Agro-Morphological Characterisation of Aegean and Mediterrenean Region
Abstract
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 [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] 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.
The main aim of this project is to identify agro-morphological characteristics of 102 cowpea landraces [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] 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 ex-situ conservation methods at the National Seed Gene Bank (Menemen-Izmir/Turkey) of the Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (AARI). 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.
Landraces of Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] in Turkey
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Mehmet Gündüz
Bu kişi benim
Türkiye
Ayfer Tan
Türkiye
Nüket Ay
Bu kişi benim
Türkiye
Nil Korkmaz
Bu kişi benim
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Aralık 2015
Gönderilme Tarihi
25 Temmuz 2017
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2015 Cilt: 25 Sayı: 2