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Investigation of antimicrobial activities of some sideritis species 几种黄疸菌抗菌活性的研究

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.29136/mediterranean.1100612

{"title":"Investigation of antimicrobial activities of some sideritis species","authors":"","doi":"10.29136/mediterranean.1100612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.1100612","url":null,"abstract":"This research has been conducted on tea grown in the western Mediterranean region and also on the consumption of Sideritis stricta and Sideritis condensate species, in order to investigate their antimicrobial activity against 6 pathogenic bacteria. The plants were collected and dried at room temperature in the flowering stage. The essential oil of the plants was obtained with a Clevenger apparatus by the hydrodistillation method. Antibacterial activities of the extracts were determined with the disc diffusion method. In this method, MIC of the extracts which showed antibacterial activity were determined with the microdilution method. Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Salmonella enteretidis RSK 95046, Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 700613 were used as test bacteria. The results were evaluated according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) criteria. Ampicillin and penicillin were used as the positive control antibiotics. It was determined that hot water extracts of both plants did not have antibacterial activity. The results of the statistical analysis showed that there was a significant difference (P<0.05) between the antimicrobial activities of the essential oil of Sideritis stricta and Sideritis condensate. It was found that there was no significant difference between the antimicrobial activity of Sideritis stricta and ampicillin used as a control antibiotic. On the other hand, the antimicrobial activity of Sideritis condensata was lower when compared to the control antibiotic.","PeriodicalId":151022,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114873291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Molecular identification of ascochyta blight of Cicer montbretii Jaub. & Spach 孟氏白僵菌的分子鉴定。和软轴

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.29136/mediterranean.1141888

Fevzi Bulat, Duygu Sari, H. Sari, Tuba Eker, Hilal Özay, C. Toker

{"title":"Molecular identification of ascochyta blight of Cicer montbretii Jaub. & Spach","authors":"Fevzi Bulat, Duygu Sari, H. Sari, Tuba Eker, Hilal Özay, C. Toker","doi":"10.29136/mediterranean.1141888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.1141888","url":null,"abstract":"Molecular detection of ascochyta blight caused by Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Labr. is important for effective control of the ascochyta blight and efficient chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) breeding program. The present research was therefore aimed to diagnose ascochyta blight of C. montbretii Jaub. & Spach via molecular techniques. Infected plant samples were collected and placed on potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium for 1 week at 20-24℃, and colonies with typical ascochyta blight symptoms were transferred to new PDA medium and incubated for 1 week at 25℃. DNA was isolated from small parts of fungus isolates via the CTAB method. Internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions (ITS-1, 5.8S rDNA subunit, ITS-2) were amplified with ITS 5 and ITS 4 primers for molecular characterization. Based on the BLAST analysis, the sequence had 99 and 100% nucleotide identity with the corresponding sequence of A. rabiei in GeneBank. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ascochyta blight of C. montbretii in Turkiye. The pathogen is considered to be co-evolved with C. montbretii. Molecular techniques, as in the present study, can be diagnosed with great accuracy, in a short time, and with relatively little effort and expense.","PeriodicalId":151022,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127055056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Consumers’ willingness to pay for organic beans in southwest Nigeria: towards food safety 尼日利亚西南部消费者购买有机豆类的意愿:走向食品安全

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.29136/mediterranean.1176976

Abraham Falola, Ridwan Mukaila, Olamide Oyenike Oyeyi̇nka

{"title":"Consumers’ willingness to pay for organic beans in southwest Nigeria: towards food safety","authors":"Abraham Falola, Ridwan Mukaila, Olamide Oyenike Oyeyi̇nka","doi":"10.29136/mediterranean.1176976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.1176976","url":null,"abstract":"Minimizing the health dangers associated with consuming inorganic staple food crops due to residues from pesticide and herbicide usage is a reasonable pathway to ensure nutrition security. Therefore, an extensive knowledge of consumers’ interest in organic foods would be a useful complementary strategy to public health interventions. This study examines consumers’ willingness to pay for organic beans in southwest Nigeria. Primary data were collected from 180 shoppers of beans. The data were analysed with descriptive statistics and a logistic regression model. Consumers were willing to pay for organic beans if the premium was not more than ₦601.76 (USD 1.58) for 2 kg of organic beans. The significant factors influencing the consumers’ willingness to pay for organic beans were gender, access to food safety information, acquaintance with organic products, monthly income, and nutritional knowledge of the food planner. Meanwhile, taste/palatability, freshness, appearance, safety, nutritional value, hygiene, and environmental friendliness were highly ranked when buying beans compared to price and convenience. Therefore, any welfare programme involving the introduction of organic beans in Nigeria should ensure that the premium should not be greater than ₦601.76. Also, policies aimed at improving food safety, and nutritional knowledge should be put in place by the government.","PeriodicalId":151022,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132407282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Agricultural credit supply and the performance of microfinance institutions in southern Togo 多哥南部农业信贷供给与小额信贷机构绩效

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI: 10.29136/mediterranean.1247855

Komlan Edem Agboklou, B. Özkan

{"title":"Agricultural credit supply and the performance of microfinance institutions in southern Togo","authors":"Komlan Edem Agboklou, B. Özkan","doi":"10.29136/mediterranean.1247855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.1247855","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of underfinancing in the agricultural sector has always been a subject of consideration for governments. Thus, for decades, programs have been implemented to eradicate poverty and facilitate access to financial services for the most disadvantaged segments of the population, represented mainly by the rural population. Among these programs, microfinance holds a predominant place. However, the latter is increasingly moving away from the agricultural sector, depending on its assessment of the risky nature of agricultural investments. This study sought to analyze the effect of agricultural credit supply on the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). Data from the two largest microfinance institutions (FUCEC-Togo and WAGES) were analyzed. The linear regression model was used for the analysis. The results show that the supply of agricultural credit has a negative impact on financial performance ratios of both MFIs in this study. The study recommended that microfinance institutions improve their agricultural financial services to adapt them to the needs of rural populations. The introduction of financial products should be adapted to the needs of producers and compatible with the profits of microfinance structures.","PeriodicalId":151022,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129039993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Metal tolerance of Spirulina platensis 螺旋藻的金属耐受性

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences Pub Date : 2022-12-02 DOI: 10.29136/mediterranean.1097816

A. Padgaonkar, Additiya Paramanya, Payal Poojari, Ahmad Ali

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Chlorine and ozone applications used for fruit and vegetable disinfection in tourism accommodation facilities 氯和臭氧用于旅游住宿设施的水果和蔬菜消毒

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.29136/mediterranean.1109948

M. Ercan, R. Felek, I. Yıldırım

{"title":"Chlorine and ozone applications used for fruit and vegetable disinfection in tourism accommodation facilities","authors":"M. Ercan, R. Felek, I. Yıldırım","doi":"10.29136/mediterranean.1109948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.1109948","url":null,"abstract":"Samples of vegetable and fruit were taken from the kitchens of tourism accommodation facilities and microbiological analyses were made. The samples were analysed after being disinfected with 100 ppm chlorine for 2-10 minutes and with 2 ppm ozone for 2-10 minutes. In the examined vegetables and fruit samples, Escherichia coli, E. coli O157, Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes were examined in terms of microorganisms. Before disinfection, E. coli was detected in all 30 samples: E. coli O157 in 8 samples, Salmonella spp. in 4 samples, and L. monocytogenes in 3 samples. As a result of disinfection applications with 100 ppm chlorine for 2 minutes, E. coli decreased by more than 45%. Salmonella spp. was detected in 1 sample and E. coli O157 was detected in 2 samples. After disinfection applications with 2 ppm ozone for 2 minutes, E. coli decreased by more than 60%. A decrease of more than 70% was observed in E. coli. after disinfection applications with 100 ppm chlorine for 5 minutes. As a result of disinfection applications with 2 ppm ozone for 5 minutes, E. coli decreased by more than 85%. No bacteria were found in the samples after disinfection with 100 ppm chlorine and 2 ppm ozone for 10 minutes. It was observed that there was a decrease in the microorganism loads as a result of the chlorination and ozonation processes of the vegetable and fruit samples.","PeriodicalId":151022,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121394113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Molecular analysis of resistance gene locus to bacterial canker and wilting disease in tomato mutants 番茄菌种溃疡病和萎蔫病抗性基因位点的分子分析

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.29136/mediterranean.1101666

D. Karabulut, Ö. Çaliş

{"title":"Molecular analysis of resistance gene locus to bacterial canker and wilting disease in tomato mutants","authors":"D. Karabulut, Ö. Çaliş","doi":"10.29136/mediterranean.1101666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.1101666","url":null,"abstract":"The tomato plant is one of the most widely produced vegetables in the world. However, there are several disease factors which limit tomato production. The Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Cmm) pathogen causes wilting and canker symptoms on the leaves of plants and bird’s eye symptoms on the tomato and then the plants completely die. Development of resistant tomato varieties is prerequisite due to absence of an effective control methods against the bacterial disease. The resistant M3-9 and M3-15 tomato plants have been developed because of mutation from susceptible NCEBR3 tomato seeds with ethyl methanosulfonate (EMS). For each chromosome of the tomato genome, 24 SSR markers were selected from each end of the haploid, 12 tomato chromosomes, and polymorphic differences between susceptible and resistant tomato plants were studied. Polymorphisms were found with SSR13 and SSRB18031 markers located on chromosome 5 with resistant mutants, M3-9, M3-15 and susceptible original NCEBR3 plants. It is envisaged that a resistance gene is located on the 5th chromosome of resistant M3-9 and M3-15 plants. Further fine mapping studies will reveal the location of the resistance gene(s) for controlling bacterial canker and wilting pathogen.","PeriodicalId":151022,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121702011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Morphological, physiological, cytological characteristics and agricultural potential of colchicine induced autotetraploid plants in safflower 秋水仙碱诱导红花同源四倍体植株的形态、生理、细胞学特征及农业潜力

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.29136/mediterranean.1067571

H. Baydar, Ümmü Tuğlu

{"title":"Morphological, physiological, cytological characteristics and agricultural potential of colchicine induced autotetraploid plants in safflower","authors":"H. Baydar, Ümmü Tuğlu","doi":"10.29136/mediterranean.1067571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.1067571","url":null,"abstract":"Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is one of the important oilseed and bio-energy crops. All of the safflower cultivars in the world have diploid genomes (2n= 2x= 24). In this research, autotetraploidy induction in safflower was performed by colchicine treatments to the emerging shoot tips at the cotyledonary stage. As a result of flow cytometric analyses performed in the C2 progenies, autotetraploids (4x= 48) had DNA content of 4.88 pg 2C-1, while diploids (2x= 24) had 2.29 pg 2C-1. The autotetraploids in C2 generation exhibited bigger stomata size (33.40 μm to 46.90 μm in length) and a higher chloroplast number (9.5 to 17.2 in the guard cells), but less stomatal density (17.98% to 16.67% in index) compared to their diploid counterparts. However, autotetraploidy reduced the pollen viability from 80.24% to 16.20%, and seed set rate from 35.06% to 7.01% per capitula. As a result, autotetraploid plants were able to produce very few seeds despite the high unit seed size and weight in their heads. While oil content of the large-seeded autotetraploids was significantly lower, by two-fold, (26.37% to 13.23% in the whole seeds) than the small-seeded diploids, fatty acid composition was not significantly influenced by autopolyploidization.","PeriodicalId":151022,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128381159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Organic maize farming practices in Nigeria: Drivers and barriers 尼日利亚的有机玉米种植实践:驱动因素和障碍

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.29136/mediterranean.1086107

Abraham Falola, Ridwan Mukaila

{"title":"Organic maize farming practices in Nigeria: Drivers and barriers","authors":"Abraham Falola, Ridwan Mukaila","doi":"10.29136/mediterranean.1086107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29136/mediterranean.1086107","url":null,"abstract":"Organic farming is gaining global recognition in terms of the role it plays in providing safe and healthy food, income, and maintaining a sustainable environment. Despite these aspects , it faces constraints that, if identified, will play a vital role in its development and formulating policy for its sustainability. Creating an effective policy to improve organic farming necessitates identifying the influencing factors in organic farming method selection as well as barriers encountered. This study, therefore, examined the common types of organic maize farming, their determinants, and their challenges in Nigeria. Primary data collected from 480 respondents were analysed with descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression. The result revealed that organic manure, compost manure, biocontrol, and cover cropping were used by the farmers to enrich the soil. Farming experience, membership in a farm-based organization, farm distance, education, income, extension contacts, farm size, and cultural compatibility were the influencing factors of different organic farming systems used in maize production. Inadequate organic food accrediting agencies, inability to meet export demand, high cost and scarcity of organic seeds, lack of financial support, poor marketing system, inadequate supporting infrastructure, poor technical know-how, and pest infestation were the most common problems encountered in organic farming. To enhance participation in organic maize farming practices, there is a need to support organic farmers with financial support, accessible organic accreditation centres, training, educational support, and inputs.","PeriodicalId":151022,"journal":{"name":"Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134006696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ethnic crop consumption and marketing in the Eastern United States: Trends and prospects 美国东部少数民族作物消费和销售:趋势和前景

Mediterranean Agricultural Sciences Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.29136/mediterranean.1163714

R. Govindasamy, A. Ayeni, K. Kelley, J. Simon, W. Sciarappa, Richard W. VAN VRANKEN, P. Nitzsche, B. Schilling, S. Komar, S. Arumugam

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