AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PRODUCE FORAGE CROPS: BARLEY FODDER IN VERTICAL FARMING SYSTEM

WOS: 000581115600102The rapid growth of the world's population, limited natural resources and environmental challenges caused by climate change have had brought up global food security to the agenda. Scientific researches and new practices considering sustainable food production and efficient use of natural resources are getting more attention during last decades all around the world. Furthermore, advanced technological applications that enable new agricultural production systems such as vertical farm have been starting to emerge to provide a solution on this issue. Vertical farming which is the method of growing crops in vertically stacked layers under controlled environment is one of the promising techniques to protect environmental resources, provide continuous and sustainable plant production. Applications of vertical farming have already experienced in many countries such as Japan, Singapore, England, USA, Netherlands and the vertical agricultural market is expected to increase by 25% by 2024 to reach 11.4 billion Euro. Plant groups that are widely grown with vertical farming system are mostly; carrot, radish, potato, tomato, pepper, pea, cabbage, spinach, lettuce and strawberries. Although, cereal grain production in the vertical systems is not economically profitable today, considering remarkable increase in demands on forage crops, barley fodder production seems to have great potential for vertical farming systems. the benefits of the system such as less water use (about 90%), no herbicides, pesticides and fertilizer application relative to conventional production would be more pronounced for barley fodder in vertical system comparison to other conventional forage crops production systems. in this review, potential of barley fodder production in vertical farming system was discussed

EFFECT OF LIGHT INTENSITY ON DRY MATTER ACCUMULATION OF BARLEY FODDER IN A VERTICAL FARMING GROWTH MODULE

WOS:000596730700040Considering the increase in forage requirement in livestock, lack of same quality products throughout the year. fertilizer and chemical costs, insufficient water resources and environmental restrictions caused by climate change; studies providing solutions for forage production are getting more attention. Vertical farming which is the method of growing crops in vertically stacked layers under controlled environment is one of the promising techniques to protect environmental resources. provide continuous and sustainable forage production. Effect of light intensity on dry matter accumulation and physiology of barley fodder in a vertical farming growth module was investigated in the present study. The experiment was consisted of eight micro chambers represented the growth modules of vertical farming system placed in fully controlled growth chamber. There were four different light intensity, two repetitions each of 40, 100, 160 and 220 mu mol/m(2).s. Plants were sampled every day during all experimental period (8 days). Leaf area and fresh/dry weight of root and leaves were determined Furthermore, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoid contents of leaves were analyzed Module based water use of each light treatments were calculated in line with the results, higher light intensity was found to affect the dry matter accumulation positively; since the physiological properties of barley fodder growing under 160 and 220 mu mol/m(2).s. light intensity are almost the same, it is recommended to use 160 mu mol/m(2).s. light intensity in terms of energy saving. Based on the data obtained from the present micro-level lab-scale study revealed that the effect of factors such as temperature, humidity, water use and seeding density should also be examined in order to provide the best growing conditions for the future studies

Clinical and Molecular Findings of Nine Cases with Tay- Sachs Disease From Turkiye

Objective: Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal inherited lysosomal storage disease that mostly has an early infantile onset. We presented a case series of Tay-Sachs disease, describe the clinical and molecular findings, and compare the genetic spectrum with previously reported mutations from Turkiye.Methods: Patients with Tay-Sachs disease who were referred to the Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics between January 2016 and December 2021 were included in this study. The diagnosis was confirmed by determining the level of serum 0-hexosaminidase activity and the detection of a biallelic related variant upon Sanger sequencing of the HEXA gene. The clinical and molecular findings of nine cases were re-evaluated. Results: Three disease-causing variants in the HEXA gene including c.78G>A (p.(Trp26Ter)) in three cases, c.1177C>T (p.(Arg393Ter)) in two cases, and c.1100_1111del (p.(Gly367_Tyr370del)) in three cases were determined. Moreover, a novel c.786C>G (p.(His262Gln)) variant was detected in one case. All of the stated variants were identified in the homozygous state.Conclusion: Our study both reassessed and expanded the known mutation spectrum of Tay-Sachs disease in Turkiye. Given the expanding horizon of newborn screening and population carrier testing, understanding the spectrum of population-specific disease-causing variants will facilitate early diagnosis of patients and carriers