Conservation agriculture is a concept which defines different farming systems. Its implementation depends on soil properties, climate and socio-economic considerations. Since two thousands, no-till technology; which is one facet of the conservation agriculture has begun to take place in the high plains of Sétif province-Algeria. Its adoption is facing several problems of socio-economic and technical issues. This work monitored the track of no-till adoption within a sample of 28 farmers during two years 2014 and 2016. During 2014 farmers were supported financially and technically through a subsidy program that aimed at the support of conservation agriculture via no-till technique. In 2016, the subsidy program has ended; hence, farmers have no longer incentives. Multivariate statistical analyses were performed to diagnose the evolution of no-till adoption and behavior’s farmers between the two periods. In 2016, results showed an increase of no-till area, even though, the drop of the number of adoptive farmers by 71%. The main reasons for adopting no-till according to the adoptive farmers were the minimization of farming operation costs and saving time. However, the major impediments facing no-till adoption; were the rise of weeding charges and the concern of weed infestation especially by bromus.sp, which is a vigorous prevalent weed, which locally developed some pesticide’s resistance. Also, the excessive use of pesticides may be considered as an environmental reason for no adopting no-till.

Canonical correlation analysis is a multivariate method to examine the relationships between two (X and Y) sets of variables when all measurements are obtained from same broilers. Canonical correlation analysis aims to obtain new variables called as canonical variates formed by linear combinations of the original variables for each set and by maximizing the relationships between two set. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between 8 biochemical traits (Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST), Albumin, Triglyceride, Total Cholesterol, Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, Glucose, Total Protein and Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)) and 4 oxidative stress traits (total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidant status (TOS), oxidative stress index (OSI), lipid peroxide (LPO)) in broiler chickens. As a result, the correlation between the first canonical variable pair was found 0.594.

Oils constitute a major source of plant-based protein. A major limitation to optimal oil consumption in sub-tropical region is fungal infestation and consequent mycotoxin contamination. Ten refined and eight unrefined vegetable oils were randomly purchase from open markets and screened for microbial contamination using standard microbial procedures. Twenty six fungi isolates were obtained from the vegetable oil samples, the isolates were identified as Aspergillus fumigatus (43.0%), Mucor (17.9%), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (10.7%), Aspergillus niger (7.1%), Aspergillus flavus (7.1%), Penicillium spp (7.1%), Aspergillus oryzae (3.6%), Mucor (17.9%) and Rhizopus spp (3.6%). Five out of the ten refined vegetable oil samples had no fungal contamination. A. flavus and A. oryzae were absent in all the refined oil samples while A. niger was absent in all the unrefined oil samples. Isolation of mycotoxigenic fungi such as Aspergillus spp. is of vital importance in the food industry. Education and training of processors and consumers is recommended.

Bu çalışma yabani ve ticari bezelye çeşitlerinin (Utrillo ve Bolero) çaprazlaması sonucu elde edilen melez bitkiler üzerinde yapılmıştır. F1 ve F2 generasyonu 2016 yılında Bayburt Üniversitesi, Gıda Tarım ve Hayvancılık Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi arazisinde yetiştirilmiştir. Araştırmada bakla boyu, ilk bakla yüksekliği, dal sayısı, gövde çapı, bakla uzunluğu, bakla genişliği, bitkideki bakla sayısı ve bakladaki tane sayısı özellikleri üzerine korelasyon katsayısı analizi uygulanmıştır. F1 ve F2 melez bezelye materyaline ait sonuçlar birlikte değerlendirilerek korelasyon analizi göz önüne alındığında, bitki boyu ile dal sayısı (0,4779*), bitki boyu ile ilk bakla yüksekliği (0,4188*) arasında, gövde kalınlığı ile bakla boyu (0,4397*) ve gövde kalınlığı ile bitki başına bakla sayısı arasında (0,6185**) olumlu ve önemli bulunmuştur. Ayrıca dal sayısı ile bitki başına bakla sayısı arasında (0,5774**), bakla boyu ile bakla eni arasında (0,4691*) ve bitki başına bakla sayısı ile baklada tane sayısı arasında (0,4662*) olumlu ve önemli ilişkiler bulunmuştur.

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.

Karabuğday (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench ve Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn), bileşiminde yüksek oranda protein, diyet lif, vitamin, mineral madde, temel çoklu doymamış yağ asitleri bulundurmakta, başta rutin olmak üzere önemli antioksidanlar ve fenolik bileşenler için kaynak oluşturmaktadır. Protein biyo-yararlılığının yüksek olmasının yanı sıra gluten içermemesi nedeni ile çölyak hastalarının beslenmesine uygun, besleyici değeri yüksek önemli bir alternatif olmaktadır. Karabuğday, çeşitli yöresel ürünlerde ham bileşen olarak yer alıp insan beslenmesindeki yerini günümüze kadar korumuştur. Beslenmedeki öneminin ve sağlık üzerine olumlu etkilerinin son yıllarda yeniden keşfedilmesiyle birlikte beslenmede ve birçok gıda formülasyonunda önemli bir bileşen olarak artan bir popülerlik ile kullanılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, karabuğdayın kimyasal bileşimi ve karabuğday kullanılarak geliştirilen gıdalar hakkında bilgi verilmiştir.

The primary purpose of this study was to determine factors influencing consumer preferences for UHT milk consumption in Erzurum province. The primary data used in this research was derived from Palandoken, Yakutiye and Aziziye districts of Erzurum province in 2010. The factor analysis was used to find out the factors affecting consumer preferences for UHT milk and to reduce these factors. As for the segmentation of consumers and bringing out the profile of each segment, cluster analysis was used. According to the results, 95.00% of households consumed UHT milk. 18 factors that are affecting the consumption of UHT milk were reduced to five main factors with factor analysis. The factor scores which determined with factor analysis were divided into three clusters by cluster analysis. UHT milk for consumers entering the first cluster has because of homogenous and packaging as well as intrinsic and extrinsic properties for advertising and price advantage is preferred. UHT milk for consumers entering the second cluster has ease of preparation and transportation, and confidential properties are preferred by reason. On the contrary, consumers entering the third cluster prefer to UHT milk for a good diet product.

This study was conducted to determine the effects of some environmental factors on birth weight (BW) in Anatolian Buffalo calves born in the scope of the project of improvement of Anatolian Buffalo in public hand supported by General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies reared in Amasya province of Turkey. A total of 228 heads calves born between 2014 and 2015 were constituted the study material. Sex of calf, maternal age, birth season and location were assessed as affecting factors on BW. The data were analyzed using the SPSS statistical package program. Average BW was determined as 29.3 ± 0.43 kg. The effects of calf sex, maternal age and birth season on BW were detected to be statistically significant. The average BW of the male calves (32.2 ± 0.57 kg) was found to be higher than those of the female calves (26.0 ± 0.50 kg). BW of calves born in autumn had the lowest value. In addition, BW was tented to increase with advanced maternal age.

Bu çalışmanın amacı ülkemizde yetiştirilen kültür ırkı süt sığırları ile bazı yerli sığır ırklarında Büyüme Hormonu Reseptörü (GHR) gen çeşitliliğinin belirlenmesidir. Çalışmada hayvan materyali olarak 468 Siyah Alaca (SA), 280 Jersey, 93 Boz Irk, 86 Yerli Kara (YK), 64 Doğu Anadolu Kırmızısı (DAK) kullanılmıştır. Popülasyonların GHR geni için FIS değerinin negatif bulunduğu Jersey, SA (Samsun), SA (Bursa) ve DAK’larda heterozigot bireylerin fazlalığı görülmüştür. Bu değerin pozitif bulunduğu Boz ırk ve YK’da ise homozigot bireyler daha fazladır. GHR lokusu bakımından Hardy-Weinberg oranından beklenen sapmalar YK hariç diğer popülasyonlarda önemli bulunmuştur. Genel popülasyon bazında ise %14 oranında heterozigot bireylerin fazlalığı ve Hardy-Weinberg oranından sapmalar önemli bulunmuştur. Popülasyonlar arasında genetik uzaklık değerleri ise 0,0004 ile 0,1881 arasında belirlenmiştir. Kümeleme analizi sonucunda iki temel kümenin şekillendiği görülmüştür. Bu kümelerin ilkinde Jersey ile YK bir alt kümede Boz ırkla genetik olarak yakın bir şekilde gözlenmiştir. Diğer ana kümede ise SA (Samsun) ve DAK bir kümede ve bu kümeye ise SA (Bursa) daha yakın bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak ülkemizde yetiştirilen beş farklı sığır ırkında genetik olarak kümeleme analizi ile sınıflandırmaları yapılırken bu ırkların GHR geni açısından göstermiş oldukları genetik varyasyon da belirlenmiştir. Dolayısıyla bu ırklar açısından verim özelliklerinin artırılmasına yönelik bir genetik ilerlemenin mümkün olduğu söylenebilir.

This study is performed to determine some of sperm quality after applying freezing / thawing process. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine different cryprotective agents with additives in terms of their effects at different pH on the cryopreservation process of longspine scraper (Capoeta trutta). The present study, twelve media were prepared by mixing three different cryoprotectants (dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, (CH3)2SO); methanol (CH3OH); methyl glycol (MG, CH3O (CH2)2OH)) with an extenders (glucose) at four different pH (7.2, 7.6, 8.0 and 8.4) for longspine scraper semen. Considering the findings from the examination (The motility rate after thawing process and duration of motility obtained in DMSO as 81% and 20 min, in methanol as 73% and 12 min, in methyl glycol as 60% and 15 min.), we can conclude that the DMSO is the best freezing media in order to create new essays in cryopreservation for sperm of Capoeta trutta in the future.