standard set (core set) by the world. According to the SSR analysis results, 451 alleles, 233 of which polymorphic, were obtained. The highest allele numbers were designated as 52 in the VVMD7, VVMD24, VVMD27, VrZAG62, and VrZAG79 loci. The mean number of alleles …

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Determination Of Genetic Diversity, Sinigrin Contents, And Elicitors-Induced Enhancement Of Sinigrin In Nasturtium Officinale L., Sobia Zaman, Khadim Shah, Bakhat Zaman, Aziz Ullah Sayal, Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi, Mohammad Maroof Shah, Jamshaid Hussain, Amjad Hassan, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Raza Ahmad Jan 2022

Determination Of Genetic Diversity, Sinigrin Contents, And Elicitors-Induced Enhancement Of Sinigrin In Nasturtium Officinale L., Sobia Zaman, Khadim Shah, Bakhat Zaman, Aziz Ullah Sayal, Syed Tatheer Alam Naqvi, Mohammad Maroof Shah, Jamshaid Hussain, Amjad Hassan, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Raza Ahmad

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Nasturtium officinale L. is a plant of significant medicinal importance. The effect of climatic variations on its genetic makeup and biochemistry has not been studied in Pakistan. Present study was conducted to evaluate genetic diversity and variations in sinigrin contents, an important anticancer metabolite, in the leaves of N. officinal collected from different districts of Pakistan including Muzaffarabad, Chilas, Jaglot, Dir, Swat, Abbottabad, and Haripur. Furthermore, the effects of exogenous abscisic acid (ABA), salicylic acid (SA), and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on the contents of sinigrin and expression of 2-oxoacid-dependent dioxygenase (GSLOH) gene (TR14312) were also studied. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA …

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Development Of Smart Fruit Crops By Genome Editing, Anca Butiuc Keul, Anca Farkas, Rahela Carpa, Cristina Dobrota, Dumitrana Iordache Jan 2022

Development Of Smart Fruit Crops By Genome Editing, Anca Butiuc Keul, Anca Farkas, Rahela Carpa, Cristina Dobrota, Dumitrana Iordache

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Plant genome editing tools as Zinc-Finger Nucleases (ZFNs), Trans Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (TALENs), and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) associated with Cas proteins are offering new possibilities for crop improvement and new insights for functional genomics. In this review, we discuss (i) the new findings in gene editing technologies, (ii) a comparison between them, and (iii) their applications for genetic analysis and manipulation of fruit crops. Different editing technologies, especially the CRISPR/Cas9 system, were successfully used in fruit crops such as apple, banana, cacao, citrus, grape, kiwifruit, and pear. Experimental designs used to analyze the efficiency of the …

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Yield And Oil Composition Of Peppermint Cultivars Grown In The Isparta Climate Of Turkey, Kemal Yilmaz, İsa Telci̇ Jan 2022

Yield And Oil Composition Of Peppermint Cultivars Grown In The Isparta Climate Of Turkey, Kemal Yilmaz, İsa Telci̇

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Peppermint, Mentha piperita L. belonging to the Lamiaceae family, contains a valuable essential oil known for its high menthol and menthone content. During the vegetation seasons of 2016 and 2017, field studies were conducted in Turkey?s Isparta climate by using randomized blocks to examine the yield and oil composition of the new peppermint cultivars. In these studies, Multimentha produced the highest herb yield even though the quality of its essential oil is relatively poor due to its low menthol content. Yield levels of other cultivars were similar to each other with the same statistical group. In the study, Citaro, Tokat …

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Efficacy Of A Newly Developed Seed Coating Formulation For The Control Of Seed-Bornediseases, Meriam Bouri, Zeynep İyi̇gündoğdu, Pinar Lök, Fi̇kretti̇n Şahi̇n Jan 2022

Efficacy Of A Newly Developed Seed Coating Formulation For The Control Of Seed-Bornediseases, Meriam Bouri, Zeynep İyi̇gündoğdu, Pinar Lök, Fi̇kretti̇n Şahi̇n

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Seed coating is receiving increased relevance in sustainable agriculture, to reduce the usage of pesticides and protect the natural environment. In this study, a new formulation based on the combination of two active constituents (zinc pyrithione and triclosan) and an inactive component (carboxymethyl cellulose polymer) was optimized for seed coating to control seed-borne pathogens. According to the in vitro antimicrobial tests, the combination of zinc pyrithione and triclosan showed a broader spectrum of phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi control. Coated seeds from different plant species with 2% of zinc pyrithione, 0.05% of triclosan and, 0.5% of carboxymethyl cellulose did not show …

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Evaluation Of Gene Expression Levels In Grapevine Cultivars After Erysphe Necator Andmethyl Jasmonate Treatments, Nur Arslan, Murat Akkurt Jan 2022

Evaluation Of Gene Expression Levels In Grapevine Cultivars After Erysphe Necator Andmethyl Jasmonate Treatments, Nur Arslan, Murat Akkurt

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Powdery mildew (PM - Eryshpe necator) is one of the most important diseases threatening the world of viticulture. This study determined that the gene expression levels of Myc2, WRKY1, and DHN1a in Boğazkere (V. vinifera L. PM susceptible), Cabernet Sauvignon (V. vinifera L. PM susceptible), Kishmish Vatkana (V. vinifera L. PM tolerant), and Regent (V. vinifera L. PM tolerant) cultivars after PM and PM-Methyl jasmonate (MeJa) treatments by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The susceptible and tolerant cultivars that were compared in the study were inoculated with PM which was taken from the natural environment and was sprayed with 50 …

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Investigation Of Changes In Corn Hybrids Grain Protein, Proline, And Micronutrient Content Under The Influence Of Drought And Fertilizers, Mohamad Sadegh Azadi, Alireza Shokoohfar, Mani Mojdam, Shahram Lak, Mojtaba Alavi Fazel Jan 2022

Investigation Of Changes In Corn Hybrids Grain Protein, Proline, And Micronutrient Content Under The Influence Of Drought And Fertilizers, Mohamad Sadegh Azadi, Alireza Shokoohfar, Mani Mojdam, Shahram Lak, Mojtaba Alavi Fazel

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

In order to investigate the effect of drought stress and the application of chemical and biological fertilizers of potassium and maize cultivars on micronutrient uptake, protein content, and proline changes, an experiment was conducted as a split-plot based on a randomized complete block design with three replications. The main factor was three levels of stress treatment, complete irrigation, irrigation cut at 12 leaf stage and irrigation cut at the flowering stage; first subfactor was fertilization at three levels of potassium fertilizer 100%, potassium fertilizer 70% +30% fertile-2 biofertilizer (60g/h) and fertilizer 50% potassium +50% fertile-2 fertilizer (100g/h) and the second …

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Effects Of Bacterial Inoculation On Soil Physical Properties, Fazil Hacimüftüoğlu, Mustafa Yildirim Canbolat Jan 2022

Effects Of Bacterial Inoculation On Soil Physical Properties, Fazil Hacimüftüoğlu, Mustafa Yildirim Canbolat

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

This study was carried out to investigate the impacts of bacterial inoculation on texturally different soil samples under greenhouse conditions. Sandy loam (SL), clay loam (CL), and clay (C) textured soils were inoculated with Bacillus arenosi K64 (B. arenosi), Bacillus megaterium M3 (B. megaterium), and Bacillus subtilis OSU 142 (B. subtilis) isolates and then incubated at 5 different periods [I (20 days), II (40 days), III (60 days), IV (80 days), and V (100 days)]. Soil physical properties, including bulk density, total porosity, mean weight diameter, and intrinsic permeability, were evaluated. It was found that bacterial inoculation caused a decrease …

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Artificial Intelligence And Digital Twins In Sustainable Agriculture And Forestry: A Survey, Jing Nie, Yi Wang, Yang Li, Xuewei Chao Jan 2022

Artificial Intelligence And Digital Twins In Sustainable Agriculture And Forestry: A Survey, Jing Nie, Yi Wang, Yang Li, Xuewei Chao

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Affected by global economic pressure and epidemics, sustainable agriculture has received widespread attention from farmers and agricultural engineers. Throughout history, agricultural technology has closely followed the pace of scientific and technological development and has followed the footsteps of mechanization, automation, and intelligence to progress continuously. At this stage, artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating the field of agriculture and advancing the progress of sustainable agriculture. However, the large amount of data required by AI technology and the high cost of data have ensued, while the rapid development of virtualization technology has made people gradually begin to consider the application of digital …

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Super Absorbent Polymer Application Under Suboptimal Environments: Implications And Challenges For Marginal Lands And Abiotic Stresses, Asif Jamal, Sadam Hussain, Saddam Hussain, Amar Matloob, Tahir Hussain Awan, Farida Irshad, Basharat Ali, Ejaz Waraich Jan 2022

Super Absorbent Polymer Application Under Suboptimal Environments: Implications And Challenges For Marginal Lands And Abiotic Stresses, Asif Jamal, Sadam Hussain, Saddam Hussain, Amar Matloob, Tahir Hussain Awan, Farida Irshad, Basharat Ali, Ejaz Waraich

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

World population is increasing at an alarming rate, and crop cultivation on marginal lands has emerged as an alternate option to feed the burgeoning population. However, marginal lands are characterized by poor soil health and other undesirable characteristics resulting in low crop production and less economic returns. Interest in the application of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) for marginal lands has been increasing. The SAPs application increases the germination percentage, seedling growth, and grain yield of different crops. Being hydrophilic in nature, SAPs can absorb and retain a huge quantity of water, and thereby enhance the water use efficiency in crops. In …

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Fruit Characteristics, Defoliation, Forest Floor And Soil Properties Of Sweet Chestnut (Castanea Sativa Mill.) Forests In İstanbul-Turkey, Gülçi̇n Özer, Ender Maki̇neci̇ Jan 2022

Fruit Characteristics, Defoliation, Forest Floor And Soil Properties Of Sweet Chestnut (Castanea Sativa Mill.) Forests In İstanbul-Turkey, Gülçi̇n Özer, Ender Maki̇neci̇

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The defoliation and fruit characteristics of natural Castanea sativa Mill. forests were annually monitored between 2014 and 2016 in İstanbul, Turkey. The soil and forest floor properties were also investigated and evaluated according to the stand development stages. Comparisons were made with ANOVA and Tukey HSD tests; the relationship between fruit yield and the properties of the soil and forest floor were tested with correlation analysis; and allometric regression models were developed for fruit yield with DBH (diameter at breast height) and (DBH)2H. The total mass was 509-652 g/m2, N mass was 7.67-9.70 g/m2 and C mass was between 165.75 …

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