An evaluation of some mutant cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) varieties from Azerbaijan in Southeast Anatolian region of Turkey

The aim of this study was to determine seed cotton yield, yield components and fiber technological properties of four mutant cotton varieties from Azerbaijan (Agdas-3, Agdas-6, Agdas-7 and Agdas-17) and three local standard varieties (Maras-92, Sayar-314 and Stoneville-453) belonging to Gossypium hirsutum L. The study was carried out at the experimental field of Koruklu Agricultural Research Station in Sanliurfa Province (Akcakale-Harran Plain) in the South-east Anatolian Region of Turkey. The trial was established in randomized block design with four replications in four years (2001 to 2004). In the study, plant height, monopodia, number of sympodia and boll, weight of seed cotton per boll, ginning outturn, 100 seed weight, seed cotton yield, earliness ratio, fiber length, fiber fineness, strength and uniformity were investigated. According to the results of four years' trials, the varieties, in all investigated characters except fiber fineness, strength and uniformity and year x variety interactions for plant height, number of bolls per plant, seed cotton yield and first harvest ratio, were found to be significant. The highest sympodial number was taken from Agdas-3 variety (13.79), the highest number of boll per plant was taken from Agdas-17 (15.41) and the highest seed cotton weight per boll was taken from Agdas-7 (5.54 g). All Agdas varieties had less ginning outturn than local standard varieties. The highest seed cotton yield was obtained from Agdas-17 (3654.2 kg ha-1), followed by Agdas-3 (3593.8 kg ha-1). All Agdas varieties had more seed cotton yield than standards except Agdas-7. Among Azerbaijan varieties, Agdas-3 was the earliest maturing variety with 81.3% of first harvest ratio. All investigated varieties were similar to each other in fiber technological properties. In conclusion, it can be said that among Azerbaijan varieties, Agdas-17 and Agdas-3 had higher seed cotton yield than local standard varieties, and they are the most hopeful varieties for Southeast Anatolian Region.Keywords: Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., seed cotton yield and fiber technological propertiesAfrican Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 12(33), pp. 5117-513

Çukurova ve GAP bölgesi koşullarında Gossypium hirsutum L. türündeki on Gossypol'süz pamuk çeşidinin yarım diallel melezlerinde önemli tarımsal ve teknolojik özelliklerin kalıtımı ile bunlar arasındaki ilişkiler üzerinde araştırmalar

TEZ1690Tez (Doktora) -- Çukurova Üniversitesi, Adana, 1994.Kaynakça (s. 232-247) var.xxi, 249 s. ; 30 cm.

Estimating of inheritance of fiber traits in cotton by diallel cross analysis

This study was conducted to investigate the genetic parameters, general and specific combining abilities in terms of fiber properties in 10x10 half diallel hybrid cotton populations including 45 F1 hybrids and their 10 parental lines. The experiment was conducted in randomized complete blocks design with three replications at Antakya conditions in 2013 year. According to variance analysis, all characteristics among the genotypes were found significant. According to the results of the genetic parameters, fiber elongation and yellowness were controlled by additive and dominance gene effects; fiber strength, fiber fineness and reflectance degree exhibited additive gene effects and significant dominance variance were detected for fiber length, short fiber ratio and uniformity index. Over dominance effects were found in fiber length, short fiber ratio, uniformity index and fiber elongation, while partial dominance occurred for fiber strength, fiber fineness, yellowness and reflectance degree. General and specific combining abilities were found significant for all characters investigated in the study

Uses and medicinal importance of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) crop

Çemen Fabales takımının, Fabaceae (Baklagiller) familyasının, Trigonella cinsinde yer almaktadır. Türkiye’de yaygın olarak Trigonella foenum graecum L. türü yetiştirilmektedir. Çemen bitkisinin vejetatif kısmı ve tohumları çeşitli amaçlar için kullanılmaktadır. Bitkinin yeşil aksamı, kuru otu ve tohumları yüksek yem verimi ve kalitesinden dolayı yem bitkisi olarak kullanılmaktadır. Tohumları öğütülerek gıdalara lezzet vermek ve gıdaları korumak için baharat olarak kullanılmaktadır. Bunlara ilaveten bitkinin tohumlarından elde edilen boya ve yağın çeşitli kozmetik ürünlerde kullanıldığı bilinmektedir. Çemen, ince saplı yapısı ve toprakta iyi çözünmesi nedeniyle iyi bir yeşil gübre bitkisidir. Bu özelliklerinin yanında, tıbbi ve aromatik bitkiler içerisinde önemli bir yere sahiptir. Öğütülmüş tohumunun toz halinde tüketilmesi ile insan sağlığı üzerinde kan şekerini ve kolestrolü düşürücü özelliği yapılan çalışmalarla kanıtlanmıştır. Çemen tohumunun tedavi edici özelliğinin, embriyosunda bulunan, steroidal yapılı bir saponin olan diosgeninden kaynaklandığı bilinmektedir. Diosgenin kortikosteroidlerin sentezi için değerli bir maddedir. Çemen bitkisinden halk hekimliğinde ise, sindirimi kolaylaştırıcı, süt artırıcı, balgam söktürücü, ateş düşürücü, boğaz ağrısı giderici, yara iyileştirici olarak faydalanılmaktadır.Fenugreek is a crop from Trigonella species included Family of Fabaceae, Ordo of Fabales. In Turkey Trigonella foenum graecum L. species has been widely cultivated. Vegetative parts and seeds of fenugreek plant has been used for a number of purposes. Green parts, fodder and seeds of the plant has been used as a forage crop due to higher forage yield and quality. Its grinded seeds has been used as a spice in order to make the food's taste delicuous and protect the foods. In addition to it is known that dye and oil obtained from seeds of the plant has been used in various cosmetic products. Fenugreek is a good green manure crop because of its fine stalk structure and well dissolution in the soil. Moreover fenugreek has an important place among medicinal and aromatic plants. Studies indicated that it has reducing effect of blood sugar and cholesterol for human health when it is consumed grinded seed as powder. It is known that curing effect of fenugreek seed results from diosgenin which is a saponin with steroidal structure and exists in embryo. Diosgenin is a valuable substance for synthesis of corticosteroids. In folk medicine fenugreek crop has been utilized as digestive, stimulating milk flow in breast-feeding, expectorant, antipiretic, sore throat reliever and healing wounds

A Heterosis Study For Fiber Quality Traits in Cotton

Bu araştırma on pamuk genotipi ve bunların yarım diallel melezlerinde oluşan popülasyonunda lif kalite özelliklerinde melez azmanlığının belirlenmesi amacı ile yürütülmüştür. Lif uzunluğu için, % 4.26 heterosis ile % 1.39 heterobeltiosis; Lif kopma dayanıklılığı için, % 1.77 heterosis ile % -6.16 heterobeltiosis; lif inceliği yönünden, % -2.97 heterosis ile % -8.69 heterobeltiosis; kısa lif oranı için, % -3.77 heterosis ile % -10.38 heterobeltiosis; lif uzunluk uyum indeksi için, % 0.07 heterosis ile % -0.62 heterobeltiosis; lif kopma uzaması için, % 4.62 heterosis ile % -3.84 heterobeltiosis; sarılık değeri için, % 0.54 heterosis ile % -4.33 heterobeltiosis; grilik değeri yönünden ise, % 0.80 heterosis ile % -2.69 heterobeltiosis değerleri bulunmuştur.This research was conducted to determine heterosis in fiber quality traits of ten cotton genotypes and their half diallel crosses. The values of heterosis and heterobeltiosis were 4.26% and 1.39%, 1.77% and -6.16%, - 2.97% and -8.69%, -3.77% and -10.38%, 0.07% and -0.62%, 4.62% and-3.84%, 0.54% and -4.33%; and 0.80%, - 2.69% for fiber length, fiber strength, fiber fineness, short fiber rate, uniformity index, fiber elongation, the yellowness value and reflectance degree, respectively

Extraction of Indigo from Some Isatis species and Dyeing Standardization Using Low-technology Methods

Fresh leaves of four Isatis species culture form of I. tinctoria L and wild forms of I. buschiana Schischkin, I. candolleana Boiss. (endemic) and I. tinctoria L. subsp. corymbosa. (Boiss.) were used for indigo production. Dyes were extracted by fermentation and hot water application. The extracted dyes were optimized with different pH and reducing agents. Results showed that the dye from hot water application produced the desired dying quality at pH 11. Reducing agent concentrations had no significant effect on color quality. Dark blue and blue colors were obtained from I. tinctoria and I. candolleana extracts although I. tinctoria subsp. corymbosa and I. buschiana produced mostly yellow-gray colors. Light, dry and wet rubbing fastness values varied between 3 and 3/4 while washing fastness was between 2 and 4/5. The highest indigo amounts were determined spectrophotometrically as 4.19 mg/g and 2.53 mg/g in I. tinctoria and I. candolleana, respectively. Results also showed that harvesting season was important for indigo production and the highest indigo amount was observed in mid-June

Effects of Different Sowing Times on The Yield and Agronomic Characters of Isatis tinctoria and Isatis buschiana in Kahramanmaras Conditions

Bu çalışma, 2007H2008 ve 2008H2009 yetiştirme sezonunda Kahramanmaraş ekolojik koşullarında, farklı ekim zamanlarının (Ekim, Kasım, Şubat ve Mart) iki Isatis (Isatis tinctoria ve Isatis buschiana) türünün verim ve kalitesi üzerine etkisini belirlemek amacıyla tesadüf parselleri deneme desenine göre üç tekerrürlü olarak yürütülmüştür. Çalışmada Isatis türlerinin Kahramanmaraş iklim şartlarına en uygunekim zamanının belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. İki yıllık sonuçlara göre, neredeyse incelenen bütün özelliklerde ekim zamanları arasındaki farklılık istatistiki olarak önemli çıkmıştır. Tohum verimi açısından optimum ekim zamanının I. tinctoria ve I. buschiana’nın her ikisi için de sonbahar ekimleri olduğu saptanmıştır. En yüksek meyve verimi, I. tinctoria’da 2008 yılında Ekim ayı ekiminde 393.2 g/m2, I. buschiana’da 2009 yılında Mart ayı ekiminde 319.9 g/m2 elde edilmiştir.In this study, effects of different sowing times on the yields and qualities of two Isatis species (Isatis tinctoria and Isatis buschiana) were investigated under ecological conditions of Kahramanmaras during 2007-2008 and 2008- 2009 growing seasons. The experiment was designed according to the randomized complete blocks with three replications. The effects of different sowing times on Isatis species under climatic conditions of Kahramanmaras were aimed to determine. According to two-year results, the effects of sowing dates were statiscally significant in almost investigated all of the characters. Autumn sowings were optimum for seed yields in I. tinctoria and I. busctiiana. The highest fruit yields were 393.2 g/m2 in October 2008 and 319.9 g/m2 in March 2009 for I. tinctoria and I. busctiiana, respectively