Pheasant rearing is rated in three main categories: show and hobby, public interest, and stocking for game birds and edible purposes. The goal of this pheasant breeding station is to put stocking for game birds in their natural habitat, mainly in the Karadeniz region. Contribution to the issues related to incubation in this station and determination of effective reproduction age by setting production period. The aim of this study is to determine how significant performance criteria like egg production, fertility, hatchability and embryonic mortality are, depending on age and on seasonal changes. Our research has been carried out at the Gelemen Pheasant Breeding Station in Samsun. The pheasant breeds that are used on the farm are made up of 114 male and 800 female pheasants (1♂:7♀), of Hungarian and Caucasian genotypes. During the egg-laying period, which lasts for 16 weeks from the end of March (at the age of 45 weeks) to the middle of July (at the age of 60 weeks), egg production was recorded daily and evaluated once a week, and incubation yield was recorded nine times in total. Differences between weeks of age, in terms of egg production, egg and chick weights, fertility rate, incubation yield and embryonic mortality, have been found to be statistically significant. However, hatchability has been found to be statistically insignificant.

Bu çalışmada Adıyaman/Kahta İlçesinin önemli tarım ürünlerinden patlıcan, biber, domates ve hıyarın üretim maliyetlerinin hesaplanması, bunun yanında kullanılan girdilerin parasal değerlerini ortaya konması, gayri safi üretim değerlerinin belirlenmesi ve ürün kârlılıklarının karşılaştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Veriler 2016 yılı üretim dönemine aittir. Analizde basit istatistiki yöntemler kullanılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda 2016 yılında patlıcan, biber, domates ve hıyarın maliyetleri sırasıyla 0,68 TL/kg; 0,81 TL/kg, 0,59 TL/kg ve 0,52 TL/kg olarak hesaplanmıştır. Üretim maliyetlerinin yaklaşık yarısını, emek ve gübre maliyetleri oluşturmaktadır. İncelenen ürünlerin karlılıklarının karşılaştırılması, brüt kâr, net kâr ve nispi kâr hesaplanarak yapılmıştır. Brüt kârı en yüksek ürün biber (2415,00 TL/da), en düşük ürün ise hıyar (582,50 TL/da) olarak saptanmıştır. İlçede ayrıca yoğun yetiştirilen ürünlerden olan patlıcanın brüt karı (2249,50 TL/da) ve domatesin brüt kârı ise 975,75 TL/da olarak bulunmuştur. Net kar; biberde 2245,17 TL/da patlıcanda 2079,74 TL/da domateste 801,60 TL/da ve hıyarda 405,53 TL/da olarak hesaplanmıştır. İşletmelerin yatırdıkları bir TL karşılığında elde ettikleri parayı gösteren nispi kârı en yüksek ürün; biber (3,10)’dir. Nispi karı en düşük ürün 1,34 ile hıyarda belirlenmiştir. İncelenen ürünlerden patlıcanın nispi karı 2,95 ve domatesin nispi karı 1,70 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Yörede özellikle sulu tarımın yaygınlaşmasıyla söz konusu ürünlerin yetiştiriciliğinin gelişeceği ve tarımsal gelirin önemli derecede artacağı öngörülmektedir.

The use of bioactive compounds has been maintaining its significance from nutritional aspects. Due to the increasing demand for them in potential markets, researchers struggle to create new sources and improve their methods. Plant materials possess plenty and a diverse range of these compounds. However, their availability strongly depends on the extraction techniques in addition to the sampling methods and the applicability of the method to the specific parts of the plant. Thus, it is crucial to develop a common, precise way which will enable to extract all the active components regardless of their origin and their location in the plant material. Besides, the new method ought to have the highest economic value in comparison to the present applications which means that the efficiency of the extraction should be acceptable on industrial scale as well. Even though numerous methods have been improved so far, it seems to be unlikely to achieve a standardized solution with high valorization for the extraction of bioactive compounds from plants until now. This review aims to discuss the novel extraction methods in addition to the conventional techniques focusing on the critical parameters such as the cost, time, yield, feasibility and eco-friendliness of the process.

Genetic diversity estimation among different species is an important tool for genetic improvement to maximize the yield, desirable quality, wider adaptation, pest and insect resistance that ultimately boosting traditional plant breeding methods. The most efficient way of diversity estimation is application of molecular markers. In this study, twenty random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers were utilized to estimate the genetic diversity between ten sunflower genotypes. Overall 227 bands were amplified by 20 primers with an average of 11.35 bands per primer. RAPD data showed 86.34% polymorophic bands and 13.65% of monomorophic bands. Genetic similarity was ranged from 50.22% to 87.22%. The lowest similarity (50.22%) was observed between FH-352 and FH-359 and the maximum similarity 87.22% was observed between A-23 and G-46. Polymorphic information content (PIC) values were varying from 0.05 to 0.12 with a mean of 0.09. Cluster analysis based on RAPD results displayed two major distinct groups 1 and 2. Group-2 contains FH-352 which was the most diverse genotype, while group-1 consists of few sub groups with all other genotypes. Ample diversity was found in all the genotypes. Present study reveals novel information about sunflower genome which can be used in future studies for sunflower improvement.

The traditional fermented food consumption has become very popular because of the increasing public concern about food additives. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) species have traditionally been used as starter cultures in the production of fermented food. LAB can acquire antibiotic resistance from other bacteria in the natural environment and different resistant mechanisms via mutation. The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics is an increasingly important public health problem worldwide. In this study, antibiotic resistance of 115 Streptocoocus thermophilus and 35 Lactobacillus bulgaricus isolates obtained from traditional Turkish yogurts were tested against kanamycin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, ampicillin, rifampicin, tetracycline, vancomycin and gentamicin using disc diffusion method. Study results showed that most strains were susceptible to all the antibiotics tested while a few of them were determined to be resistant only to kanamycin, ampicillin, erythromycin, and tetracycline. When contacted in a human body, resistant strains might transfer the related genes to the pathogenic species, which may result in devastating consequences.

The study aimed to compare the effects of dietary supplementation of probiotic and olive leaf-, grape seed- and pomegranate peel extracts as natural antimicrobial on lipid oxidation, microbiological content and quality of raw broiler meat. Chickens were fed the control diet (CONT) and diets supplemented with probiotic (P), oleuropein (olive leaf extract, OLE100 and OLE200), proanthocyanidin (grape seed extract, GSE100 and GSE200) and proanthocyanidin (pomegranate peel extract, PPE100 and PPE200) at 100 and 200 mg/kg levels to the CONT diet. All dietary treatments significantly reduced MDA value of breast meat at 9th day, total aerobe bacteria and coliform bacteria contents of breast meat at 14th day. The P, OLE200, PPE100 and PPE200 diets significantly decreased lactic acid bacteria content of breast meat at 14th day. The pH value of raw breast meat at 24 h was significantly reduced by dietary treatments compared to the CONT diet. Feeding the P, PPE100 and PPE200 diets significantly increased water holding capacity of breast meat compared to those of broilers fed the CONT, GSE100 and GSE200 diets. The P, OLE200, PPE100 and PPE200 diets significantly reduced drip loss of breast meat at 7th day compared to the CONT, OLE100, GSE100 and GSE200 diets. Cooking loss of breast meat was significantly decreased by all dietary treatments except GSE diet compared to the CONT diet. It was concluded that probiotic, olive leaf- and pomegranate peel- extracts have potential to be used as natural antimicrobial feed additives in terms of the lipid oxidation, microbial content and quality of broiler meat.

The aim of this research was to determine the most suitable extraction method for the available iron contents of calcareous soils in Trakya Region, Turkey. For this purpose ten calcareous soil samples were taken from research area and five extraction methods (Lindsay and Norvell, Wear and Evans, Olson, Soltanpur and Mehlich methods) were used and three biological indices (dry matter yield, Fe concentration, Fe uptake) were compared. The plant biological indices were determined with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plant grown under greenhouse conditions. At the end of the experiment, the highest correlation coefficients (r) were determined between the 0.005 M DTPA + 0.01 M CaCl2 + 0.1 M TEA, 0.005 M DTPA + 1 M NH4HCO3 methods and the biological indices. The correlation coefficients (r) for the 0.005 M DTPA + 0.01 M CaCl2 + 0.1 M TEA method and the three biological indices were 0.648**, 0.780** and 0.656** respectively. For the 0.005 M DTPA + 1 M NH4HCO3 method, these coefficients were determined 0.595**, 0.637** and 0.625**, respectively. Consequently, these extraction methods were suggested for the determination of the available Fe contents of the calcareous soils in Trakya Region, Turkey.

Günümüzde kesme çiçek gelir getiren bir faaliyet kolu haline gelmiştir. Dünya’da 2014 yılında 609.000 ha alanda kesme çiçek üretimi yapılmakta ve süs bitkileri üretim alanının %39’unu oluşturmaktadır. Kesme çiçek üretiminde Asya Pasifik, Amerika kıtaları öncelikli kıtalar, ABD, Japonya, İtalya, Hollanda, Ekvator, Kolombiya, Kenya öncelikli ülkelerdir. Avrupa Kıtası Dünya toplam ihracatının %63’üne Amerika kıtası %29’una hâkimdir. En çok Kesme çiçek ihracatı yapan ülkeler Hollanda (%56), Kolombiya (%17), Ekvator’dur (%11). En çok kesme çiçek ithal eden ülkeler ABD (%18), Almanya (%15), Hollanda’dır (%14). Türkiye’de süs bitkileri üretimi yapılan alanların %26’sında kesme çiçek üretilmektedir. 2016 yılı TÜİK verilerine göre; kesme çiçek üretimi toplamda 1.195 hektarlık alanda yapılmaktadır. Kesme çiçek üretiminin süs bitkileri içerisindeki payı %68’in üzerindedir. Kesme çiçek üretiminde Akdeniz bölgesi %46’lık pay ve 5.095 da ile en fazla kesme çiçek üretim alanına sahiptir. Türkiye coğrafi konumu ve iklim özellikleri bakımından kesme çiçek üretiminde geniş imkânlara sahip ülkeler arasında yer almaktadır. Kesme çiçek üretiminde ekim alanı olarak ilk sırayı İzmir (%41,25) almaktadır. Türkiye’nin süs bitkileri ihracatı 81,5 milyon ABD dolarına yükselmiş ve dünyada bu değerle 26.sırada yer almıştır. Ürün grupları içerisinde %34 oranla en fazla ihracat 27,7milyon ABD dolarıyla kesme çiçeklere aittir. En fazla ihracat yapılan ülke Hollanda’dır (%19,29). Türkiye’de kesme çiçekler arasında en fazla üretimi ve ihracatı yapılan çiçek karanfildir. Kesme çiçek sektörü gelişmeye açık bir sektördür. Bu nedenle ticarette pazar istekleri doğrultusunda hareket etmek ve ürün çeşitliliğine gitmek sektörün gelişimine faydalı olacaktır.

In this study, copper toxicity, was investigated after the addition of zeolite to the diet of common carps (Cyprinus carpio). The experiment included four groups with three replicates each. The 4 group feeds were [CuSO4; CuSO4 + Zeolite; Zeolite, and the control without CuSO4 or Zeolite with three replicates each. Fishes were kept in 80 L glass aquariums with 10 fishes with a mean weight of 60.6 ± 0.2 g. At the end of each period, a necropsy was performed on fishes from each treatment, and gross clinical signs were recorded. We found significant changes in the blood parameters of the common carps with or without different levels of zeolite and copper. Changes in cholesterol (CHOL), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), calcium (Ca2+), phosphorus (P+), sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), chloride (Cl-), magnesium (Mg2+), and ferrous (Fe+2) were also significant. Our results suggest that zeolite can be used in fish feeds at a rate of 40 mg/l to mitigate the toxic effects of copper.

Forest roads are important transportation equipment through forested areas in the rugged, mountainous terrain of northern Turkey. Forest roads harm forest ecosystems due to both the manner in which they are established and how they are used afterwards. Damage to trees that occur during road construction through forests stresses trees, which facilitates outbreaks of bark beetle populations. Bark beetles are significant risk to the health and productivity of Turkish pine forests and to pine forests worldwide. In particular, Ips sexdentatus (Boerner) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) is a particularly destructive species of bark beetle in Turkish forests. Their damage to coniferous trees threatens the sustainability of the forest ecosystems. This study primarily aims to assess the intensity of damage that I. sexdentatus inflicts on Pinus nigra J.F.Arnold stands relative to several parameters: the distance to the nearest forest road, aspect (shady - sunny), slope (0–15% or >15%), and other stand characteristics. In this study, we show how damage by an I. sexdentatus infestation in pure black pine stands varies with distance to forest roads and in situ edaphic factors. We sampled 45 plots (400 m2 each), slope, aspect and distances to the nearest forest road was determined using ArcGIS software and the region’s road network overlays. Results showed that trees located within 100 m from the nearest forest road were the most severely damaged ones. The intensity of I. sexdentatus damage was about 16% in a hectare. Trees that were in 16–20 cm diameter class were damaged more often. I. sexdentatus damage did not show any significant correlation with the slope, aspect or degree of canopy closure.