Murat İsfendiyaroğlu

Ege University · Department of Horticulture

This study was aimed to determine the fertilization biology of the 'Arsel' olive cultivar obtained by hybridization breeding. For this reason, treatments of open pollination, cross pollination, and self-pollination were performed for 2 years and self-compatibility and appropriate pollinators of this new cultivar were investigated. Among the varieti...

Mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus var. chia Duham.) is an important medicinal aromatic plant which is being cultivated without any regular fertilization generally. Foliar Zn applications have great importance for many commercial plant species because of their important role in metabolic activities. In this study, the effects of foliar ZnSO4 sprayings...

Turkey is particularly one of the centres of origin where many cultivars of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., P. institia L. and P. spinosa L. occured. These species have been worldwide considered with their rootstock features. In this study, correlations between plant growth vigor and sturucture of vascular elements in some plum rootstock genotypes were ex...

Olive is a very important and useful fruit species that is cultivated economically in the Mediterranean regions. Yield and qual-ity effects of olive oil and olive fruits are increased by many methods, one of them is fruit thinning. Fruit thinning is an application to control periodicity as well as increasing fruit yield and quality in olive cultiva...

Effects of chemical fruit thinning on oil yield and quality in ‘Gemlik’olive (Olea europaea L.)

In Turkey, registered seedling rootstocks used for olive nursery tree production have been obtained from the seeds of olive cultivars like Frantoio, Leccio, Arbequina, Girit Zeytini and Uslu. In this work, determination of new seedling rootstock candidates with more superior features from the olive varieties belonging to different regions of Turkey...

The wild olive (O. europaea L. subsp. oleaster) is widely distributed along the coastal zones of Anatolia (Asia Minor). The Aegean Region (Western Anatolia) in particular has a rich olive population, including genuine wild individuals as well as feral forms. Oleaster olives in situ, which have diverse morphological and pomological characteristics,...

Olive is one of the oldest cultivated plants of Anatolia/Turkey. 'Domat' is the predominant large fruiting cultivar particularly suitable for green processing in Turkey. Leafy cuttings of 'Domat' olive are very difficult to rooting, so the nursery tree production is costly and time consuming. The effects of IBA and NAA mixtures were examined on the...

In recent years, a large amount of ‘Gemlik’ olive variety started to be grown in Aegean Region. ‘Gemlik’ is a black table variety, but it is processed to oil in many areas. Since ‘Gemlik’ olive is a double purpose variety, chemical fruit thinning may be useful to control alternate bearing and standardization of the fruit size. In this study, cleari...

Unusual gender types in some Pistacia species are considered as useful material for pistachio breeding. In this report, the inflorescence characteristics of an exceptional monoecious Pistacia atlantica Desf. tree population were presented. The gender distribution was highly complex and variable among the trees. Some of the branches bore only female...

The 'Ayvalik' olive cultivar, the most grown for high quality olive oil in Turkey, is generally regarded as showing very good rooting ability. However, cuttings sometimes show moderate or even poor rooting performances, a problem likely related to the use of inappropriate rooting media. The aim of this work was to determine the most successful medi...

The effects of various NAA concentrations and applications of SA with IBA in different ways were tested in leafy cuttings of very difficult to root 'Domat' olive. Cuttings were collected from bearing (mature) trees and rooted under mist. Cuttings had the highest rooting rate of 63.3% with routine 5 g l -1 IBA treatment. Primary root number (4.1), r...

In this research conducted between 1999 and 2001 years, to use different Pistacia spp. ( P . vera , P. atlantica and P. terebinthus ) as source of pollen for pistachio types (Topan, S0bu, Catlayan Kirmizi, Alyanak) in the Manisa-Yunt Mountain area of Turkey was investigated. The average percentages of pollen viability in different Pistacia spp. of...

Rooting Cofactors in Walnut Cuttings In this study, the effect of methanolic extracts obtained from softwood and hardwood cuttings of mature walnut, on the rooting of mung bean (Vigna radiata) cuttings were examined. Significant promotive activity was predicted on Rf 1.0 zones of choromatograms in both types of cuttings. At the presence of auxin (I...

The microtome sections cut from various organs and tissues of the Sanlop (Calimyma) fig cultivar were examined in this study. Development of shoot tips, flowers and fruits, microscopic characteristics of cortex, phloem, cambium, xylem and pith tissue were determined. Findings are displayed with photographs.

A study was conducted to evaluate the rich fig population on the Çeşme peninsula. This paper includes the results of the survey carried out in 1996 in Çiftlikköy and Ovacik regions. The pomological studies show three fig cultivars in the Çiftlikköy region (C1, C2 and C4) selected among 12 fig cultigens that bear early breba fruits. Brebas harvested...

The members of the Pistacia genus are all dioecious plant species, and some of them are known to be economically important. In this report, the inflorescence features of an exceptional monoecious Pistacia atlantica Desf. tree having hermaphrodite flowers found in the Barbaros Plain of Izmir/ Turkey were exhibited. The distribution of staminate and...