The Importance of Bioconservation and Biodiversity in Turkey

Kahraman, Ali; Önder, Mustafa; Ceyhan, Ercan

doi:10.7763/ijbbb.2012.v2.79

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“…Biodiversity presents the base of life in a specific area and over the world as well (Kahraman et al, 2012). In the Turkey, steppe rangeland is a matter of splendid biodiversity (Avci, 2005).…”

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The Potential of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the Central Anatolian Steppe Rangeland and the Actions to Be Taken For These Plants

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2018

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The plant formation destroyed by giving way difficult conditions resulted from high evaporation, lack of rainfall in summer season developing depending on spring precipitation is known as steppe. The tree with short plant height or the bush species are run across more or less amount with these steppe sometimes. The steppe of the Turkey have got marvelous biodiversity. But also the areas to have the most genetic erosion and ecocide are these steppe rangelands. These rangelands are worthful and rich areas in terms of medicinal and aromatic plants like Astragalus sp., Thymus sp., Salvia sp., etc. It's have an importance about particularly the preservation of the steppe areas had local endemic plants. The secondary metabolite of medicinal and aromatic plants which are grown in these areas can be have various and richer content. There are a large number of medicinal and aromatic plants within plants which are determined in the vegetation survey. It's reported that the drug cost in depression treatment are decreased with using Hypericum genus which are abound in the Central Anatolian steppe rangelands instead of using antidepressant drug. Exportation of Thymus have share at 18% in medicinal plant export of Turkey. According to TUIK, the cultivation area of Salvia, which are abound (i.e. 15 Salvia genus included subspecies) in the Central Anatolian steppes following thymus export, was about 4 thousand da in 2017. These areas are failed to satisfy when considered to earn the Turkey economy of Salvia. For this reason, these steppe rangeland should be prevented, and the medicinal and aromatic plants in there should be agricultural production.

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The Potential of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in the Central Anatolian Steppe Rangeland and the Actions to Be Taken For These Plants

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“…Common bean has a great diversity of phenotypes in terms of seed size, colors and mineral composition, exposing the rich genetic diversity among the species (Papa et al 2005, Gonçalves Ceolin et al 2007. Breeders should pay attention to the importance of bioconservation and biodiversity (Kahraman et al 2012). A remarkable characteristic of common bean is a grand flexibility of seed coat and patterns.…”

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Correlations between seed color and nutritional composition of dry bean

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2013

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This study was conducted to determine the relations between seed color (the L, a and b values) and nutritional composition of dry bean genotypes. A total of 39 dry bean genotype seeds which are widely grown in Turkey were used as material. Color tests were made with three replications on 50 seeds of each genotype by color meter. Significant and positive correlations were found between all the tested minerals (Ca, B, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Mo and P) at the level of p<0.01. Ratio of protein showed a level of p<0.05 positive correlation coefficient with Cu (0.239) and P (0.277). According to the correlation analysis, the color of the seed coat and cotyledon showed insignificant correlations with nutritional composition. For the present study, it can be concluded that the color of common bean seeds did not give sufficient information about mineral composition. Path analysis showed that copper (Cu) and phosphorus (P) were important nutrients at the statistically important level of 5% with the positive correlation values of 0.239 and 0.277, respectively. These elements are important for increase of the protein ratio in common bean genotypes.

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“…Kahraman et al (2012) reported that Turkey always has four seasons in a year. The country usually experiences four seasons simultaneously due to its climatic and geographical characteristics.…”

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