Coruh valley has an important biological diversity in term of plants, flora-fauna, wildlife and ecosystems. These regions contain the landraces, wild and weedy relatives, other wild, herbaceous and flowering trees, herbaceous flowering plants, medicinal and aromatic and flowering and ornamental shrubs plants species which are especially economically important plant for floriculture, eco-tourism, botanical tourism and nature tourism. Many important medicinal and aromatic and ornamental plants species are found in this region and naturally grow. It is considered that Acantholimon, Achillea, Alkanna, Allium, Amygdalus, Angelica, Anemone, Anthemis, Arabis, Arctium, Artemisia, Asparagus, Asperula, Astragalus, Calamintha, Calendula, Calutea, Campanula, Capparis, Cardamine, Centaurea, Cephalanthera, Cephalaria, Chelidonium, Chenopodium, Chysanthemum, Colchicum, Consolida, Coriandrum, Cornus, Coronilla, Cerasus, Cotoneaster, Crataegus, Crocus, Cyclamen, Dactylorhiza, Digitalis, Dianthus, Draba, Echinops, Equisetum, Ferula, Filipendula, Fritillaria, Fumaria, Gagea, Galanthus, Galium, Genista, Gentiana, Geranium, Geum, Gladiolus, Glychirrza, Helichrysum, Hesperis, Hypericum, İnula, İris, Isatis, Juniperus, Lilium, Linaria, Linum, lysimachia, Malus, Malva, Marrubium, Melissa, Mentha, Micromeria, Morina, Muscari, Mysotis, Narcissus, Neotchichatchewia, Nepeta, Onobrychis, Orchis, Ornithogalum, Origanum, Paeonia, Papaver, Pedicularis, Peganum, Phelypaea, Platanthera, Plantago, Pilosella, Pelargonium, Potentilla, Polygonum, Polygala, Primula, Punica, Prunus, Pyrus, Ranunculus, Rhamnus, Rhododendron, Rhus, Rosa, Rubia, Rubus, Rumex, Salvia, Sambucus, Satureja, Scilla, Scorzonera, Scutellaria, Sedum, Sempervivum, Sideritis, Sophora, Sorbus, Stachys, Tanecetum, Teucrium, Thymus, Trigonella, Tulipa, Tussilago, Uechtriitzia, Vaccinium, Verbascum, Verbena, Veronica, Viburnum and Ziziphora species commonly found in the region may be may be evaluated economically.

Yaz koşullarında etlik piliçlerde gece-gündüz yemlemesi ve aydınlatmanın performans üzerine etkileri toplam 1104 adet ticari etlik civciv kullanılarak araştırılmıştır. Denemenin ikinci haftasında, etlik piliçler erkek-dişi ayrı olmak üzere 2 × 6 tekerrürlü olmak üzere deneme bölmelerine yerleştirilmişlerdir. Denemede, kontrol grubuna (1. grup) sürekli aydınlatma ve serbest yemleme yapılmıştır. 2. gruba sürekli aydınlatma uygulanmış ve son üç hafta 10:00 ile 16:00 saatleri arasında aç bırakılmıştır. 3. gruba ise sürekli aydınlatma yapılmış ve deneme süresince gündüz 10:00 ile 16:00 saatleri arasında aç bırakılmıştır. 4. gruba günışığı dışında sürekli aydınlatma yapılmış ve gece 24:00 ile 06:00 saatleri arasında yem verilmemiştir. 5. gruba sürekli aydınlatma uygulanmış ve son üç hafta gece 24:00 ile 06:00 saatleri arasında yem verilmemiştir. 6. gruba ise gündüz yem verilmiş, gece ise karartma yapılarak 24:00 ile 06:00 saatleri arasında yem verilmemiştir. Deneme sonunda her iki cinsiyette de muameleler arasında canlı ağırlık artışı, yem tüketimi ve yemden yararlanma oranı bakımından farklılık istatistikî olarak önemsiz bulunmuştur. Sıcak-soğuk karkas ağırlığına erkek-dişi etlik piliçlerde muamelelerin etkisi önemli olup, erkeklerde 3. ve 6. muamele grupları, dişilerde ise 6. muamele grubu daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Erkek etlik piliçlerde karkas randımanına muamelenin etkisi önemli bulunmuş, 4. ve 6. muamele gruplarının en yüksek değere sahip olduğu saptanmıştır. Dişi etlik piliçlerde ise karkas randımanı bakımından muameleler arasında farklılık bulunmamış. Muamelelerin ölüm oranlarına olan etkisi de önemsiz bulunmuştur. Yaz koşullarında serbest yemleme ve sürekli aydınlatma uygulaması piliçlerin performansını olumsuz etkilerken, kısıtlı yemleme ve aydınlatma ise hayvanların verim kayıplarını göreceli olarak azaltmıştır.

The hybrid seeds obtained by crossing in wheats should be heavier and a greater number of grains per combination because of more variation and to created powerful plants for next year generations. Therefore, this study was conducted during the winter growing season of 2005-2006 in Transitional Zone Agricultural Research Institute in Eskişehir and to determine the hybrid seeds of single cross and three-way cross compared to each other for 10-grains weight (TGW) and grain number per combination (GC) in separately bread wheat and durum wheat. 224 F1s for single cross and 326 F1s for three-way cross in bread wheat and 56 F1s for single cross and 66 F1s for three-way cross in durum wheat were produced. According to results, GC and TGW in bread wheats were higher values than durum wheats both in single cross and three-way cross. The GC values in three-way cross had higher variation (68.9%) compared the others. The separately mean of GC and TGW of hybrids in single cross both in bread and durum wheat were lower than the means of hybrids in three-way cross (with ratios of 32% and 16.7%, respectively). In brief: three-way cross had more performance for studied traits in wheat hybrids compared to single cross. The reason of such an outcome can be demonstrated in the future by genetic studies.

Organic animal production; is a form of production without using any chemical inputs from production to consumption. In organic livestock production; organic breeding, feedstuff and animal nutrition conditions are stated in the Regulation on the Principles and Implementation of Organic Agriculture. Organic animal products must be prevented from recontamination. There are three different contamination hazards; biological (mold-toxins and pathogenic micro-organisms), chemical (pesticide residues), and physical (broken metal or glass, etc.). Molding and mycotoxin formation in organic feeds is one of the most important problems since they adversly affect animal health and toxines pass through the products. Since any chemical method cannot be applied to the organic feedstuffs especially in the struggle with mycotoxin in organic animal production, this should be considered in the measures to be taken and in the systems to be applied and the system should be planned to include organic agriculture. Countries that have established HACCP and ISO 22000 food safety management systems are able to avoid the problem of mycotoxin pollution in organic animal foods. The establishment of the feed safety system based on HACCP principles and its application in production have been made compulsory by Feed Hygiene Regulation issued in Turkey since 2011. In this review, the relationship between organic animal production and mycotoxin, and the precautions to be taken are discussed.

In this study, the reproductive properties of the Dentex maroccanus species distributed in the Aegean Sea were determined. A total of 439 fish were collected during the period from December 2012 to March 2014 from the commercial fishers who seasonally hunt in the Foça-Mordoğan region (İzmir, Turkey) were examined. After the measurement of the total lengths and body and gonad weights of the fish samples in the laboratory, their sexes were identified, which revealed that 140 of the samples were male, 206 of the samples were female and 93 of the sample were undeterminated. The female:male ratio was 1.5:1. The 5-point maturity phase discrimination method developed by Holden and Raitt for maturity stages in 1974 was macroscopically examined for female and male fish specimens. A total of 16 ovaries, which were determined to be at the 3rd and 4th stages of maturity according to the method, were used to determine fecundity. The gonadosomatic index values that were calculated based on the seasons revealed that the reproductive period of the species was summer (2.87) and autumn (2.10). The first maturation length for the species was 13.4 cm. Estimates of total fecundity varied between 74252 and 201187 eggs (mean: 123263±44586). There was an exponential relationship between fecundity and total length as F = 10.643L3.111. The diameter of the mature eggs ranged from 0.49 mm to 0.67 mm (mean: 0.59±0.06 mm).

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Kapıaçmaz Göleti zooplankton faunasının tespiti ve mevsimsel değişiminin belirlenmesidir. Zooplankton örnekleri Temmuz 2017 - Haziran 2018 tarihleri arasında mevsimsel olarak, belirlenen 2 istasyondan 55 μm göz açıklığında plankton kepçesi kullanılarak, yatay çekimlerle toplanmıştır. Zooplanktonda Rotifera grubundan 17 Cladocera grubundan 4 ve Copepoda grubundan 3 tür olmak üzere toplam 24 tür tespit edilmiştir. Zooplankton gruplarının toplam birey sayılarına göre Rotifera en baskın (%72,42) grup olup, bunu Cladocera (%33,70) ve Copepoda (%17,32) izlemiştir.

The aim of this study was to isolate, purify and determine host ranges of bacteriophages infecting Escherichia coli O157:H7 from different environment such as river/stream water, sewage, raw food, animal troughs, wastewaters of food processing plants, slaughterhouse and fish farms. For screening of E. coli O157:H7 bacteriophages, 92 samples were used. It was found that in respect to anti-E. coli O157:H7 bacteriophages, food processing wastewaters, sewage and slaughterhouse wastewaters are the richest sources, and streams, troughs and fisheries wastewater are rich in the middle, and raw foods were the poorest source. A total of 37 phages were isolated and purified. The phages counts of the purified samples were changed among 30×103 - 34×108 PFU/mL. The isolated phages were generally infective against E. coli O157:H7 and E. coli strains and 81.08% of the phages (30 out of 37) formed clear plaques and were capable to lyse at least 1 out of 5 E. coli O157:H7 strains. In addition to E. coli, some phages were capable to infect some Salmonella enterica serovars. This results show that inhibitor spectra of the phages were wide.

Bu çalışmada, Kilis ili halka açık 6 farklı içme suyu kaynaklarında fekal kirlilik araştırılmıştır. Mevsimsel (Ekim, Ocak, Nisan ve Temmuz) olarak alınan örneklerde En Muhtemel Sayı yöntemi ile total koliform varlığı test edilmiştir. İçme suyu olarak kullanılan bu kaynaklarda tespit edilen toplam koliform sayısı 3-1100

The research was carried out to investigate the effect of plant materials which are used as an alternative to synthetic chemicals in organic agriculture (thyme, mint, basil and garlic oil, hot pepper, and neem tree seed extract) and some organic acids (salicylic and jasmonic acid) on the germination, emergence, and seedling traits in broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) cv. Jade. The seeds of broccoli treated with these materials were subjected to germination and emergence tests at 20±1°C and 60±5% RH in autumn period. After that, all seeds (including untreated) were kept at 5±1°C and again evaluated for germination, emergence, and seedling traits in spring period. In spring period, the seeds treated with neem seed extract gave highest germination percentage (91.75%). Also, they germinated in shortest time (3.80 days). The lowest germination/emergence percentage and highest mean germination/emergence time was obtained from the seeds treated with thyme oil in both periods. The seeds treated with basil oil had the higher infected seedlings than others. There were no significant differences among treatments in term of seedling traits (except leaf number).

In Ordu, which is located in the Eastern Black Sea Region in Turkey, there is a significant tourism mobility especially in recent years. Having a rich tourism potential, Ordu has become a center of attraction for culture and nature tourism. In this study; the contribution of tourism and recreation potential of Boztepe in the city of Ordu to the image of the city was investigated in the first stage. The Gülez method was used to determine the recreation potential and the recreation potential was determined as "Too High" according to the assessment criteria set out by the method. In the second step, a randomized questionnaire study was conducted with random sampling technique with 100 people, and as a result it was determined that Boztepe was seen as a component contributing to the image of the city. In the last stage, SWOT analysis for the area was applied to reveal the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the field.