The Role Of Mn-Sod And Fe-Sod Genes In The Response To Low Temperature In Chs Mutants Of Arabidopsis,
2014
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The Role Of Mn-Sod And Fe-Sod Genes In The Response To Low Temperature In Chs Mutants Of Arabidopsis, Zahra Gharari, Ramazanali Khavari Nejad, Reza Shekaste Band, Farzane Najafi, Mohammad Nabiuni, Saeed Irian
Turkish Journal of Botany
To determine whether the expression of iron superoxide dismutase (Fe-SOD) and manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) increase superoxide-scavenging capacity, and thereby improve the survival rate of chilling sensitive (chs) mutants of Arabidopsis, 4 chs mutant (chs1-1, chs1-2, chs2-1, and chs2-2) and wild-type plants were grown under low (chilling, 13 °C; cold, 4 °C) and normal growth (23 °C) temperatures. Photosynthetic parameters were investigated following treatment with chilling, cold, and normal growth conditions. Chlorophyll content and maximum quantum efficiency of PSII primary photochemistry (Fv/Fm) were reduced in plants grown at chilling stress. The degree of chilling sensitivity of chs1 mutant plants was …
Contributions To The Macrofungal Diversity Of Kilis Province,
2014
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Contributions To The Macrofungal Diversity Of Kilis Province, Mehmet Hali̇l Solak, Hakan Alli, Mustafa Işiloğlu, Hali̇l Güngör, Erbi̇l Kalmiş
Turkish Journal of Botany
In this study, an attempt has been made to determine macrofungal specimens collected from Kilis in 2006 and 2007. After field and laboratory studies, 47 taxa belonging to 17 families and 2 divisions were identified: 4 taxa belong to Ascomycota and 43 to Basidiomycota. Three of them, Inocybe taxocystis (J.Favre & E.Horak) Senn-Irlet, Russula laccata Huijsman, and Russula medullata Romagn., are new records for Turkey.
Cytological Evidence For Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility In The Genus Veronica,
2014
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Cytological Evidence For Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility In The Genus Veronica, Romain Scalone, Dirk Albach
Turkish Journal of Botany
The self-incompatibility (SI) of 3 Middle East Veronica species (V. filiformis, V. gentianoides, V. teucrium) is studied, for the first time, by pollination and pollen tube growth experiments. Cytological observations of the self-pollen tubes within the pistils permit a conclusion about the presence of a gametophytic SI system in the first 2 species. The investigated population of the third is self-compatible and confirms the facultative trait of its self-sterility. The presence of a gametophytic SI system in 2 of them suggests the putative conservation of this SI system within the genus Veronica (Plantaginaceae) and could be related to the well-known …
Assessment Of Genetic Relationships Among Secale Taxa By Using Issr And Irap Markers And The Chromosomal Distribution Of The Aac Microsatellite Sequence, Magdalena Achrem, Anna Kalinka, Stanislawa Maria Rogalska
Turkish Journal of Botany
Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and inter-retrotransposon amplified polymorphism (IRAP) techniques were used to investigate the genetic diversity among species of the genus Secale L. Chromosomal distribution of the AAC simple sequence repeat was examined by means of the fluorescent in situ hybridization technique. Comparative analysis revealed differences in the distribution of analyzed sequences in the genomes of Secale species. Using ISSR and IRAP data, a similarity matrix was constructed based on Dice’s coefficient, and the unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic mean clustering was used to create dendrograms. Secale sylvestre Host and Secale strictum C.Presl were separated from a cluster consisting …
Plasticity And Within Plant Sex-Ratio Variation In Monoecious Emex Spinosa,
2014
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Plasticity And Within Plant Sex-Ratio Variation In Monoecious Emex Spinosa, Regina Berjano, Montserrat Arista, María Talavera, María Jesús Ariza, Pedro Luis Ortiz
Turkish Journal of Botany
Understanding how phenotype trait expression varies at different levels of biological organization is crucial to understanding the fundamental ecological, evolutionary, and developmental issues that contribute to adaptive plasticity. This is particularly important in plants because of their modular organization. Here, we study plasticity in flower production in response to light intensity at 3 levels of biological organization (between populations, among individuals, and within individuals) in Emex spinosa (L.) Compd., a Mediterranean amphicarpic annual. Plants exposed to high light intensity grew faster and produced more flowers than plants at low light intensity. Female flower production was the most labile trait. Within …
Melatonin And Other Factors That Promote Rooting And Sprouting Of Shoot Cuttings In Punica Granatum Cv. Wonderful,
2014
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Melatonin And Other Factors That Promote Rooting And Sprouting Of Shoot Cuttings In Punica Granatum Cv. Wonderful, Eirini Sarrou, Ioannis Therios, Kortessa Dimassi-Theriou
Turkish Journal of Botany
The agricultural and medicinal plant pomegranate (Punica granatum L. cv. Wonderful) was studied to examine the effects of wounding of cuttings and to test the effects of different concentrations of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA), gibberellic acid (GA_{3}), hydrogen peroxide (H_{2}O_{2}), melatonin (MEL), and ascorbic acid (ASC) on rooting of the shoot cuttings under mist. The data indicated that IBA had a positive influence on the rooting percentage in wounded and nonwounded cuttings. The best rooting was achieved with very thin cuttings (3-4 mm in diameter). The percentage of rooting (100.0 ± 0.0) and the number of roots per plant (15.2 ± …
Protein Mobilisation And Proteolytic Activities In Root Tubers Of Asphodelus Aestivus,
2014
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Protein Mobilisation And Proteolytic Activities In Root Tubers Of Asphodelus Aestivus, Serap Kirmizi, Gürcan Güleryüz, Hülya Arslan
Turkish Journal of Botany
We studied protein mobilisation in Asphodelus aestivus Brot. (Liliaceae) during a 1-year period. The activities of 3 proteolytic enzymes, endopeptidase (EP), leucine aminopeptidase (LAP), and carboxypeptidase (CP), together with soluble protein levels and total nitrogen and water content in root tubers were investigated. We found that protein mobilisation continued throughout the year. The highest levels of the 3 proteolytic enzymes were found in different months: LAP in December (1.19 ± 0.19 µmol pNA/g FW), CP in February (14.19 ± 1.13 µmol Leu/g FW), and EP in May (5.18 ± 0.12 U/h). Activities of LAP and CP generally reached their higher …
Identification Of Stable Sources For Surrogate Traits In Arachis Glabrata And Marker-Trait Association For Tolerance To Water Deficit Stress, Sandip Kumar Bera, Ajay Basapur Chandrashekar, Sneha Patel, Vrajlal Kanji Sojitra, Anil Maurya
Turkish Journal of Botany
Diploid and tetraploid wild relatives of cultivated peanut are genetically diverse, providing rich sources of genetic resources for tapping resistance to various biotic and abiotic stresses. Arachis glabrata Benth. is a tetraploid (2n = 40) rhizomatous species that is reported to be tolerant to water deficit stress. Identification of A. glabrata accessions with high SPAD chlorophyll meter reading (SCMR) and low specific leaf area (SLA) values would be an option for improving water deficit stress tolerance in peanut. An investigation was undertaken to study the genetic diversity of A. glabrata accessions using molecular markers as well as surrogate traits (SLA …
Growth Response And Soil-Plant Water Relations Of 4 Dominant Psammophyte Species With Soil Moisture In Central Inner Mongolia,
2014
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Growth Response And Soil-Plant Water Relations Of 4 Dominant Psammophyte Species With Soil Moisture In Central Inner Mongolia, Yuanrun Zheng, Lianhe Jiang, Yong Gao, Xi Chen, Geping Luo, Xianwei Feng, Hideyuki Shimizu
Turkish Journal of Botany
Soil-plant water relations are crucial for understanding the mechanisms by which plants adapt to their environments. An experiment was conducted to understand the responses of 4 dominant psammophyte shrub species to different sandy environments. Pots were filled with tap water or sand, and pots planted with different species and filled with sand with and without pot covers were kept in 4 growth cabinets at 15/25 °C and with a water supply of 75 mm per month. Soil water content; dry weights of roots, shoots, and leaves; and leaf area were measured. The relative growth rate (0.039-0.042 g g^{-1} day^{-1}) was …
Ecology And Allelopathic Control Of Brassica Tournefortii In Reclaimed Areas Of The Nile Delta, Egypt,
2014
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Ecology And Allelopathic Control Of Brassica Tournefortii In Reclaimed Areas Of The Nile Delta, Egypt, Ahmed Mohamed Abd El-Gawad
Turkish Journal of Botany
Land reclamation causes weedy species to replace wild plant species. The present study characterizes the community of Brassica tournefortii Gouan in reclaimed areas of the Nile Delta of Egypt to determine its ecological amplitude, soil factors controlling its distribution, and its allelopathic control. The plant communities dominated by B. tournefortii were investigated in 60 sites. The importance value of each species based on cover and density was determined. Data were treated by multivariate analyses. Soils representing each community were analyzed. The allelopathic effects of Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist, Trianthema portulacastrum L., and Pulicaria undulata (L.) C.A.Mey. and their mixtures on …
Chlorolepiota Brunneotincta: A New Species (Agaricaceae) From India,
2014
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Chlorolepiota Brunneotincta: A New Species (Agaricaceae) From India, Narender Singh Atri, Babita Kumari, Ramesh Chandra Upadhyay
Turkish Journal of Botany
The genus Chlorolepiota Sathe & Deshpande is a monotypic genus represented by C. mahabaleshwerences Sathe & Deshpande. In this paper, a new species, Chlorolepiota brunneotincta, is described, based upon macroscopic, microscopic, and molecular studies undertaken on the collection from Solan Himachal Pradesh (India).
Rechecking Of The Genus Scleroderma (Gasteromycetes) From Macedonia Using Barcoding Approach,
2014
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Rechecking Of The Genus Scleroderma (Gasteromycetes) From Macedonia Using Barcoding Approach, Katerina Rusevska, Mitko Karadelev, Cherdchai Phosri, Margarita Dueñas, Roy Watling, María Paz Martín
Turkish Journal of Botany
In order to verify some doubtful collections of Scleroderma Pers. species from Macedonia, 54 specimens were revised using morphological and molecular analyses. The 12 internal transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS nrDNA) sequences obtained in this study were compared with previously published sequences included in public databases. According to the barcoding sequences, some Macedonian Scleroderma specimens were confirmed to belong to 4 species: S. areolatum Ehrenb., S. bovista Fr., S. meridionale Demoulin & Malençon, and S. verrucosum (Vaill.) Pers.
Contributions To The Macrofungal Diversity Of Antalya Province,
2014
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Contributions To The Macrofungal Diversity Of Antalya Province, Mehmet Hali̇l Solak, Hakan Alli, Mustafa Işiloğlu, Hali̇l Güngör, Erbi̇l Kalmiş
Turkish Journal of Botany
In this study, an attempt has been made to establish macrofungal specimens collected from Antalya between 2005 and 2009. After field and laboratory studies, 136 taxa belonging to 40 families and 2 divisions were identified. Twenty taxa belong to Ascomycota and 116 to Basidiomycota. Three of them, Cortinarius subferrugineus (Batsch) Fr., Entoloma vernum Lundell, and Inocybe piceae Stangl & Schwöbel, are new records for Turkey.
Phylogeny Of The Genus Potentilla (Rosaceae) In Iran Based On Nrdna Its And Cpdna Trnl-F Sequences With A Focus On Leaf And Style Characters’ Evolution, Marzieh Beygom Faghir, Farideh Attar, Ali Farazmand, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo
Turkish Journal of Botany
The present survey reports maximum parsimony (MP) and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses of the genus Potentilla L. in Iran using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and the trnL-F intergenic region of chloroplast DNA. A total of 25 taxa from 9 sections, 2 intersectional hybrids, and 4 related genera of Iranian taxa plus 40 previously sequenced data were analyzed for both trnL-F and nrDNA ITS regions. Individual and combined analysis of ITS and trnL/F data revealed monophyly of the genus Potentilla. The Potentilla core group was composed of monophyletic subclades of the sections Persicae (Th.Wolf) Juz., Potentilla, Micranthae …
Genetic Stability In A Predominating Turkish Olive Cultivar, Gemlik, Assessed By Rapd, Microsatellite, And Aflp Marker Systems,
2014
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Genetic Stability In A Predominating Turkish Olive Cultivar, Gemlik, Assessed By Rapd, Microsatellite, And Aflp Marker Systems, Ufuk Çeli̇kkol Akçay, Gülcan Özkan, Beki̇r Şan, Oğuz Dolgun, Ayhan Dağdelen, Di̇lşat Bozdoğan Konuşkan
Turkish Journal of Botany
Olive (Olea europaea L.) is an important fruit crop, with many health promoting properties being continuously discovered. World demand for both the fruit and olive oil is increasing in pace and hence countries try to meet the demand by disseminating 1 or 2 productive and adaptive cultivars to different regions formerly dominated by local cultivars. This study was performed to investigate the level of diversity in a very productive and adaptive cultivar, Gemlik, which has started to dominate most of the olive growing regions of Turkey. Three different marker systems, namely microsatellites (SSR), RAPD, and AFLP, with 15, 20, and …
Molecular Phylogeny Of The Genus Amygdalus (Rosaceae) Based On Nrdna Its And Cpdna Trns-Trng Sequences,
2014
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Molecular Phylogeny Of The Genus Amygdalus (Rosaceae) Based On Nrdna Its And Cpdna Trns-Trng Sequences, Mahnaz Vafadar, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo, Farideh Attar
Turkish Journal of Botany
With over 40 species, almonds (Amygdalus L.) are among the most economically important Rosaceae fruit crops distributed in the Irano-Turanian region of southwestern and Central Asia and southeastern Europe. While Amygdalus is considered a separate genus in floristic treatments of Asian countries it is a subgenus or a section of Prunus L. s.l. in other treatments. Phylogenetic relationships of the Iranian wild almonds based on data from 2 nuclear and chloroplast spacers (nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnS-trnG) were constructed using the maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood, Bayesian inference, and NeighborNet methods. Data from 2 nuclear and chloroplast spacers were congruent. …
Micropropagation Of An Antidiabetic Medicinal Plant, Artemisia Pallens,
2014
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Micropropagation Of An Antidiabetic Medicinal Plant, Artemisia Pallens, Varsha Nitin Nathar, Ghulam Mohiuddin Yatoo
Turkish Journal of Botany
Artemisia pallens Wall. is an important aromatic medicinal plant used as a folk remedy for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The present study was initiated to explore in vitro propagation of Artemisia pallens using different explants on Murashige and Skoog (MS) media supplemented with varying concentrations and combinations of growth regulators. Highest callogenic response (100%) was shown by shoot tip explants with 2 mg/L 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. The highest number of shoots (14.25 ± 1.65) and highest shoot length (4.25 ± 0.47 cm) were observed on MS medium with 3 mg/L kinetin. After 40 days, shoots grown in vitro were transferred …
Treatment With 24-Epibrassinolide Mitigates Nacl-Induced Toxicity By Enhancing Carbohydrate Metabolism, Osmolyte Accumulation, And Antioxidant Activity In Pisum Sativum, Muhammad Adnan Shahid, Rashad Mukhtar Balal, Muhammad Aslam Pervez, Francisco Garcia-Sanchez, Vicente Gimeno, Tahira Abbas, Neil Scott Mattson, Atif Riaz
Turkish Journal of Botany
A pot culture study was performed to evaluate the differences between salt-stressed pea (Pisum sativum L.) plants of tolerant (Climax and Samarina Zard) and sensitive (Ambassidar and PF-400) genotypes, and to determine whether treatment with 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) could enhance the accumulation of osmolytes and antioxidant activity and thereby induce tolerance in salt-stressed plants. Three-week-old seedlings were subjected to +NaCl (5 dS m^-1) and -NaCl conditions (0 dS m^-1). After 4 days of salt stress, the plants were sprayed with Milli-Q water or EBL (0.125 mg L^-1). The plants were sampled at 32 days after sowing and at the final maturity …
The Effects Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculations And Cotyledon Removal On Early Seedling Growth Of Pongamia Pinnata,
2014
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The Effects Of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculations And Cotyledon Removal On Early Seedling Growth Of Pongamia Pinnata, Anuradha Jha, Madhvi Kamalvanshi, Anil Kumar, Neha Chakravarty, Ashok Shukla, Shiv Kumar Dhyani
Turkish Journal of Botany
Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre, a fast-growing oil-seed-producing tree legume, has the ability to grow on wastelands. It can be utilized for biofuel plantation on such lands. The preconditioning of young seedlings during the early stage of development with efficient arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) confers several benefits enhancing the possibility of their establishment in fields after outplanting from nurseries. However, before recommending these fungi for inoculation, the suitable AMF species must be identified. Therefore, to determine the potential AMF species, 9 purified fungi (isolated from different sites) were tested for their growth promotion activity. The inoculated fungi were not able to …
Spatial Distribution And Soil Characteristics Of The Vegetation Associated With Common Succulent Plants In Egypt,
2014
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Spatial Distribution And Soil Characteristics Of The Vegetation Associated With Common Succulent Plants In Egypt, Monier Abd El-Ghani, Ashraf Soliman, Reham Abd El-Fattah
Turkish Journal of Botany
The most succulent species-rich family in Egypt is Chenopodiaceae, followed by Aizoaceae and then Zygophyllaceae, Crassulaceae, and Orobanchaceae. The Sinai Peninsula and the Mediterranean regions include most of these succulent species, at 73.2% and 53.7%, respectively. A floristic data matrix (59 stands and 137 species) was subjected to classification by 2-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN). This yielded 8 vegetation groups. The most prominent groups were the Mesembryanthemum crystallinum-Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum group, the Anabasis articulata group, the Zygophyllum coccineum-Zilla spinosa group, and the Zygophyllum album group. The vegetation associated with the 5 most common succulent plants was analyzed, and variations in floristic …
