Saffron (Crocus sativus L.) is known as one of the earliest cultivated plants. Formerly having importance as spice, dye and medicinal plant and cultivated in Bolu, Tokat, Sanliurfa, Adana, Izmir provinces, saffron plantation ...

Bay leaf essential oil is one of the main products from bay trees that are used in food, spice, flavoring and cosmetic industries. Drying is an important post-harvesting process, which affects the essential oil content and ...

Symphytum asperum Lepechin, S. ibericum Steven and S. sylvaticum Boiss. were examined morphologically, micromorphologically and anatomically. Scanning electron microscopy was used to examine leaf surface and trichomes of ...

Anthropogenic activities such as mining and agricultural practices may alter plant community structure and functioning. Grime's Competitors-Stress-Ruderal (CSR) strategy can be used to detect plant community transformations ...

Male bushcrickets transfer during copulation edible spermatophores that are consumed by bushcricket females as nutrient sources. They consist of two edible parts; the smaller ampulla that contains the ejaculate and the ...

Göksu Delta is one of the important nesting beaches for Caretta caretta (loggerhead turtle) in the Eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey. In this study, temperatures of nests (n=10) and sand (n=4) were recorded by data ...

Edwardsiella ictaluri is a Gram-negative facultative anaerobe that can survive inside channel catfish phagocytes. E. ictaluri can orchestrate Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) for survival in catfish macrophages. evpP encodes ...

Plants inhabiting extremely stressful mine site environments tend to be specialized and localized, where they express lower performance than nonmine site plants from adjacent areas. However, such a cost may be concealed. ...

Edwardsiella ictaluri, a Gram-negative facultative intracellular pathogen, is the causative agent of enteric septicemia of catfish (ESC). The innate functions of B cells have been demonstrated in several teleost fish, ...

The present study describes the first isolation and characterization of Vairimorpha plodiae, a microsporidian pathogen of Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), from Turkey. We present characteristic light and ...