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Öğe Alliums, an Underutilized Genetic Resource in the East Mediterranean(Int Soc Horticultural Science, 2012) Ozturk, M.; Gucel, S.; Altay, Volkan; Altundag, E.The east mediterranean is the ecoregion overlapped by the fertile crescent, which is regarded as among one of the specific and vulnerable ecosystems. The region is also known as the cradle of civilizations and possesses a rich biodiversity. It has served as a land-bridge for the present day distribution of old world flora and fauna. One of the taxa represented widely in its flora is the genus Allium. The taxa distributed in the east mediterranean are; 27 in Syria; 32 in Lebanon; 8 in Jordan; 25 in Lebanon and Syria; 2 endemics from Lebanon and Palestine; one endemic from Syria, Lebanon and Turkey and 42 in Israil. There are two edible taxa in Cyprus namely Allium neopolitanum and A. ampleoprasum both consumed in large quantities and evaluted as medicinal plants too. It is one of the largest genera of Turkey with 188 taxa, 3 being cultivated and 73 are endemic. Latter include Irano-Turanian (47), mediterranean (72-49 east mediterranean), Euro-Siberian (17) phytogeographical elements, with nearly 61 taxa in danger of extinction. In spite of this rich diversity the genus is an underutilized genetic resource in the region. An attempt will be made here to present some general features of the wild Alliums in the region in order to put forward stratagies for the development of a germplasm centre for Alliums, which can serve as a basis for more productive new introduction studies.Öğe Clustering of halophytic species from Cyprus based on ionic contents(Tech Science Press, 2019) Ozturk, M.; Gucel, S.; Altay, V; Ahmad, M. S. A.; Ashraf, M. Y.; Ashraf, M.This paper presents the work conducted on the chemical constituents of some common and widely distributed halophyte taxa from Cyprus with the aim that these studies will help in the evaluation of halophytes for different economical purposes. The plant species of Crithmum maritimum L., Limbarda crithmoides (L.) Dumort, Atriplex portulacoides L., Salsola kali L., Atriplex halimus L., Limonium oleifolium Mill., L. meyeri (Boiss.) Kuntze; and Tetraena alba (L.f.) Beier & Thulin were collected in the middle of July. The shoot tissue and leaf samples were collected from the natural habitats and left for drying under air circulation followed by placing them in oven at 60 degrees C for 96 hours. The material was crushed using mortar and pestle and subjected to an analysis of macro- and micro-nutrients and biochemical compounds. K+/Na+ in the leaf tissues of the dicot species showed relatively high values depicting their behavior as Na+ includes but very low Cl- levels were recorded. Out of the species investigated here in 4 TFAA content was rather high. Values ranging from 0.5% to 1% dry weight were exhibited in one species. However, only 3 species showed very low TFAA values. Later may be due to low nitrogen availability in their environment. The phenetic analyses of eight halophyte species performed on the data matrix using Ntsys-pc program version 2.1 revealed that, cluster analysis of the overall results obtained here leads to 2 clusters. This discrimination appears to be as a result of their different abilities to accumulate either proline or glycine betaine.Öğe Honey - Pollen - Health: Palinochemical Analysis of Honey from Turkey(Int Soc Horticultural Science, 2014) Ozturk, M.; Dalgic, R.; Guvensen, A.; Altay, Volkan; Gucel, S.Honey is one of the oldest known medicines used even today in folk medicine. It has been used in the treatment of wounds, burns, ulcers and also in the prevention of infection. The major antimicrobial factors determined in the honey are osmotic effect, acidity, hydrogen peroxide and plant-derived substances such as flavonoids. The total amount of pollen in the honey is one of the criteria for the selection of real honey, because the quality is correlated with the plants visited by bees. Turkey is exporting honey to many countries. Therefore this paper presents an overview of the pollen spectrum of honey samples in Turkey.Öğe Honey - pollen -health: Palinochemical analysis of honey from Turkey(International Society for Horticultural Science, 2014) Ozturk, M.; Dalgic, R.; Guvensen, A.; Altay, Volkan; Gucel, S.Honey is one of the oldest known medicines used even today in folk medicine. It has been used in the treatment of wounds, burns, ulcers and also in the prevention of infection. The major antimicrobial factors determined in the honey are osmotic effect, acidity, hydrogen peroxide and plant-derived substances such as flavonoids. The total amount of pollen in the honey is one of the criteria for the selection of real honey, because the quality is correlated with the plants visited by bees. Turkey is exporting honey to many countries. Therefore this paper presents an overview of the pollen spectrum of honey samples in Turkey.Öğe Species composition of dry-temperate forest as an important habitat for wildlife fauna species(Triveni Enterprises, 2020) Rajpar, M. N.; Ozturk, M.; Altay, V; Ullah, S.; Ullah, A.; Martin, C. O.; Gucel, S.Aim: To determine the present species composition and diversity in dry temperate forest ecosystem, especially trees, shrubs, ground cover, birds, reptiles and mammals. Methodology: The vegetation composition and diversity of dry-temperate forest in Kumrat valley was determined through employing the 20x20 m (0.4 ha) quadrant method. In addition, fauna species were detected through direct visual observations. A total of 100 quadrant plots were randomly selected to determine the vegetation composition and diversity from July, 2017 to August, 2018. Results: A total of 7 tree species, 3 shrubs, and 12 grass species were identified, which were attracted into the study area. The highest tree density was determined for P wallichiana (3.375 tree ha(-1) and the lowest one for J. regia (0.300 tree ha(-1)). CAP tests indicated that the diversity indices, i.e., Shannon-Winner's Diversity Index (H-1=2.908 +/- 0.161), Margalefs Richness Index (R-1=3.26 +/- 0.112) and McIntosh Evenness Index (E=0.9746 +/- 0.0206) occured in Kumrat valley. Further, diversity indices of trees varied from species to species, e.g., the highest tree species diversity (H-1=2.248) and species richness (R-1=2.730) was recorded in Picea smithiana and the lowest one (H-1=0.297) and richness (R-1=0.4024) in Juglans regia. Taxus baccata (E=0.9763) showed even distribution in the study area as compared to other tree species. The direct observation observed a total of 11 mammal species (6 endangered, 3 data deficient, and 2 species least concern), 41 bird species (mostly least concern), and 6 reptile species (4 least concern, one data deficient, and one vulnerable) simultaneously within the same area where plant cover was determined. Interpretation: The results of this study demonstrated that plant cover structure and composition of dry-temperate forest is the most prominent factor that had formed a wide array of different habitats to attract the higher diversity of fauna.