Nebahat Sari

Nebahat Sari
Cukurova University | CU · Department of Horticulture

Professor
Cukurova University (Retired) INRAE GAFL France (Current workplace)

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Introduction
Cucurbit genetic resources, biotic and abiotic stress, plant breeding

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Background Watermelon is a nutritionally and economically significant crop in the US and globally. Gummy Stem Blight (GSB), caused by three cryptic Stagonosporopsis species, is one of the most devastating diseases affecting watermelon in the US, impacting most of the plant’s above-ground parts. This study aimed to identify key Quantitative Trait Va...
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Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L. Thunb. Matsum. and Nakai) is a vegetable species with high water content that is rich in lycopene and refreshing; therefore, breeding studies are carried out intensively to develop new varieties. The breeding period in these plants can be shortened with the use of the haploidization technique, and determining the pl...
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The watermelon species, native to Africa, have a narrow genetic basis. Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura and Nakai and C. amarus (citron) are native to Southern Africa, C. mucosospermus Fursa (Fursa) (egusi watermelon) is sub-Saharan/West Africa, and the origin of C. colocynthis L. (Schrad.) (colocynth) is northern Africa, the Middle East, and A...
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Pure lines, i.e., 100% homozygous lines, are invaluable in plant breeding programs and can be produced gynogenetically. Use of irradiated pollen in pollinations induces parthenogenetic haploids in various vegetable and ornamental plants. Following irradiation of pollen using X or gamma rays, the pollen successfully germinate and tube growth takes p...
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Melon (Cucumis melo L.), belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family, is an economically important vegetable crop cultivated worldwide and highly valued for its fruit quality. Unfortunately, this crop is affected by several biotic and abiotic stresses that reduce yield and quality considerably. Melon breeding for fruit quality and disease resistance gain...
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Grafting techniques are being used to improve economically important horticultural crops including Cucumis melo L. This 2-year study was carried out at Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of grafting using different rootstocks on plant, fruit and seed quality in cantaloupe melons. The double haploid (DH) fem...
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In this study, the characteristics of tetraploid and diploid watermelon’s flowers, fruits, and seeds were examined, and their differences were investigated. As plant material, tetraploid ST101 and ST82; diploid WL92, WL124, WL134, WL216, WL259-B and WL235 were used. Flower (pollen viability, pollen germination, number of anthers and number of polle...
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In the study, two commercial Cucurbita maxima×Cucurbita moschata hybrid (Nun9075 and TZ148), Lagenaria spp. hybrid (Argentario) and one local Lagenaria spp. genotype (3335) and one Citrullus amarus genotype (PI 296341) were used as rootstocks. The male and female parents of two watermelon hybrids (187×125 and 11×162) were used as scions. Ungrafted...
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Shapes of vegetables and fruits are the result of adaptive evolution and human selection. Modules controlling organ shape have been identified. However, little is known about signals coordinating organ development and shape. Here, we describe the characterization of a melon mutation rf1, leading to round fruit. Histological analysis of rf1 flower a...
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Bu çalışma 2019 ve 2020 yıllarının ilkbahar aylarında yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada; anaç olarak Cucurbita maxima×Cucurbita moschata melezi ticari anaçlarından TZ148 ve Nun9075, Lagenaria spp. anaçlarından Argentario hibrit anacı ve 3335 numaralı lokal genotip, Citrullus amarus grubundan PI296341 ve ayrıca her hat kendi üzerine aşılanarak kullanılmıştır...
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In this study, 30 watermelon lines which were selected as a result of the data obtained from the “Characterization of Post-Harvest Bioactive Properties of Watermelon Gene Pure Lines in Advanced Breeding Programs” project were hybridized and hybrid seeds were obtained in 2016. These hybrid seeds were planted in an open field in 2017 and 2018 and har...
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This study has been conducted to determine the fruit quality parameters such as sugar and carotenoid content as well as plant and fruit characteristics of 11 local watermelon genotypes from watermelon genetic resources collection of Cukurova University, Department of Horticulture. First and 50% male and female flowering period, main stem length, ma...
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Doubled haploid (DH) technology is very advantageous in plant breeding. This technique is beneficial for reducing the time required to obtain pure lines and contributes to the selection efficiency. Using this technique, 100% homozygosity can be achieved in a single generation, while the development of stable lines using the traditional self-pollina...
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Gummy stem blight (GSB), a major disease caused by Stagonosporopsis cucurbitacearum (syn. Didymella bryoniae ), has caused significant losses of watermelon in the United States. The lack of progress in the development of resistant cultivars is the result of complex inheritance of resistance and breeding strategies that rely on single-plant selectio...
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ZET: Bu çalışma 2019 ve 2020 yıllarının ilkbahar aylarında yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada; anaç olarak Cucurbita maxima×Cucurbita moschata melezi ticari anaçlarından TZ148 ve Nun9075, Lagenaria spp. anaçlarından Argentario hibrit anacı ve 3335 numaralı lokal genotip, Citrullus amarus grubundan PI296341 ve ayrıca her hat kendi üzerine aşılanarak kullanılm...
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Bottle gourd [ Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.] is widely produced in some Asian and African countries as a fresh vegetable as well as for seed consumption. A major use of bottle gourd is for rootstocks in grafted watermelon production. There are several centers where bottle gourd genetic resources are maintained, with the U.S. Department of A...
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Developing drought-tolerant crops is an important strategy to mitigate climate change impacts. Modulating root system function provides opportunities to improve crop yield under biotic and abiotic stresses. With this aim, a commercial hybrid tomato variety was grafted on a genotyped population of 123 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from Sol...
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Cucurbit plants usually are sensitive to chilling and easily damaged. Although bottle gourds, which are members of the Cucurbitaceae family, are considered as fresh vegetables in some Asian countries, their main use in recent years is to be used as rootstocks in grafted watermelon cultivation. We tested 163 bottle gourd accessions of the U.S. Depar...
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The two years study was conducted to investigate the effects of graft combinations on pollen production, pollen germination, pollen viability and normal pollen development in grafted tetraploid and diploid watermelon. Two scions (tetraploid watermelon line 'ST 101' and diploid watermelon line 'WL 92') were grafted onto three rootstocks (Cucurbita i...
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In this study, plant growth, yield and sprout quality were investigated by planting at three different periods in three different Brussels sprout varieties in Çukurova Region. In this research, the effects of four different sowing and planting times on plant height (cm), main shoot diameter (mm), leaf number (number/plant), yield (g/m2), sprout wei...
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In this study, the effects of spermidine and putrescine on the haploid plant obtention via ovule culture were investigated in Sakız and dark green squashes. As plant material, 3 different cultivars of Sakız and 3 different cultivars of dark green squashes were used. 5 mg L-1 2.4-D added MS medium was used for embryo stimulation in ovule culture app...
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In this study, rootstock effects of bottle gourds on nutrient uptake and nitrogen use efficiency of watermelon were investigated. Watermelon seedlings were grafted onto Birecik, Skopje, Emphasis, 216 and FRGold. Non-grafted plants were used as control. The seedlings were transplanted and kept under plastic tunnel until climatic conditions were suit...
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This research was conducted to investigate rootstock effects on seed yield and quality in watermelon. The work was conducted in the experimental fields and laboratories of the Department of Horticulture of the University of Cukurova in the 2016 and 2017 growing seasons. Watermelon cv. Crimson sweet (CS) scion was grafted onto three different rootst...
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In this study, Nusem and Beppo snack seed pumpkin cultivars were used to determine the effects of different plant activators on seed protein, lipid and fatty acids contents. In the context of study, plant activators consist of Crop-set (CR), EM1, ERS, Vitormone-Plus Drip (VIT), Bacillus subtilis (OSU 142), Bacillus megatorium (M3), Azospirillum sp....
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In this study, Nusem and Beppo snack seed pumpkin cultivars were used to determine the effects of different plant activators on seed protein, lipid and fatty acids contents. In the context of study, plant activators consist of Crop-set (CR), EM1, ERS, Vitormone-Plus Drip (VIT), Bacillus subtilis (OSU 142), Bacillus megatorium (M3), Azospirillum sp....
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It is important to use male sterility or chemical hybridization agents (CHA) to cause male sterility in the andromonoic female parent material to avoid time, labor and yield loss in hybrid seed production in melon. In this study, the effects of ABA which is a phytohormone and used as CHA in some plant species, on plant growth, male flower formation...
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Bu çalışma ile ülkemizde 2018 yılına kadar kayıt altına alınan kavun çeşitlerinin ve alt türlerinin yıllar bazındaki değişimleri detaylı olarak incelenmiştir. Yapılan çalışma ile 1963 yılında yürürlüğe giren 308 sayılı ilk “Tohumculuk Yasası” ile başlayan sebze tescil denemelerinde 1984 yılında ilk kavun çeşidi kayıt altına alınmıştır. 2006 yılında...
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The aim of this study was to evaluate different rootstocks for improving triploid seed production of the dessert watermelon, Citrullus lanatus. This 2-year study was conducted at two locations, in open fields at Antalya and Adana, Turkey, during the 2016 and 2017 growing seasons. The tetraploid watermelon line ‘ST 101’ was used as the female parent...
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In this study Edali F1 and Balhan F1 melons (Cucumis melo L.) grafted onto different rootstocks (TZ 148 and Jumbo) under water stress conditions (W1-100%, W2-50%, W3-25%). FRAP (Ferric reducing antioxidant power) values increased with the use of TZ 148 and Jumbo rootstocks. At water stress grafting generally increased ascorbic acid values. Maximum...
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In this study, the effect of rootstock on seed yield of watermelon was investigated. The watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum and Nakai] cultivar Crimson Tide was grown three successive years by grafting onto Lagenaria type rootstocks to investigate rootstocks effects on seed yield. Skopje, Emphasis, 216 and FRG (hybrid) and Birecik (landr...
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Twenty-one mini watermelon[Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura & Nakai] hybrids and their 6 parents were grown at Experimental area of the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova in Turkey with the aim of assessing heterosis in plant and fruit parameters as well as total fruit yield. Performance of hybrids was co...
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Molecular diversity and genetic relationships among the most typical Hungarian and Turkish melon accessions were analysed using SSR markers. Thirty melon accessions were characterized by 15 SSR primers. SSR primers generated a total of 69 bands across the 30 melon accessions, of which 66 were polymorphic. The sizes of the bands ranged from 112 to 2...
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Watermelon is an important vegetable crop in terms of production amount and commercial value in Turkey. Watermelons are grouped according to fruit size as icebox, mini, medium, large and very large. In this study we measured 10 seeds with 4 replications of 13 mini watermelon lines according to following characters: seed weight, seed diameter, seed...
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Cultivated Legenaria siceraria (Malign) Stanley is commonly known as the white-flowered gourd. It has been grown annually and it is a monocious, vigorous climber species. The mature fruit is often scooped out and the skin is used as containers, music instrument, decorative purposes or in some cases, fishing floats. Shoots, tendrils and leaves are a...
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Grafting is an alternative approach to reduce crop damage resulting from soil-borne pathogens. This approach also increases plant abiotic stress tolerance, which in turn increases crop yield and quality. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the effect of grafting on watermelon quality parameters with the use of different rootstoc...
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Developing more efficient tools for watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai) breeding programs may greatly contribute to genetic improvement. The aims of this study were to investigate genome-wide association analysis (GWAS), and to develop regression models for some important watermelon traits such as yield, fruit weight, flesh colo...
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Snake melon is an important cucurbit crop especially in the Southeastern and the Mediterranean region of Turkey. It is consumed as fresh or pickled. The production is mainly done with the local landraces in the country. Turkey is one of the secondary diversification centers of melon and possesses valuable genetic resources which have different morp...
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Melons, Cucumis melo, belonging to vars. cantalupensis and reticulatus, ripen early and are aromatic, sweet, and have a smooth or netted rind. They are widely grown in Turkey, both under tunnels and in greenhouses. These melons, unlike winter melons (var. inodorus), have a short shelf life, which limits transport and export opportunities. In this c...
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Understanding the evolution of sex determination in plants requires the cloning and the characterization of sex determination genes. Monoecy is characterized by the presence of both male and female flowers on the same plant. Andromonoecy is characterized by plants carrying both male and bisexual flowers. In watermelon, the transition between these...
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Amino acid alignments of ClACS7 with CsACS2 and CmACS-7 homologous proteins from cucumber and melon, respectively. Box 1 to Box 7 indicate conserved domains in ACS proteins. Non-conserved amino acids between ClACS7, CsACS2 and CmACS-7 proteins are highlighted in grey. (PDF)
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The genetic diversity of Turkish watermelon genotypes selected from the watermelon genetic resource collection was evaluated by simple sequence repeat (SSR) and sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) markers. Most of the accessions were collected from various geographical regions of Turkey. Different Citrullus species, wild relatives, forei...
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Genetic studies of watermelons [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai] sampled from Turkey, the second leading producer, may provide valuable information for breeding and research programs. The objectives of this study were to estimate the level of genetic diversity, population structure, and optimum genome sampling size among the Turkish and...
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In vivo induction of parthenogenesis using an irradiated pollen technique provides successful results in melon and accelerates breeding by shortening the time for obtaining 100% homozygous lines. Gamma rays (cobalt-60) are usually used for the pollen irradiation, although it is difficult to find a suitable source for irradiation. Haploid technology...
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The aim of this study is to determine the effects of deficit irrigation on nitrogen consumption, yield, and quality in grafted and ungrafted watermelon. The study was conducted in Çukurova region, Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, between 2006 and 2008, and employed 3 irrigation rates (full irrigation (I100) with no stress, moderate irrigation (DI70),...
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A total of 67 watermelon accessions which include 37 accessions from Korean and 27 accessions from Turkish germplasm and 3 accessions of other related species from USA were investigated for morphological characteristics. The UPOV descriptor list for 56 characters (6 seedlings, 4 plants, 11 leaves, 5 flowers, 23 fruits and 7 seeds) was used in chara...
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Bu çalışma, 2006-2008 yılları arasında Çukurova Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Tarımsal Yapılar ve Sulama Bölümü deneme alanında yürütülmüştür. Araştırmada, damla sulama koşullarında aşılı ve aşısız karpuzlarda bitki, su ve verim ilişkileri irdelenmiştir. Denemede; tam sulanan aşılı (Crimson Tide+Jumbo:CTJ) ve aşısız (Crimson Tide: CT) konuları el...
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Biotic and abiotic stress conditions can occur both in field and greenhouse, they cause negative effects on plant production. Therefore, breeding studies for tolerance to stress conditions are very important. In this study, the stomatal and leaf characteristics of 14 hybrid genotypes, resistant to race 0 and 1 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis,...
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Arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) associations are of great importance in horticultural seedling quality in the Mediterranean region, but information on host dependence and host responsiveness to the fungi species is scarce. Thus, this study was designed to assess the effects of several mycorrhizal fungi species and their cocktail on tomato (Solanum lyco...
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Melon (Cucumis melo) is an important vegetable crop in Turkey, where it is grown in many regions; the most widely planted lines are local winter types belonging to the var. inodorous. We examined 81 melon genotypes collected from different provinces of Turkey, compared with 15 reference melon genotypes obtained from INRA/France, to determine geneti...
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Salinity and drought are two of the most important environmental factors that cause reduction in plant growth, development and productivity worldwide. In the present study, we have investigated the effect of citrulline on drought and salt tolerance in watermelon genotypes. Seeds were germinated in plastic pots containing vermiculite. Plants with th...
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In this study, salinity and drought responses of 65 watermelon genotypes have been investigated in early plant growth stage. The plants were grown in vermiculite culture with 200 mM NaCl for salinity stress and irrigation was stopped gradually for terminal-drought stress. Control plants without stress have also been grown. Young plants (24 days old...
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In this study, grafted and ungrafted watermelon cultivars were grown in Cukurova region to determine fruit pH, titratable acidity, soluble solids, antioxidant activity, total phenolic compounds and analysis of sensory evaluation. The highest soluble solids (11.32%) and titratable acidity 0.190 g/100g were in seedless cultivars. The highest antioxid...
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This study was conducted to determine the quantitative characteristics of 53 hybrid melon genotypes which were obtained by single, triple, double hybridization and to compare the genetic relationship between single, triple and double hybrids and their parental pure lines by SSR markers. In molecular studies, 55 Simple-sequence repeat (SSR) markers...
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Melon (Cucumis melo L. var. cantalupensis) cultivars 'Falez' and 'Galia C-8' were grafted onto seven different rootstocks: Benincasa hispida (BH), Cucurbita ficifolia (CF), Luffa cylindrica (LC) and Cucumis melo var. inodorus 'Kirkagac 637' (KA637), rootstocks that are open pollinated genotypes; rootstocks RS841, P360 and TZ148 Cucurbita species ro...
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Melon is an important vegetable crop in Turkey with approximately 1.7 million tonnes of production. Mainly the production is conducted with inodorus type of melons in open field while cantaloupe F1 cultivars are used in greenhouses. The aim of this study was to determine the heterosis effect on melon genotypes which were developed by F1 breeding in...
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The rootstock potential of 21 bottle gourds (Lagenaria siceraria) collected from the Mediterranean region (Turkey) was investigated for watermelon with regard to plant growth, yield, and fruit quality. The Crimson Tide watermelon cultivar was used as a scion and 2 commercial rootstocks (L. siceraria) were also used for comparison. In greenhouse con...
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Pepino is a minor crop both in the world and in Turkey. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of plant density and pruning on yield and some quality parameters of pepino to promote its production in Turkey. Pepino plants which were propagated by cutting under mist propagation were transplanted in plastic greenhouse. The spacing was 1...
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This study was conducted to determine the quantitative characteristics of 53 hybrid melon genotypes which were obtained by single, triple, double hybridization and to compare the genetic relationship between single, triple and double hybrids and their parental pure lines by SSR markers. In molecular studies, 55 Simple-sequence repeat (SSR) markers...
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This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of several mycorrhizal fungi species and their cocktail on eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) seedling growth, P and Zn uptake. Three greenhouse experiments were continued consecutively for 3 years to evaluate the effects of several mycorrhizal species (Glomus species) on eggplant seedling production a...
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In this study, using short-day onion cultivars, effects of sowing times on total and marketable yield were examined. In research fields of Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey, seeds of onion cultivars Texas Early Grano, Aki and Contes were sown at three consecutive times, i.e., September 18, October 1, and October 15. To test the effect of varying p...
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We screened the mycorrhizal species for an inoculum protocol would green pepper seedling production and compensate for nutrient deficiency. Three greenhouse studies (on three successive years) were conducted under nursery conditions using five arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and their mixture. The AM fungi, Glomus mosseae, G. clarum, G. caledoniu...
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Researches on Galia type melon breeding was started in 1995 at Cukurova University, Turkey. The aim of this study was to develop new melon cultivars which belong to Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis group having high yield and quality, suitable for both greenhouse and open field cultivation and also resistant to race 0 and 1 of Fusarium oxysporum f....
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Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is an important vegetable crop in Turkey with 1.749 million ton of production. Local genotypes are mainly used in production which belongs to var. inodorus. A total of 78 melon accessions were collected from Eastern and Central Anatolia regions which have valuable melon genetic resources. These accessions were characterized...
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Dihaploidization is a technique which allows to develop 100% homozygous lines. Irradiated pollen technique provides successful results in melon and 100% homozygous inbred lines can be obtained within 18 months. Turkey is the second largest melon producer country after China with 1.8 million tons of production on 116.000 ha area. Most of the Turkish...
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This project was carried out between 2007 and 2008. The aim of this project was to determine drought tolerance of native and wild watermelon genotypes. The materials of this project supported by TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council) were selected previous project which was finished at 2006. Thirty-two materials were used a...