TY  - JOUR
TT  - CURRENT STATUS OF SICYOS ANGULATUS IN BLACK SEA REGION
AU  - Önen, Hüseyin
AU  - Tad, Sonnur
AU  - Özaslan, Cumali
PY  - 2015
DA  - December
JF  - Turkish Journal of Weed Science
JO  - Turk J Weed Sci
PB  - Türkiye Herboloji Derneği
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1303-6491
SP  - 11
EP  - 12
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
KW  - Sicyos angulatus
KW  - İstila durumu
KW  - Sürvey
KW  - Yaygınlık
KW  - Karadeniz bölge
N2  - Bur Cucumber (Sicyos angulatus L.) is an herbaceous, annual twinning/climber vine from Cucurbitaceae family which completely dies/freezes in the cold months of the year. The plant prefers to grow in moist areas with partial or full sunlight. It is typically found in hot or temperate regions receiving high amount of rainfall. The plant was firstly recorded in Black Sea region of Turkey (in Artvin and Borçka districts) in 1996. After short span of time (in 1999), the plant was reported in several other districts such as; Trabzon, Araklı, Of, Çaykara and Artvin. At present, there exists no information regarding the dispersal/distribution of the plant for the last 15 years . The current survey was aimed at determining the updated dispersal/distribution status of troublesome invasive vine Sicyos angulatus in the Black Sea region. For this purpose, Black Sea region (Samsun to Artvin; almost 565 km) was divided into systematic 10×10 km grids, and survey sites were specified. Total of 211 sites at the internodes of each specified grid were surveyed and GPS coordinates, altitude, soil properties, accompanying vegetation to the plant, ecological attributes etc. and the size of the S. angualtus parcels were recorded. S. angulatus was found to be distributed through Ünye to Ardeşin coast (almost 420 km), and the plant has extended its range to coastal inlands. It was perceived during the survey that the plant can invade different habitats and varying ecosystems. The extensively invaded habitats by the plant were rivers and forest sides, waste and abandoned lands, non-agricultural areas, agricultural areas such as kiwi gardens, tea plantations and vegetable grown fields, etc. The continuous widespread populations of the plant even up to 2-3 km, parcels of 2 ha areas were observed in extensively invaded areas. The results of the surveys indicated that the plant has been established in the Eastern and Central Black Sea region and started to create serious interference in agriculture. The plant has also started invading the coastal inlands. The current distribution status urgently needs development and implementation of rapid response measures against the plant
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/tjws/issue//508214
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/618895
ER  -