Aysun Peksen

Aysun Peksen
Ondokuz Mayıs University · Department of Horticulture

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Bu çalışmada dünyada ve Türkiye’deki mantar sektörünün güncel durumu ve sektördeki büyümenin devamlılığını sağlamak için sürdürülebilirlik konuları üzerinde durulmuştur. Mantar sektörünün mevcut durumunu ortaya koymak için Türkiye’deki küçük, orta ve büyük ölçekli mantar işletmeleriyle yapılan anketlerden ve TÜİK (Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu) ile FAO...
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Çalışmanın amacı, gün içerisinde ışık şiddeti 100 μmol m-2 s-1'nin altına düştüğünde, gün doğumundan gün batımına kadar gün boyu doğal gün ışığına ve gün doğumundan önce 3 saat ve gün batımından sonra 3 saat (fotoperiyodun uzatıldığı) olmak üzere yapılan beyaz LED ek aydınlatma uygulamalarının biber fide kalitesi üzerine etkilerini belirlemektir. E...
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Bu çalışmada, farklı oranlarda kullanılan değişik katkı materyallerinden hazırlanan mantar yetiştirme ortamlarının Flammulina velutipes (Enoki)’in verim, kalite ve biyolojik etkinlik oranına (BE) etkilerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Buğday kepeği (BK), ayçiçeği küspesi (AÇK), mısır koçanı (MK), çay atığı (ÇA), soya küspesi (SK) ve pirinç kepeği...
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Bu çalışmada farklı yetiştirme ortamlarına uygulanan Rhizopogon, Glomus, Trichoderma ve Pseudomonas cinslerine ait mikroorganizmalardan hazırlanmış ticari mikrobiyal karışım uygulamasının Anadolu kestanesi fidanının yaşama oranı ve bazı morfolojik özellikleri üzerine etkileri incelenmiştir. Ayrıca, Anadolu kestane fidanlarında mikoriza aşılama etki...
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The aim of the study was to assess the effect of biodegradable paper mulch (BPM), polyethylene plastic mulch (PPM), and two different biodegradable plastic mulches (BPM1 and BPM2) on quality traits and bioactive compounds of capia pepper during cold storage. The treatment without mulching was selected as a control. Peppers were kept at 8.0 ± 0.5 °C...
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Bu çalışmada, kütük yetiştiriciliğinde misel ekim zamanı ve ağaç türlerinin shiitake mantarının (Lentinula edodes (Berkeley) Pegler-meşe mantarı) verim ve kalitesi üzerine etkileri araştırılmıştır. Kayın (Fagus orientalis Lipsky), kızılağaç (Alnus glutinosa subsp. barbata C.A. Mey.) Yalt.) ve meşe (Quercus macranthera subsp. syspirensis (K. Koch) M...
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The oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) P. Kumm.) is one of the most popular edible mushrooms. P. ostreatus contains important essential nutrients for human nutrition and is a natural source used in both traditional and modern medicine. Nowadays, P. ostreatus has been used in vitro studies as food additive in the development of valu...
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Edible and medicinal wild mushrooms have been valuable natural sources of ethnofood and ethnomedicine since ancient times. Wild mushrooms growing in Anatolia have seasonally been collected from nature for traditional recipes and traditional treatments by indigenous people for hundreds of years. In addition, economically important wild mushrooms suc...
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The aim of this study is to determine the effect of growing media on antioxidant properties and antimicrobial activities of Pleurotus ostreatus(Jacq. ex Fr.) P. Kumm. In the study, growing substrates were prepared with five tree sawdust (80%) and waste (20% Tea Waste or Wheat Bran) at different ratios (80% Sawdust + 20% TW, 80% Sawdust + 20% GW). T...
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The objective of this study was to determine the possible utilization of agro-waste–based materials derived from waste streams—spent coconut fiber (SCF), vermicompost (V), and rose oil processing waste compost (RC), alone and in combination with peat as casing material. The rationale behind this study was to use waste-derived materials as resources...
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The greenhouse experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of black polyethylene (PE) plastic mulch on yield and some quality parameters of tomato. In the study, black PE mulch material was laid on raised beds and bare soil (not mulched) was used as control. Mulch did not affect plant height, fruit shape index, chroma and hue angle, firmness, s...
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Edible wild mushrooms (EWM) are called “healthy foods” in terms of nutritional value due to their low energy, fat, and saturated fatty acids (SFA) content, high unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) level, and being cholesterol-free. EWM mostly contain crude fat as 2-6 g 100 g-1 DW and this fat mainly consists of UFA. In terms of polyunsaturated (PUFA) and...
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Edible wild mushrooms (EWM) known as “forest meat” are highly demanded functional foods and nutraceuticals due to their rich macro and micronutrients, aroma compounds, bioactive components, and high commercial significance. Cantharellus cibarius Fr. is an ectomycorrhizal, culinary-medicinal mushroom that has been consumed as a food and therapeutic...
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Abstract. In this study, the effects of growing systems used with block press bags, which are widely used in our country in recent years, and traditional cylindrical bags on the yield and morphological characteristics of button (Agaricus bisporus) mushroom were investigated. It was determined that the mushrooms obtained from bag and block press sys...
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Temperature has an important impact on the sporophore development of mushrooms. In particular, in some warm area or during summer season, temperatures above 20 • C may emerge as a limiting factor in Hericium spp. cultivation. The aim of this research was to assess the ability some isolates of Hericium spp. (Hericium erinaceus, H. coralloides and H....
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Radioactivity in the environment occur due to natural, terrestrial, extra-terrestrial factors or caused by the human activity. Food stuffs that grown in the soil which containing radioactive elements may get deposited or absorbed in the foods. Wild growing mushrooms can accumulate many types of toxicological, nutritional and radioactive elements. S...
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The objective of this study was to determine the usability of garlic waste, generated in a large amount after garlic processing, as substrate in Pleurotus eryngii cultivation. In this study, P. eryngii 3065 strain was used and substrates prepared with the mixture of poplar sawdust (PS) and garlic waste (GW) at different ratios (95% PS + 5% GW, 90%...
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The production of different mushroom species in the world and Turkey, and the amount of spent mushroom substrate remaining after mushroom production process increase year by year. Mushroom substrates released in large quantities are removed from the enterprises by burning, discarding, or incorporating into the soil in agricultural areas. These prac...
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In this study; wild and cultivated edible mushrooms [Boletus edulis Bull.: Fr, Craterellus cornucopioides (L.) Pers., Lactarius deliciosus (L. ex Fr.) S.F.Gray, Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.: Fr.) Murr., Marasmius oreades (Bolt. ex Fr.) Fr., Morchella conica Pers., Ramaria botrytis (Pers.: Fr.) Ricken, Tricholoma terreum (Schaeff.: Fr.) P. Kumm., He...
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ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of two planting systems (raised bed and flat) in combination with incorporation of faba bean green manure at two plant growth stages (FS, incorporation at flowering; SAH, incorporation after harvest of fresh pods) on soil microbial activity, yield and quality of tomatoes grown in an organic cultivation sy...
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This study was carried out for the determination of nutrient and bioactive substance contents of edible wild plants consumed as vegetables in Samsun's Salıpazarı district during September 2014 and August 2016 period. In the selected villages from identified locations, 11 species that naturally grow and are consumed as vegetables such as Alcea apter...
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Macrolepiota procera, commonly called the Parasol Mushroom, is a delicious mushroom collected from the nature and commonly consumed by the public in many regions of Turkey. This study was conducted to determine the optimum culture conditions (pH, temperature, carbon and nitrogen sources) for mycelial growth of M. procera. Three pH values (pH 5.0, 5...
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Yenebilir ve tıbbi mantarların yüksek protein, diyet lif, vitamin ve mineral madde içerikleri nedeniyle besinsel, biyoaktif bileşenlerinden dolayı da farmakolojik yönden önemi gün geçtikçe artmaktadır. Günümüzde beslenme açısından daha kaliteli, daha doğal, raf ömrü daha uzun ve tüketiciler tarafından tercih edilen fonksiyonel ve nutrasötik mantar...
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Bu araştırmada, Doğu Karadeniz Bölgesi’nin Giresun ilinden toplanan, halk tarafından tüketilen ve yerel pazarlarda da satılan bazı yenebilir doğa mantarları türlerine ait örneklerin bazı fiziksel ve fizikokimyasal özellikleri ile mineral madde içeriklerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada fiziksel özellikler olarak örneklerde şapka eni, şapka...
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Türkiye'de son 40 yıl içerisinde kültür mantarı üretiminde önemli gelişmeler meydana gelmiştir. 1983 yılında yıllık 1400 ton olan üretim miktarı, 2018 yılı sonu itibari ile 65000 ton seviyelerine gelmiştir. 1980'li yıllarda üretimin büyük bölümü modern olmayan küçük aile işletmelerinde yapılırken, günümüzde, her ne kadar aile işletmelerinin üretimi...
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Because of its high nutritional value and pharmaceutical effects, oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) P. Kumm.) is collected from nature and cultivated in large scale. This therapeutic mushroom is consumed as a functional food or food additive in soups, cereal and dairy products, and commercially used in nutraceuticals and dietary s...
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Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.: Fr.) Murr. is popularly known as “sulphur polypore” or “chicken of the woods” due to its characteristic sulphur yellow coloured polypore’s and chicken-like taste and texture. This edible wild mushroom has been traditionally consumed as a source of nutrition and folk medicine in Asia and Europe for a long time. The nume...
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Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst., known as “Lingzhi” in China or “Reishi” in Japan, is a well-known medicinal mushroom and traditional Chinese medicine, which has been used for the prevention and treatment of bronchitis, allergies, hepatitis, immunological disorders and cancer. G. lucidum is rarely collected from nature and mostly cultivated on...
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Değerli Katılımcılar, Günümüzde gıda ve tıbbi özellikleri nedeniyle doğa mantarlarının kullanımı ve tüketiminde dikkat çekici bir artış söz konusudur. Bu nedenle, ülkemiz mikotasındaki doğa mantar türlerinin belirlenmesi, bunların korunması ve ticari değeri olan türlerin kültüre alınması büyük önem taşımaktadır. Doğa mantarları yanında, mantar yeti...
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Because of its high nutritional value and pharmaceutical effects, oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) P. Kumm.) is collected from nature and cultivated in large scale. This therapeutic mushroom is consumed as a functional food or food additive in soups, cereal and dairy products and commercially used in nutraceuticals and dietary su...
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Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst., known as “Lingzhi” in China or “Reishi” in Japan, is a well-known medicinal mushroom and traditional Chinese medicine, which has been used for the prevention and treatment of bronchitis, allergies, hepatitis, immunological disorders and cancer. G. lucidum is rarely collected from nature and mostly cultivated on...
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Giresun province of the Eastern Black Sea Region has a rich biodiversity in terms of vegetation. The edible wild herbaceous plants collected by people living in rural areas are sold in the local markets of Giresun. In this study, the herbaceous plants sold in the local markets of Central, Bulancak and Şebinkarahisar districts of Giresun province ha...
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Giresun province of the Eastern Black Sea Region has a rich biodiversity in terms of vegetation. The edible wild herbaceous plants collected by people living in rural areas are sold in the local markets of Giresun. In this study, the herbaceous plants sold in the local markets of Central, Bulancak and Şebinkarahisar districts of Giresun province ha...
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Giresun province of the Eastern Black Sea Region has a rich biodiversity in terms of vegetation. The edible wild herbaceous plants collected by people living in rural areas are sold in the local markets of Giresun. In this study, the herbaceous plants sold in the local markets of Central, Bulancak and Şebinkarahisar districts of Giresun province ha...
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This study was carried out to determine the effects of different pruning practices on yield and quality of organically grown winter squash genotypes. In the study, four practices consisted of three pruning and control (1. Control, 2. Pruning of fruitless branches, 3. Single-branch growing and 4. Two-branchs growing) were investigated in 3 different...
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The effect of growth media prepared by adding of Agaricus bisporus (A) and Pleurotus ostreatus (P) spent mushroom compost into peat (PE) at different rates (25, 50, 75 and 100%) on tomato seedling growth and quality was examined in this study. In the study where peat is used as standard medium, seedling growth and quality parameters such as seedlin...
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True morels are among the most valuable and important edible wild mushrooms with their nutritional value, rich unique aroma, delicate flavor and meaty texture all over the world. Morels are currently used as nutraceutical and functional food since they possess scientifically proven antimicrobial, anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and im...
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Antioxidant supplements or foods containing antioxidants can be used to preserve food quality by preventing oxidative degradation as well as helping to reduce oxidative damage of the organism. The growing demand of consumers for healthy food, cosmetics and health products and the limitation on the use of synthetic antioxidants has led to a rapid in...
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Antioxidant supplements or foods containing antioxidants can be used to preserve food quality by preventing oxidative degradation as well as helping to reduce oxidative damage of the organism. The growing demand of consumers for healthy food, cosmetics and health products and the limitation on the use of synthetic antioxidants has led to a rapid in...
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The relationships among morphological characteristics of mycorrhizae inoculated Cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich.) seedlings were investigated in this study. The study had been conducted in Eskişehir Forest Nursery in Turkey. Two years old cedar seedlings and two commercial mycorrhizal mixture were used. Upon dipping into mycorrhizal solution, a hundre...
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Functional foods are conventional or everyday foods consumed as part of daily diet. They exert positive effects on target function(s) beyond their nutritive value, enhancing the well-being and quality of life, and/or reducing disease risks. Nutraceuticals are defined as a food or part of a food providing medical or health benefits including the pre...
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Edible mushrooms are important for their dietary value and their biologically active and health promoting compounds such as polysaccharides, polysaccharopeptides and polysaccharide-protein complexes. Mushroom β-glucans such as β-glucan, Schizophyllan, Ganoderan, Lentinan and Pleuran are the components of the cell wall. They consist of glucopyranose...
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This study aimed determining the contents of soluble protein, free amino acid, phenolic, flavonoid, soluble carbohydrate, sugars (glucose, fructose and sucrose) and elements in selected wild growing and cultivated mushroom species collected from various locations of Turkey. Significant differences (P < 0.05) were found for the contents of total fre...
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Edible mushrooms are considered and consumed as valuable foods in many cultures due to their unique flavor, taste, nutritional properties and biological activities. Amongst all the edible mushrooms, the truffles (Genus Tuber) have a number of distinctive characteristics. In general, they have no stalk, no gills, and its mycelium grows underground....
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Turkey is one of the most favorable countries in the world for the production and trade of edible wild and cultivated mushrooms and processed mushroom products due to its advantages such as its climatic characteristics, proximity to major markets, cheaper raw materials and labor. In this study, it was aimed to determine the edible mushroom species...
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Nowadays, Kastamonu Cuisine can be expressed as a summary of a geography including Bolu, Zonguldak, Çankırı and Sinop provinces located within the boundaries of Trabzon-Kocaeli-Ankara triangle. As a result of previous researches, it has been revealed that there are 812 dining types in Kastamonu province and 500 of these are unknown by other regions...
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Polyporus squamosus (Huds.) Fr., also named as Aladana, Peri Semeri, Pullu Mantar in varying by localities of Turkey, is an edible wild mushroom species widely existed in the mycobiota of the Black Sea Region. It has not been sold in the local markets. The public recognition of this mushroom may change locally in the Black Sea Region. It is widely...
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Edible wild mushrooms are becoming more and more important in our diet for their nutritional and pharmacological properties. The aim of this study was to gather information about edible wild mushroom species existed in mycobiota of Vezirköprü district of Samsun province that are economically important and are collected from nature by the villagers...
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The seedling growing media play an important role in the production of high quality and healthy seedlings. Seedlings are grown in different growth media. The most commonly used medium in seedling growing is peat. Depletion of peat resources and high peat cost increase interest to cheap and local materials that easily supplied. Therefore, studies on...
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Macrolepiota procera is a mushroom collected from the nature during usually in spring and autumn in Turkey and also a delicious mushroom widely consumed. In this study, artificial cultivation possibility of M. procera was investigated. As a first step, 4 different cereal grains such as barley, wheat, oat and millet were tested to determine the most...
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The relationships among morphological characteristics of Turkish Oak (Quercus cerris) seedlings treated with different mycorrhizal fungi were investigated. The study had been carried out in EskiĢehir Forest Nursery in Turkey. Turkish oak seeds which were inoculated with two different mycorrhizal fungi (arbuscular and ectomycorrhiza-arbuscular) and...
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Truffle mushrooms are known to be a valuable food product for centuries, especially in France and Italy, which grow in soil and have high economic value. It grows up naturally in our country that including the Mediterranean climate zone. In our country, studies on truffle mushrooms have gained speed in recent years. Truffle mushrooms bring the ecto...
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Wild mushrooms are commonly consumed by the Turkish public fond of them due to their taste and flavor. Besides wild mushrooms are foods for the villagers, they are also important source of income. A big part of wild mushrooms exported are picked up by villagers from the forests and they provide essential contribution to national economy. This study...
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Giresun province, located in the east part of the Black Sea Region, is quite rich in terms of macrofungi because of its climate and flora. Edible wild mushrooms have been collected and consumed by the people living in Giresun for hundreds of years. Numerous types of edible wild mushrooms are also sold in the local markets for their taste, flavor an...
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Tavuk (yumurta) mantarının (Cantharellus cibarius Fr.), şapkası 3-10 cm çapında, önce topaç şeklinde, tümsek; sonra basık, yayvan, düzensiz olarak dalgalı, az çok tepe şeklinde, sonunda huni formundadır. Kenarı düzgün olmayıp dalgalı, loplu, kıvrımlı ve içe kıvrıktır. Renk sarının yumurta sarısı veya limon sarısı gibi bazı tonlarında, hafif turuncu...
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Yenilebilir mantarlar, Ascomycetes ve Basidiomycetes sınıfı içinde yer almaktadır. Makroskopik yapıları, birkaç cm’den 40-50 cm’ye varan boyutlarda olabilmektedir. Tadı, lezzeti ve besin içeriği nedeniyle uzun yıllardır yiyecek olarak tüketilmektedir. Yapılan araştırmalara göre bu mantarların %88-94’ünü su, geriye kalan %6-12’lik kısmın %15-42’sini...
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This study was conducted to determine the effects of the previous crop and organic fertilizer applications prior to tomato production on changes in soil fungal communities between 2011 and 2014. Field experiments were established according to Split Plots in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. In the study, three previou...
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The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of vegetative and liquid inoculum applications of Lactarius pyrogalus, an ectomycorrhizal mushroom associated with hazelnut (Corylus avellana), on the growth of hazelnut seedlings. In the study, 7 different inoculum applications were examined and 5 seedlings were grown for each application. At t...
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The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of vegetative and liquid inoculum applications of Lactarius pyrogalus, an ectomycorrhizal mushroom associated with hazelnut (Corylus avellana), on the growth of hazelnut seedlings. In the study, 7 different inoculum applications were examined and 5 seedlings were grown for each application. At t...
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This study was carried out to investigate the effects of various carbon and nitrogen sources on ycelialbiomass production of Macrolepiota procera and Polyporus squamosus, important edible mushrooms in Turkey, in submerged cultures. Seven carbon (dextrose, glucose, lactose, maltose, mannitol, sucroseand xylose) and six nitrogen sources ((NH4)2HPO4,...
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The remaining material from mushroom harvesting is named as waste or spent mushroom compost/substrate (SMS). Increasing mushroom production year by year causes an increase in the amount of waste compost after mushroom harvesting. It is estimated that the amount of remaining SMS after mushroom production is about 50 million tons in the world, while...
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Edible and medicinal macrofungus production is the biggest solid state fermentation application in the world. The top three mushrooms produced in worldwide are Agaricus bisporus, Lentinula edodes and Pleurotus spp. It was reported that 3-5 kg of spent mushroom compost/substrate (SMS) will be generated for 1 kg produced mushroom. Therefore, storing...
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Mushroom production that started in 1960's in Turkey gained economic value from the 1990's and it started improving as a commercial sector after that time. While Turkey mushroom production was 80 tons in 1973, it increased up to 45.000 tons in 2014. There is a rapid changes and improvement in cultivated mushroom production and consumption in Turkey...
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Pleurotus eryngii (DC) Gillet, collected from nature in spring months and sold in the district region bazaar with the name of "Çanşur mushroom" is very familiar in Şebinkarahisar county of Giresun.
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Lactarius pyragalus (Bull.: Fr.) Fr. known as “Fındık mantarı” or “Tirmit” is one of the most consumed and liked mushroom species in Giresun, Ordu and Samsun provinces of Turkey because of its delicacy and abundance.
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In this study, leaf and stomata characteristics, and drought tolerance indices such as stress tolerance, mean productivity, geometric mean productivity, stress susceptibility index, stress index, stress tolerance index, harmonic mean, yield index and yield stability index were studied in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) cultivars Karagoz-86 an...
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In this study, factors such as pH, temperature, carbon and nitrogen sources that affect mycelial growth of Hydnum repandum, a medicinal mushroom, were investigated. Different inoculum media for vegetative inoculum production were also examined. The best suitable pH for mycelial growth was found to be 5.5. Among constant temperatures, the best mycel...
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The aim of this study is to introduce of registered vegetable cowpea cultivars Peksen and Reyhan and to reveal their important agronomic and morphological characters. A breeding program on vegetable cowpea was started at Agricultural Faculty, The University of Ondokuz Mayis, Samsun, Turkey in 1997. During this breeding program, 12 advanced cowpea l...
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Tarımsal üretimde tüketici güveninin sağlanması ve farklı tüketici taleplerinin karşılanması, ürünlerin belgelendirilmesini ve kontrolünü kaçınılmaz bir duruma getirmiştir. Başta Avrupa ülkeleri olmak üzere tüm dünyada İyi Tarım Uygulamalarının en büyük uygulatıcısı durumuna gelen EUREP (Euro-Retailer Produce Working Group)’in oluşturduğu EUREPGAP...
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This study was conducted to evaluate 12 advanced cowpea breeding lines developed from 27 local cowpea populations of Turkey using single plant selection based on some plant characteristics and fresh pod yield in comparison with Akkız-86 and Karagöz-86 control cultivars. Field experiments were arranged in randomized complete block design with three...
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The fruiting bodies of mushrooms are the most common edible form in the human diet, but the sclerotia of some mushroom species can also be consumed. Sclerotia are compact mass of hardened fungal mycelia containig food reserve in some macrofungi. It is named as philosopher’s stone thanks to the nutrients it provides and its effect to the people who...
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The objective of this study was to determine the requirements including culture medium, temperature, pH, carbon and nitrogen sources for the best mycelium growth of Lactarius pyrogalus and Lactarius controversus. Different inoculum media containing peat and peat : vermiculite mixtures (1:4, 1:6, 1:8 and 1:10 v:v) were also investigated for vegetati...
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After the commercial cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum, that is becoming increasingly popular because of its valuable medicinal effects, a large amount of Ganoderma spent substrate (GSS) remains as a residual material. It is important to identify differences in the chemical compositions among GSS to indicate their suitability. This study was carried...
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The objective of this study was to determine the effects of substrates prepared by the mixtures of sawdust and wood-chip of oak with tea manufacture waste (TW) at the rate of 10, 15, 20 and 25% on the yield and some morphological characters of Ganoderma lucidum mushroom. Ganoderma lucidum was obtained from Company of Agromycel in Denizli. In the st...
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This study, providing basic and valuable information on nutritional and environmental requirements of Tricholoma terreum, was carried out between 2005 and 2008 to determine the most suitable medium and culture conditions such as temperature, pH, carbon and nitrogen sources for good mycelium growth. Different inoculum media containing peat and peat:...
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The objective of this study is to determine the effects of composts prepared by different ratios of tea waste (TW) and wheat straw (WS) (1TW:3WS, 2TW:2WS, 3TW:1WS, 4TW and 4WS) on mycelium growth, mushroom yield and some quality properties of Agaricus bisporus mushroom. In the research, compost properties such as pH, moisture, carbon (C), nitrogen...
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Abstract This research was carried out in order to determine mainly the effect of spent mushroom compost as seedling production medium on seedling growth and development of broccoli and kale. For this reason, spent mushroom compost (SMC), conventional seedling production medium (CSM) namely a mixture of decomposed farmyard manure, sand and garden...
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Lentinus tigrinus is a common wood-decaying basidiomycete that has a fleshy pileus, strong odor and agreeable taste. In this study, the effect of various sawdust-based substrates from different wood species (poplar, oak, hornbeam and ash) and supplementary wheat bran at the various levels (0%, 1%, 5% and 10%) on spawn run times, yield, fruit body s...
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Tea waste (TW) was investigated as a new supplement for substrate mixtures in Ganodermalucidum cultivation. The effects of sawdust (S) based substrates supplemented with TW at the various levels (75S:25TW, 80S:20TW, 85S:15TW, and 90S:10TW) and Ganodermalucidum strains on yield, biological efficiency (BE) and the chemical composition of fruiting bod...
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The objective of this study is to determine the effects of composts prepared by different ratios of tea waste (TW) and wheat straw (WS) (1TW:3WS, 2TW:2WS, 3TW:1WS, 4TW and 4WS) on mycelium growth, mushroom yield and some quality properties of Agaricus bisporus mushroom. In the research, compost properties such as pH, moisture, carbon (C), nitrogen...
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Lentinus tigrinus is a common wood-decaying basidiomycete that has a fleshy pileus, strong odor and agreeable taste. In this study, the effect of various sawdust-based substrates from different wood species (poplar, oak, hornbeam and ash) and supplementary wheat bran at the various levels (0%, 1%, 5% and 10%) on spawn run times, yield, fruit body s...
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