This research aimed to examine the impact of resveratrol and catalase on the motility, plasma membrane integrity, acrosomal membrane integrity, and mitochondrial activity of Ankara buck semen following freeze-thawed process. In this study, semen samples obtained from four mature bucks were divided into four groups: control (C), resveratrol 500 µM/ml (R), catalase 50 IU/ml (CAT), and resveratrol 500 µM/ml + catalase 50 IU/ml (CATR). After dilution with Tris/egg yolk extender, the semen samples were frozen in liquid nitrogen and then thawed for assessment. The CATR group gave the highest values across all evaluated parameters (motility, plasma membrane integrity, acrosomal membrane integrity, and mitochondrial activity) compared to the other groups (61 ± 1.0%, 72.6 ± 0.70%, 70.73 ± 0.67%, 60.9 ± 0.79%, respectively) (p<0.05). In conclusion, the combination of catalase and resveratrol significantly improved the quality of buck semen after freeze-thawed process, thereby contributing to enhanced reproductive outcomes and genetic preservation.

Geleneksel olarak kullanılan hayvansal üretim yöntemleri, artan nüfus ve yetersiz kaynaklar ile başa çıkmakta zorlanmaktadır. Hayvansal üretimde karşılaşılan bu zorluklara çözüm olarak ortaya çıkan makine öğrenmesi, hayvancılık sektöründe verimlilik, sağlık izleme ve ıslah alanlarında önemli gelişmeler sağlayarak çeşitli avantajlar sunmaktadır. Hayvancılıkta makine öğrenimi, önemli avantajlarıyla sadece çiftlik yönetimini optimize etmekle kalmaz, aynı zamanda sürdürülebilirlik hedeflerine ulaşmada çiftçilere güçlü bir araç sağlamaktadır. Bu teknolojik gelişmelerin hayvancılık sektörüne entegrasyonu, gelecekte daha akıllı, verimli ve sürdürülebilir bir hayvancılık pratiğine doğru önemli bir adımı temsil etmektedir. Özetle, bu derleme, derin öğrenme ve yapay sinir ağları gibi makine öğrenmesi yöntemlerinin çiftlik hayvanları yönetimine getirdiği somut faydaları ve yenilikçi olanakları içeren kapsamlı bir keşif sunmaktadır. Gelişmiş sağlık izleme, optimize edilmiş besleme uygulamaları ve stratejik üreme yönetimi konularındaki içgörüleri ile tarımsal sürdürülebilirlik ve üretkenlik konusundaki devam eden tartışmaya katkıda bulunur.

Milk and dairy products mostly contain mycotoxins such as aflatoxin M1, aflatoxin M2, ochratoxin, cyclopiazonic acid, trichothecene, zearalenone, patulin. Mycotoxins in cheese are produced by certain types of fungi. These either directly contaminate the cheese or feed, or indirectly contaminate the milk used in cheese production. Aflatoxin, causes serious impacts on human and animal health, thus costs the world economy billions of dollars. The first legal regulation regarding aflatoxin M1 in Turkiye came into force in 1990. Subsequently, various legislations were published in 1997, 2002, 2008, 2011 and 2023. In this study, 60 publications were examined that investigate the presence of aflatoxin M1 in various cheeses in Turkiye in the last 50 years (1973-2023). In the studies, aflatoxin M1 was detected in almost all cheeses, and only a few were found in rates exceeding the Turkish Legal Limits. Researchers stated different limits for aflatoxin M1 in cheese. To minimize the presence of aflatoxin M1, the following recommendations should be considered. Developing new detection methods, enacting new legal regulations, increasing the frequency of legal inspections, improving the production, transportation and storage conditions of milk and dairy products, improving feed quality, increasing awareness of the health effects of aflatoxin M1.

In this study, Bacillus subtilis natto was encapsulated in alginate, either coated with or mixed with xanthan gum as a supplemental component. The encapsulated bacteria were then evaluated for their survival in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) and simulated intestinal fluid (SIF). The results showed that B. subtilis natto biomass had a thrombolytic ability compared to the control sample. The viability of encapsulated B. subtilis natto was improved in which alginate 2.5% (w/v) had a high encapsulation efficiency, and there was no difference between the samples with or without the xanthan gum supplement. In the SGF and SIF tests, the viability of B. subtilis in samples supplemented with xanthan gum was higher than in samples that contained only alginate. Additionally, there was no significant difference in viability between the samples that mixed xanthan gum with alginate and those that were coated with it. The results indicated that adding xanthan gum is necessary to increase alginate's protective effect on B. subtilis natto.

Antep fıstığı, başta baklava olmak üzere birçok tatlıda sıkça kullanılan bir üründür. Özellikle öğütülmüş Antep fıstığı, talebin yüksek olması ve yüksek maliyeti nedeniyle sıklıkla tağşişe maruz kalmaktadır. Yeşil bezelye ve ıspanak, organoleptik özellikleri, renk benzerliği ve ucuzluğu nedeniyle Antep fıstığı ile karıştırılarak en çok sahtecilik gerçekleştirilen ürünler arasındadır. Ancak bu ürünlerin öğütülmüş Antep fıstığına belirli oranlarda karıştırılması durumunda sahteciliğin hızlı ve yerinde tespiti, gözle muayene gibi yöntemlerle çoğu zaman mümkün olmamaktadır. Bu nedenle mevcut çalışma, Antep fıstığındaki yeşil bezelye ve ıspanak tağşişinin, düşük maliyetli bir spektral sensör teknolojisi ve kemometrik yöntemler kullanılarak tespitini amaçlamaktadır. Bu kapsamda yeşil bezelye ve ıspanak örnekleri Antep fıstığı ile %5-50 (a/a) arasındaki konsantrasyonlarda %5’lik artışlarla karıştırılmıştır. Saf Antep fıstığı ve karışık numunelerin reflektans spektrumları 410-940 nm arasında elde edilmiştir. Numunelerdeki sahtecilik oranlarının tespiti amacıyla geliştirilen modelin eğitilmesinde derin öğrenme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Modele beslenen verilerde boyut indirgeme amacıyla Temel Bileşenler Analizinden faydalanılmış olup, regresyon probleminin uyum iyiliğini test etmek amacıyla belirleme katsayısı (R2), hata kareler ortalamasının karekökü (RMSE) ve artıklık tahminsel sapma (RPD) istatistikleri kullanılmıştır. Sırasıyla eğitim, doğrulama ve test verileri için R2 0,85, 0,83 ve 0,80; RMSE 5,81, 6,13 ve 6,71; RPD 2,55, 2,44 ve 2,21 olarak tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular neticesinde, söz konusu ekonomik spektral sensör ve geliştirilen kemometrik yöntemin Antep fıstığında özellikle %10 üzerindeki yeşil bezelye ve ıspanak tağşiş oranının belirlenmesi için tahribatsız, hızlı ve kolay bir yöntem olarak kullanılma potansiyeline sahip olduğu ortaya konmuştur.

Recently, there has been a great interest in the use of natural products of plant origin due to the side effects of synthetic substances. Since synthetic chemicals used in the agricultural field a great threat to the environment and public health, many studies are carried out on the use of natural products from production to storage. Given the environmental and public health risks associated with synthetic chemicals commonly used in agriculture, extensive research efforts are focused on exploring the utilization of natural products throughout the entire agricultural process, from production to storage. The effiecy of Coriandrum sativum L. seed essential oil (Cs-EO) was evaluated in the laboratory condions against the rice weevil-Sitophylus oryzae L. adults. The Cs-EO essential oils were applied at four different dose rates (3%, 6%, 9% and 12%) on wheat and fumigant toxicity assay was recorded dead adults after 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11th days. In the 12%, the highest mortality 87.86 % and the lowest mortality at concentration of 3%, 23.28% and of the eleven days. In this study, GC-MS analysis of C. sativum was also determined at the same time. Cs essential oil was generated by steam distillation and compounds were identified by GC-MS analysis. GC-MS analysis of EOs from Cs seeds showed it to be reach linalool 79.12%. This study suggest that essential oil of Cs (Cs- EOs) can be used as alternatives to pesticides for management of stored pest control.

Quantitative analyses in biological science are especially important in terms of determining and comparing the geometric properties of biological structures. Stereology and morphometry are two important complementary methods frequently used in this field. Stereology refers to the quantitative analysis of the three-dimensional geometric properties of biological structures. In particular, it is used to determine the criteria such as volume, surface area and length of many cells, organelles and tissues with microscopic properties. In addition, this method allows to obtain information about three-dimensional structures by measurements made on randomly selected sections. Thanks to these techniques, accurate estimates of the general structure can be made with data obtained from certain sections instead of examining biological samples completely. Morphometry, on the other hand, is suitable for examining biological structures in terms of shape and size. It is a suitable method for determining the shape changes of organisms and structural elements. Morphometry digitizes the data by making measurements in the digital environment and performs statistical analysis on these data. Measurements are made more quantitative by volume fraction analysis. The importance of stereology and morphometry in quantitative morphology enables the objective realization of biological structures in quantitative analysis in both methods. These methods thus allow the examination of the material at hand, which is mathematical and statistical. In addition to biology, tissue science Quantitative biology has a special place in three-dimensional studies in histology. This review is particularly concerned with stereology and morphometry, and the aim of the review is to give dimension to a specific topic under investigation, thus providing a good background for diagnostic decision making by strengthening traditional approaches, and to address the contributions of these methods in scientific studies.

This study investigated the effects of boron toxicity and humic substance applications on cotton fiber quality and yield over two consecutive years, targeting boron toxicity issues in soils affected by agricultural and geothermal activities. The experiment evaluated varying concentrations of boron (0.6–1.8–5.4–16.2 mg B l-1) and humic substances (0–200–400 kg ha-1), with a focus on their effects on seed cotton yield, fiber length, fineness, strength, and gin efficiency. In the first year, the highest seed cotton yield was recorded at 452.5 kg da-1 with the B1 application, followed by 428.3 kg da-1 with B2. In the second year, increased boron application led to a notable decrease in seed cotton yield, with the lowest yield at 99.3 kg da-1 for the B4 application. The highest dose of boron also significantly reduced fiber strength, with the lowest recorded at 31.57 g/tex, and gin efficiency, which dropped to 37.98%. Humic substance applications showed limited influence on fiber quality parameters; however, the highest dose (H3) led to a significant increase in fiber strength to 33.47 g/tex in the second year. Cotton leaves accumulated substantial amounts of boron, reaching concentrations of 2048 mg B kg-1 during the flowering period of the second year, suggesting that cotton could serve as a hyperaccumulator in phytoremediation efforts for boron-contaminated soils. The study further determined that cotton can tolerate boron concentrations in irrigation water ranging from 1.8 to 5.4 mg B l-1, making it a viable crop in boron-affected regions. These findings provide critical insights into the potential of cotton as a resilient crop in environments with elevated boron levels, underscoring the need for further research to optimize cotton cultivation under such conditions.

The edible mushrooms are valued by people because they possess a large variety of secondary metabolites with diverse beneficial effects on human health. The Agaricales order is one of the largest taxon in fungal systematics represented by a number of edible species in Türkiye. This study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, as well as the fatty acid composition, of four Agarics (Agaricus bitorquis, Coprinopsis atramentaria, Coprinellus micaceus, and Leucoagaricus leucothites) collected from Nigde Province, Türkiye. The antioxidant capability was determined using DPPH assay and the total phenolic content was measured by Folin-Ciocalteu’s phenol reagent technique. Among the four species, A. bitorquis showed the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity (84.259±1.32%) and total phenolic content (1472.21±10.35µg GAE/mL). Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique was performed for the analysis and characterization of the fatty acid compositions. Linoleic acid was the major fatty acid detected in all four species, with percentages ranging from 23.58% to 42.96%. The antimicrobial activity of the mushroom extracts was assessed using the disc diffusion method, and the ethanol extract of C. atramentaria showed the most significant effect on E. coli with a 29±0.6 mm inhibition zone diameter.

Mulching, a widely employed agricultural practice, has been recognized for its influence on soil moisture retention, temperature regulation, and weed suppression, thereby improving growth and yield of crops. An experiment was conducted to study the effect of mulching materials on growth and yield attributes of summer squash under water constraint condition during March to May 2023 in Chitwan, Nepal. The experiment was laid in single factor Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four different mulches (rice straw, wheat straw, rice husk and silver on black plastic mulch 30 microns) and control replicated 4 times. All the Plant growth parameters, including plant height, number of leaves per plant and plant spread, were highest in silver plastic mulch and the poorest in the un-mulched plots. Mulching also significantly influenced floral characters, with plastic mulch demonstrating superiority in traits such as days to flowering, number of flowers per plant, and sex ratio compared to organic mulches and the control. Fruit length, diameter, and weight exhibited the highest values under plastic mulch and the lowest values under the control, while all organic mulches showed similar results. The highest yield of 41.44 Mt ha-1 was achieved with silver plastic mulch, highlighting its effectiveness in enhancing crop productivity, while the lowest yield of 11.77 Mt ha-1 was recorded in the control plots. Despite its higher cost, silver pastic mulch exhibited highest net return and benefit-cost ratio. Rice husk mulch, with the second highest benefit-cost ratio and relatively low cost of production, emerged as promising alternative. Although mulching did not notably affect the soil pH, the varying soil organic matter percentages were observed, with the highest on rice straw mulch and the lowest on silver plastic mulch. The study suggests that while plastic mulch can significantly boost productivity during water scarcity, rice husk mulch offers a cost-effective alternative with substantial economic benefit.