Türkiye, with an apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) production amount of 833,398 tons per year, ranks first in fresh apricot production and dried apricot export in the world. Malatya, Iğdır, and Elazığ constitute the main apricot production centers in Turkey. Many table and dried apricot cultivars have been grown in Türkiye. Local apricot cultivars such as cv. Şalak (or Aprikoz), cv. Tebereze, cv. Ordubat, cv. Ağcanabat, and cv. Ağerik are widely grown in the Aras Valley, including Iğdır and Kağızman. In this study, DNA barcoding of local cultivars based on the ITS region was performed and their distribution demonstrated in the Aras Valley. The reactions of these apricot cultivars to the causal agents of bacterial canker, which negatively affect the yield and quality of apricot cultivation, were also determined. Alternative methods such as image-processing technology and CHAID analysis have also been successfully used for cultivar reaction tests. It was determined that "Şalak" is economically important and the most common apricot cultivar in the Aras Valley. In addition, the Ağcanabat cultivar was sensitive to the causal agents of disease, while other local apricot cultivars were tolerant to it.
stone fruits local cultivars bacterial canker DNA barcoding CHAID
The study was funded by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK)
120O825
We are grateful to Dr. Monika Kaluzna (POLAND) and Prof. Dr. Hatice Özaktan for providing the reference strains that were used in this study. Furthermore, we also thank Sezer Şiktaş and Doç. Dr. Nihal Acarsoy Bilgin helped us with the survey of apricot orchards.
120O825
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Ziraat Mühendisliği (Diğer) |
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Proje Numarası | 120O825 |
Erken Görünüm Tarihi | 24 Mayıs 2023 |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 25 Eylül 2023 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 12 Aralık 2022 |
Kabul Tarihi | 17 Şubat 2023 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2023 Cilt: 29 Sayı: 3 |
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