@article{article_330852, title={Agro-Morphological Characterisation of Aegean and Mediterrenean Region}, journal={ANADOLU Journal of Aegean Agricultural Research Institute}, volume={25}, pages={1–23}, year={2015}, author={Gündüz, Mehmet and Tan, Ayfer and Ay, Nüket and Korkmaz, Nil}, keywords={Börülce,[Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp., yerel çeşit,populasyon,aksesyon,morfolojik karakterizasyon,agro-morfolojik karakterler,genetik çeşitlilik,tarımsal biyolojik çeşitlilik}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;"> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;">Turkey is an important center of origin and/or center of genetic
diversity for cereals and legumes and many other main crops. Although the
native country of cowpea </span> </i> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;" lang="tr" xml:lang="tr">[ <b> <span>Vigna unguiculata </span> </b>(L.) Walp.] </span> </i> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;">is uncertain and cowpea originated in Africa, where it is grown
throughout the tropics and subtropics. After it was introduced into Anatolia,
its cultivation spread throughout most of the country. With its widespread
distribution, natural and artificial selection by farmers has resulted in a
great diversity of landraces. In many regions of Turkey, diverse cowpea
landraces have gradually been developed over time. But, the total number of
landraces in Turkey, especially in the marginal and remote areas, appears to be
declining over time. Turkey is described as microcenter for many crops including
cowpea. In addition, because of global warming, importance of cowpea has been
increasing as an alternative crop which can be grown under water deficit areas. </span> </i> </p> <p> </p> <p class="Default" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;"> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt;">The
main aim of this project is to identify agro-morphological characteristics of
102 cowpea landraces </span> </i> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" lang="tr" xml:lang="tr">[ <b> <span>Vigna
unguiculata </span> </b>(L.) Walp.] </span> </i> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt;">by screening the material under
field conditions and use the raw materials for breeding activities and
sustainable use and cultivation in Turkey. Given the diversity of cowpea
landraces in Turkey, populations of the populations were surveyed, collected,
regenerated, and conserved in cold storage conditions according to <span>ex-situ </span> conservation methods at the
National Seed Gene Bank (Menemen-Izmir/Turkey) of the Aegean Agricultural
Research Institute (AARI). <span>  </span>Therefore seed
of this landrace is currently available for research activities. Totally, 102
landrace- accessions from the Aegean and Mediterranean regions of Turkey
collected during 2008-2009 were used to evaluate 48 qualitative and
quantitative agro-morphological characteristics in the landrace samples in 2009
as main crop. Screened landraces exhibited high variation in terms of observed
characters. </span> </i> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt;"> </span> </i> </p> <p> <br /> </p> <p class="Default" style="text-align:center;" align="center"> <span class="hps"> <b> <i> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;"> <br /> </span> </i> </b> </span> </p> <p> <br /> </p> <p class="Default" style="text-align:center;" align="center"> <span class="hps"> <b> <i> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;">Landraces of
Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] in Turkey </span> </i> </b> </span> </p> <p> <br /> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Ege Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü}