M. Anisuzzaman, M. R. Islam, H. Khatun, Mohammad Amdadul Haque, M. Islam, Mohammad Shamim Ahsan
{"title":"Molecular diversity of rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes in Malaysia based on SSR markers","authors":"M. Anisuzzaman, M. R. Islam, H. Khatun, Mohammad Amdadul Haque, M. Islam, Mohammad Shamim Ahsan","doi":"10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2500","url":null,"abstract":"Rice crop improvement is determined by the degree of genetic variability and the heritability of favorable genes. A total of twenty-five SSR markers were used to measure the level of polymorphism and genetic variation among the 65 rice genotypes. Twenty-one of the twenty-five SSRs were discovered to be polymorphic, whereas the rest were determined to be monomorphic. A total of 91 alleles were found in 21 SSR markers, with an average of 4.00 alleles which ranged from 3 (RM335, RM551, RM538 RM190, RM242 and RM270) to 7 (RM263). The average PIC value was 0.62 ranging from 0.28 (RM 270) to 0.76 (RM 481). The rice genotypes were divided into nine primary clusters by a dendrogram based on NTSYS software’s UPGMA analysis. The cluster analysis revealed that these genotypes were divided into nine clusters where cluster IB-1a has the most genotypes (31) followed by cluster IB-1b (24).The genotype BR24 and Utri as well as Pukhi and WANGI PUTEH had the highest dissimilarity coefficient values indicating genotype diversity. These accessions have a lot of genetic diversity among the constituents; thus, they could be used directly in a hybridization program to improve yield-related parameters.","PeriodicalId":6884,"journal":{"name":"Acta agriculturae Slovenica","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84863450","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}
S. Boualem, H. Karcı, S. Kafkas, A. Elouissi, G. Nogay
{"title":"Quality index based on fatty acids for Syrian pistachio cultivars (Pistacia vera L.) grown in Mascara (North-West of Algeria)","authors":"S. Boualem, H. Karcı, S. Kafkas, A. Elouissi, G. Nogay","doi":"10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2554","url":null,"abstract":"Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) is one of the most important hard-shelled nuts all over the world. Pistachio has a very high nutritional value with its quality index based on fatty acids composition, protein, mineral, vitamin-E, and antioxidant contents. In the current study, fatty acids values of the Syrian pistachio varieties cultivated in Algeria (‘Adjmi’, ‘Bayadhi’, ‘Batouri’, ‘Achouri,’ and ‘Neb-djemel’) were detected for the first time. Oil extraction of cultivars was performed using n-hexane in a Soxhlet apparatus, and the fatty acids composition of the oil was analyzed by gas chromatography coupled with a flame ionization detector (GC/FID) in the methyl ester form. The fatty acid composition of the pistachio cultivars was detected as: palmitic acid (8.23 % ± 0.36 to 9.49 % ± 0.07), palmitoleic acid (0.10 % ± 0.02 to 0.62 % ± 0.24), stearic acid (0.67 % ± 0.04 to 1.40 % ± 0.18), oleic acid (56.35 % ± 2.13 to 61.90 % ± 1.07), linoleic acid (19.48 % ± 0.27 to 26.76 ± 0.55) and linolenic acid (0.390 % ± 0, 03 to 0.59 % ± 0.01) in all samples. The results demonstrated that the five pistachio cultivars were rich in monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) (56.9 7% ± 1.88 to 62.10 % ± 1.02) and moderately low in saturated fatty acids (SFA) (9.90 % ± 0.04 to 10.37 % ± 0.23). ‘Adjmi’ has fatty acid composition lower than the other cultivars statically. Oleic acid value was determined higher than other fatty acid components. In the current study, the fat and fatty acid components of pistachio cultivars were determined and the results of this study can be used for future pistachio breeding programs.","PeriodicalId":6884,"journal":{"name":"Acta agriculturae Slovenica","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78640170","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}
Anela Kaurin, Juan Francisco MORALES ARTEAGA, Domen Lestan
{"title":"Odstranjevanje potencialno strupenih kovin iz odpadnega blata iz čistilne naprave z uporabo EDTA","authors":"Anela Kaurin, Juan Francisco MORALES ARTEAGA, Domen Lestan","doi":"10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2705","url":null,"abstract":"Sewage sludge has the potential to be used as a fertilizer in agriculture because of its high nutritional value, but it is often contaminated with toxic metals (TM). This study investigated whether ReSoil® technology, based on the use of EDTA (50, 70, and 100 mmol l-1), efficiently removes TM from sewage sludge collected after aerobic (blato1) and anaerobic (blato2) treatment. The highest removal efficiency of Pb was achieved in blato1 (up to 60 %) and of Zn and Cu in blato2 (up to 55 and 29 %, respectively). The content of nutrients did not change significantly after remediation, only available phosphorus decreased up to 1.7-times in blato2, but its content remained high (489-510 mg 100-1 g-1). After remediation, the concentration of all metals, except Zn, in the leachates was below the limit for non-hazardous substances. To demonstrate the possibility of recycling process solutions and EDTA, blato2 was washed in 5 consecutive batches with 50 mmol l-1 washing solution, removing on average 28 % Pb, 48 % Zn, 35 % Cu, 30 % Mn, and 10 % Fe. ReSoil® technology removes metals from sludge and preserves its nutritional value. However, the efficiency of the technology depends on the treatment process used in the wastewater treatment plant.","PeriodicalId":6884,"journal":{"name":"Acta agriculturae Slovenica","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83985507","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}
A. Ebrahimzadeh, Maliheh Fathollahzadeh, M. Aazami, M. Hassanpouraghdam
{"title":"In vitro direct and indirect regeneration of plants from nodal and petiole explants in Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) Herit.","authors":"A. Ebrahimzadeh, Maliheh Fathollahzadeh, M. Aazami, M. Hassanpouraghdam","doi":"10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.1723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.1723","url":null,"abstract":"<p class=\"042abstractstekst\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Nodal and petiole explants were employed to study the direct and indirect regeneration from <em>Pelargonium odoratissimum</em> <em>in vitro</em>. Direct shoots regeneration of nodal segments was tried in MS medium containing 1 and 2 mg l<sup>-1</sup> BAP and 0.5 mg l<sup>-1</sup> IBA. The highest mean shoots number and the greatest shoots per explant number were obtained in the medium containing 2 mg l<sup>-1</sup> BAP. Nodal segments were the source of petiole explants and the resulting petioles were cultured in ½ MS medium supplemented by 1, 1.5, 2 and 4.5 mg l<sup>-1</sup> BAP enriched with 0.1, 1 and 1.5 mg l<sup>-1</sup> NAA. With the petiole explants, the lowest browning percentage, the highest callus induction and also, the top number of shoots per explant were recorded in 2 mg l<sup>-1</sup> BAP + 0.1 mg l<sup>-1</sup> NAA medium. The medium supplemented with 0.2 mg l<sup>-1</sup> NAA exhibited the desired effect on rooting percentage and mean root number and length. The rooted young plants were transferred to the pots containing peat-moss and perlite (1:1) and the acclimatization was successful since, more than 90 % of plants adapted-well in the greenhouse conditions. This <em>in-vitro</em> propagation methodology would be advisable to the plant production systems and to whom wish to produce the clonal homogenous plants for the commercial ideas and for the detailed molecular studies.</span></p>","PeriodicalId":6884,"journal":{"name":"Acta agriculturae Slovenica","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89080563","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}
{"title":"Kazalniki in vitro fermentacije in tvorba HMK iz nestrukturnih ogljikovih hidratov pri kuncih","authors":"Andrej Lavrenčič, Ajda Kermauner","doi":"10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2778","url":null,"abstract":"Six pure non-structural carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, sucrose, β-glucan, chicory inulin (inulin-C) and inulin of undefined source (inulin-N)) were incubated anaerobically in the inoculum prepared from rabbit caecum content and the kinetic parameters of in vitro gas production (total potential gas production (B), maximum fermentation rate (MFR), time when MFR was reached (TMFR), lag phase (Lag), the amount of gas (Gas8) and fermentation rate at 8 hours of incubation (FR8)) and volatile fatty acids (VFA) production after 8 hours were determined. MFRs were the greatest and TMFRs the shortest with the fermentation of sugars: glucose (MFR 36.0 ml/h; TMFR 8.6 h), fructose (MFR 38.6 ml/h; TMFR 9.6 h) and sucrose (MFR 33.2 ml/h; TMFR 9.4 h). Fermentation was the lowest in β-glucan (MFR 12.5 ml/h; TMFR 15.3 h), while fermentation of the two inulins was very different: fermentation of inulin-N was intensive and fast and similar to sugars (MFR 32.3 ml/h; TMFR 8.3 h), while inulin-C fermented slowly and with low intensity (MFR 30.5 ml/h; TMFR 11.5 h). VFA production after 8 hours of incubation was the highest for simple sugars and inulin-N, low for inulin-C, and the lowest for β-glucan (p < 0.05). The molar proportion of acetic acid was lower in sugars and inulin-N than in inulin-C and β-glucan, which had the lowest molar proportion of butyric acid (p < 0.05)","PeriodicalId":6884,"journal":{"name":"Acta agriculturae Slovenica","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90651295","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}
{"title":"Frost hardiness of apple generative buds during dormancy","authors":"L. Szalay, József László Bakos, M. Tóth","doi":"10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2677","url":null,"abstract":"The success of apple production is influenced by frost damages. Occurrence of extreme temperatures is increasing worldwide because of global warming, so the risk of frost damages is also increasing in apple orchards during dormancy and blooming time. In our work the frost hardiness of flower buds of eight apple cultivars was observed with artificial freezing tests during four subsequent dormancy periods in Hungary. The studied cultivar assortment contained two standard commercial cultivars (‘Gala’, ‘Idared’), two scab-resistant cultivars from abroad breeding programmes (‘Florina’, ‘Prima’) and four new Hungarian multi-resistant (mainly scab-resistant) cultivars (‘Artemisz’, ‘Cordelia’, ‘Hesztia’, ‘Rosmerta’). There were remarkable differences between cultivars and years from the aspect of frost hardiness of generative overwintering organs. At the end of hardening period, in January, the LT50 values of flower buds were between -22.4 °C and -30.4 °C according to cultivar and year. LT50 means the temperature causing 50 % frost damage in the flower buds of the certain cultivar in the certain time. ‘Gala’ and ‘Florina’ were the most frost hardy, while ‘Prima’, ‘Cordelia’ and ‘Idared’ the most sensitive to frost. Cold hardiness values of flower buds of ‘Artemisz’, ‘Rosmerta’ and ‘Hesztia’ cultivars were regularly between the values of two extreme groups. In winters with inappropriate weather the generative overwintering organs were unable to reach the genetically possible frost hardiness of them.","PeriodicalId":6884,"journal":{"name":"Acta agriculturae Slovenica","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78520320","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}
{"title":"Assessing agricultural commercialization and rural infrastructure development in rural Southwestern Nigeria: evidence from smallholder cassava farmers","authors":"O. Otekunrin","doi":"10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2338","url":null,"abstract":"This study assessed agricultural commercialization and rural infrastructure development of smallholder cassava farmers in rural Southwestern Nigeria. The study was conducted in Nigeria with cross-sectional data collected from 352 smallholder cassava farmers. Crop commercialization index (CCI) was used to compute each farmer’s CCI and categorized into four levels while ordered logit model was employed to analyze the determinants of agricultural commercialization of cassava farmers in the study areas. Availability of some important rural infrastructures were assessed across cassava farmers’ commercialization levels. The results revealed that 13.1 % of cassava farmers did not participate in the sale of cassava roots while 86.9 % of them participated actively in the output market. The mean and maximum CCI in the study areas was 59.1 and 95.5 respectively. The results also showed that less than 40 % and 20 % of cassava farmers in all commercialization levels had access to electricity and piped water respectively. The ordered logit regression analysis indicated that age, transport cost, cassava marketing experience, and distance to market were among the determinants of agricultural commercialization. Therefore, stakeholders should expedite policy actions capable of promoting rural infrastructure development that will enhance agricultural production, marketing and improve the quality of life of rural farming communities.","PeriodicalId":6884,"journal":{"name":"Acta agriculturae Slovenica","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78631507","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}
{"title":"Diversity of hymenopteran families associated to quinoa crop in Algeria (case of Biskra province)","authors":"Hasna Seghir, N. Tarai, Souad TAHAR-CHAOUCHE","doi":"10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2441","url":null,"abstract":"The quinoa (Chenopodium quinoaWilld.) crop is originated from Andean region (South America). Its nutritional values as well as its drought climate and water salinity tolerant character have motivated many countries such as Algeria to adapt such a plant culture. This study aims to assess entomofauna from Hymenoptera order in terms of composition and functional diversity. We aim also to evaluate the consequences of the expansion and uncommon crop on the hymenopteran composition. For the first field trial, the survey was carried out in Biskra province during 2018-2019. The Shannon Wiener index and evenness indices were used to measure family’s diversity. The results revealed that 1737 specimens were identified into forty families and 166 species. Formicidae species were the most abundant with 68 % of total number of individuals, followed by Braconidae with 7 % and Crabronidae with 5 %. As well, diversity collected with yellow pan traps was more important in winter and spring seasons. As the functional groups, results indicated the presence of three major groups; parasitoids, pollinators and predators. The parasitoid group is the richest one.","PeriodicalId":6884,"journal":{"name":"Acta agriculturae Slovenica","volume":"69 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89210667","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}
{"title":"Problematika hladnega skladiščenja pri proizvodnji potaknjencev zelnatih in lesnatih okrasnih rastlin","authors":"Matej Vošnjak, Gregor Osterc","doi":"10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2832","url":null,"abstract":"In ornamental horticulture, propagation by cuttings is the most important and most commonly used method of vegetative propagation of plants. During propagation, growers use various techniques to ensure or maintain the highest quality of material. With the relocation of the world’s major ornamental plant growers to tropical and subtropical areas, maintaining the quality of the material during transport has become crucial for further plant production. The method of cold storage of plant material is used in vegetative propagation and in the transport of cuttings of herbaceous and woody ornamental plants from equatorial areas to the areas where they are to be rooted. Cold storage lowers the temperature of the plant material, thus slowing down the metabolism of the plants during storage, preserving the growth potential and quality of the cuttings and extending their shelf life. This paper reviews the management of cuttings of various ornamental plant species by cold storage, focusing on cuttings of herbaceous plants, cuttings of woody plants, and in vitro production.","PeriodicalId":6884,"journal":{"name":"Acta agriculturae Slovenica","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74683857","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}
{"title":"Influence of organo-chemical fertilizer mixed with hormones on yield of Zea mays (L.) and soil productivity","authors":"A. Keteku, P. Intanon","doi":"10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2022.118.4.2063","url":null,"abstract":"The effect of five fertilizers; NPK (15-15-15), organo-chemical hormone mixed formula 1 (HO-1), Formula 2 (HO-2), Formula 3 (HO-3) and granular organic fertilizer (GOF) were investigated on maize yield and soil properties in a Randomized Complete Block Design with 4 replications. The new hybrid maize (GT 822) was sown at 75 x 25 cm² spacing. The fertilizer rate was 300 kg ha-1. Initial soil analysis showed that the soil had a lower rate of nutrients but after the second season of trial a significant (p ≤ 0.05) improvement was observed in soil properties, the highest residual NPK of 0.875 %, 0.0275 %, and 0.0267 % were recorded in HO-3 plots. Vegetative data showed that maize height, dry matter, leaf area, and leaf chlorophyll of 270.85 cm, 282.66 g, 156.02 dm², and 56.70, respectively were also highest in HO-3 fertilizer. Plant growth indices; RGR, LAI, and dry matter use efficiency of 0.132 g g-1day-1, 5.90 and 34.4 %, respectively were best in HO-3. Grain yield and crude protein of 8276.68 kg ha-1 and 8.99 % were recorded in HO-3, followed by HO-2 and NPK. Lower yields were obtained from the control and GOF. Our finding revealed that the integration of nutrient sources in a balanced ratio produced the greatest yield output, improved soil properties, and is therefore the future approach to planning an effective fertilizer strategy. Reliance on GOF as a sole fertility package for maize production may result in significant yield losses compared to the integrated approach or use of NPK fertilizer.","PeriodicalId":6884,"journal":{"name":"Acta agriculturae Slovenica","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90496234","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}