Author Correction: Humic Fulvic acid mitigated Cd adverse effects on plant growth, physiology and biochemical properties of garden cress (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (8040), 10.1038/s41598-021-86991-9)

Atilla DURSUN

Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86991-9, published online 13 April 2021.In the original version of this Article the Acknowledgments section was incomplete.“We are very grateful to The Atatürk University, Scientific Research Projects Foundation for generous financial support (Project Number FBA-2019-7219).”Now reads: “We are very grateful to The Atatürk University, Scientific Research Projects Foundation (Project Number FBA-2019-7219) and Humintech GmbH for generous support.”

Investigations on soil nematode diversity in three contrasting habitat types in Bolu, Turkey

Şenol YILDIZ

The study investigated nematode diversity in three contrasting habitat types around the Yenicaga Lake, Bolu Province, Turkey, in 2019 and 2020. The Shannon-Wiener index was used to evaluate nematode diversity in different taxonomic categories (order, family and genus level), trophic group and colonizer-persister (c-p) group in grassland, cropland and peatland in two locations, Hamzabey and Adakoy, in the Yenicaga Lake Reserve. The results revealed that there was statistically significant variation in the composition of nematode fauna between the study sites by the assessments of the higher tax ...More

Кыргызстандын Чүй өрөөнүндө кулпунай (Fragaria ananassa Duch) өстүрүлгөн талааларда өсүмдүк паразиттик нематоддорду аныктоо = A Survey for Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Associated with Strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch) Crop in Chui Province, Kyrgyzstan

Tair Esenalı Uulu

Кулпунай Fragaria ananassa Duch. дүйнө жүзүндө кеңири аянттарда өстүрүлгөн, көп жылдык чөп өсүмдүгү. Ал субтропикалык жылуу, салкын климатта эң жакшы өсүп, анын жемиштери өзгөчө өңү, жыты жана даамы менен адамзат үчүн өтө баалуу азык болуп саналат. Кулпунай толук бышкан абалында таза түрүндө, андан сырткары таттууларды жана ичимдиктерди жасоодо колдонулат. Кулпунай өстүрүүчүлүк Кыргызстанда маанилүү жана артыкчылыктуу багыт болуп саналат. Кыргызстанда кулпунай негизинен талаа шарттарында өстүрүлөт, ошондуктан жай мезгилинде бышат жана сатыкка чыгат. Кулпунай башка өсүмдүктөр сыяктуу эле өстүрү ...More

A review: use of soilless culture techniques in ornamental plants

Atilla DURSUN

The use of soilless culture in the cultivation of ornamental plants is becoming widespread, especially in the production of cut flowers. The aim of this review is to present a brief summary of both standard and new findings obtained from using soilless culture techniques in ornamental plant cultivation, based on a detailed literature review. In the researches reached for this review, Calendula officinalis L., Matthiola incana L., Pelargonium zonale L., Petunia x hybrita L., Pinus pinea, Cupressus arizonica, C. sempervirens, Sternbergia lutea, Galanthus elwesii Hook, Lilium candidum, Limonium s ...More

Monitoring Nutrient Uptake of Chard (Beta vulgaris var. cicla L.) Exposed to Exogenously Applied Nitric Oxide under Drought Stress

Atilla DURSUN

Nutrient uptake of chard under well-watered and drought conditions with different NO applications were investigated in this research. NO solutions were prepared with four doses (0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 µM) of sodium nitroprusside as a nitric oxide source and exogenously applied on only seeds (s) or together with seed and foliar (sf) of chard under different levels of drought according to 100% (control), 67% and 33% of the water required to reach field capacity. Nutrient uptake drastically decreased under drought stress. However, progressive effects of NO applications on nutrient uptake have be ...More

Genetic diversity and population structure of apple germplasm from Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey by SSRs

Ahmet AYGÜN

Turkey has a diverse apple germplasm and Northeastern Anatolia had great contributions to domestication of the Malus genus. Despite quite high rainfall (900-2300 mm) and humidity (70-85?levels, several local apple cultivars have been successfully grown for centuries at the coastal zone of Eastern Black Sea region of Northeastern Anatolia without any pesticide applications. In this study, a set of 206 local genotypes, including 6 international cultivars as references was analyzed using 13 SSR primers with the aim of assessing the genetic diversity and population structure among the genotypes. B ...More

Control of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in open field tomato crops using the mating disruption technique

Tair Esenalı Uulu

This study was conducted in Meram district of Konya province (Turkey) in 2018 and 2019 to evaluate the efficacy of mating disruption against the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta in an open-field tomato growing area. Three pheromone-treated fields and three control fields were used to evaluate the effectiveness of mating disruption in both years. In pheromone-treated fields, mating disruption pheromone was applied once at a rate of 2500 g/ha with a caulking gun. In control fields, only pheromone traps were hung for monitoring and comparing the pest population. Male captures in monitoring pheromo ...More

The Improving Conditions for the Aerobic Bacteria Performing the Degradation of Obsolete Pesticides in Polluted Soils

Tinatin DOOLOTKELDİEVA | Saykal BOBUŞOVA | Mahabat KONURBAYEVA

Currently, in the territory of Kyrgyzstan, 50 storage facilities of obsolete pesticides exist; they store about 5000 tons of these hazardous chemicals. The storage conditions have become unusable for a long time. They pose a serious threat to the people living there, livestock, and the environment. The main purpose of this research was the use of selected bacteria with cytochrome P450 genes for the bioremediation of polluted soils around the burial sites in model soil experiments. In the first trial of biodegradation experiments, one contaminated soil was used without any changes in chemical c ...More

First report of Rhizoctonia solani AG 1-IB causing root and stem rot of kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) in Turkey

İsmail ERPER

Genetic characterization of Erwinia amylovora isolates detected in the wild walnut-fruit forest of South Kyrgyzstan

Tinatin DOOLOTKELDİEVA | Saykal BOBUŞOVA

Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight, was first reported in Kyrgyz orchards in 2008 and, within a few years, the disease has spread throughout most of the northern part of the country. As fire blight expanded and penetrated new areas, it also reached the unique ecosystem constituted by the Arslonbob wild walnut-fruit forests in South Kyrgyzstan. Here, we present the results of field surveys in the forests and in the nearby orchards and gardens of the Jalal-Abad region during the 2019 season. Further, we use genetic profiling of the CRISPR regions to compare the genotypes of the o ...More

Genetic Diversity and Pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia spp. Isolates Associated with Red Cabbage in Samsun (Turkey)

İsmail ERPER

A total of 132 Rhizoctonia isolates were recovered from red cabbage plants with root rot and wirestem symptoms in the province of Samsun (Turkey) between 2018 and 2019. Based on the sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region located between the 18S and 28S ribosomal RNA genes and including nuclear staining, these 124 isolates were assigned to multinucleate Rhizoctonia solani, and eight were binucleate Rhizoctonia. The most prevalent anastomosis group (AG) was AG 4 (84? which was subdivided into AG 4 HG-I (81?and AG 4 HG-III (3? followed by AG 5 (10?and AG-A (6? respectiv ...More

Nematode Community-Based Soil Food Web Analysis of Ferralsol, Lithosol and Nitosol Soil Groups in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi Reveals Distinct Soil Health Degradations

Şenol YILDIZ

Determining if the vast soil health degradations across the seven major soil groups (orders) of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can be managed on the basis of a one-size-fits-all or location-specific approach is limited by a lack of soil group-based understanding of soil health degradations. We used the relationship between changes in nematode population dynamics relative to food and reproduction (enrichment, EI) and resistance to disturbance (structure, SI) indices to characterize the soil food web (SFW) and soil health conditions of Ferralsol, Lithosol and Nitosol soil groups in Ghana, Kenya and Ma ...More