Nuray Akbudak

Bursa Uludag University

Ertürk İNCE1, Nuray AKBUDAK2 1) Atatürk Bahçe Kültürleri Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü, Merkez-Yalova, TÜRKİYE 2) Bahçe Bitkileri Bölümü, Ziraat Fakültesi, Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Görükle-Bursa, TÜRKİYE ÖZET Günümüzde depolama faaliyetleri teknolojinin yardımıyla, ürünlerin uzun süreli muhafaza edilebilen modern tesislerde, soğutma ortamının ısı ve...

Pickled cucumber is one of the vegetables that needs water frequently during its cultivation and is processed and evaluated, and it is consumed high all over the world. In arid and semi-arid regions, wastewater is commonly used for vegetables and forage crop irrigation. In this study, a comparative field study was carried out using untreated wastew...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of treated wastewater, untreated wastewater, and municipal water on the quality and quantity characteristics of the bell pepper Urfa Isot (Capsicum annuum cv. Urfa Isoto) and the Capia red pepper (C. annuum L. cv. Capia). We also investigated whether various irrigation waters affect the amo...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of salicylic acid (SA) treatment against white mould disease (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) (SS) disease in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) plant. In this study, two lettuce cultivars (Melina and Fuzila) were used and four treatments were applied to the plants (control, SS, SA, and +SA+SS treatment...

The COVID-19 epidemic has affected the agriculture and food sector and many other sectors in the world and our country and forced countries to take measures on food safety. As a result of the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic on the world food sector, the need for traceable, sustainable, and reliable food has gradually increased. The establishment,...

This study was carried out under greenhouse conditions and investigates the effects of different combining fertilizer and soil proportion, (v/v) of leonardite (1:3, 1:4, 1:8), vermicompost (1:3, 1:4, 1:8) farmyard manure (1:3) and control (soil) application on growth and leaf quality of two varieties of garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.) (cvs. Zeyb...

In this study, effect of control, biopreparat, calcium (Ca) and fungicide treatments made in planting seedlings and development period to gerbera was examined. Trichoderma and Mycorrhiza was applied on the bottom of seedlings the mixture of 20 mL to each pot. Ca (1%) and Teldor (1 mL/1 L) was applied in the form of spray to parts of the stalk for i...

This study investigates the effects of different 5 and 10 mM Methyl Jasmonate (MEJA) and 2, 5 mM Sal-icylic Acid (SA) doses on growth and tuber quality of Radish (Raphanus sativus) (cv. Akkaya). Tuber weight, tubers diameter (cm), tubers weight (g), leaf length (cm), number of leaf, total soluble solids (%), colour, total phenol (mg GA kg-1) were d...

The preservation methods as an alternative to chemical control to prevent postharvest quality losses of peppers were examined. The efficacy of harpin treatments on peppers (Capsicum annuum L. cvs. 'Demre', 'Yalova Charleston' and 'Sari Sivri') was tested in the same conditions in two different years. Peppers grown in greenhouse were applied with fo...

In the study, the effect of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), normal (NA) and modified atmosphere (MA) storage treatments were investigated on postharvest quality properties of freesia (Freesia sp.). Freesias harvested in the experiment were divided into two groups: the first group of samples was treated with 675 ppb 1-MCP, the other group was not trea...

The hormone ethylene performs an important function in the processes related to the senescence of cut flowers, and, in particular, anti-ethylene treatments are recommended to extend the vase life of orchids. Among the treatments currently used for such postharvest treatment, 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) is an efficient inhibitor of the autocatalyti...

This study was conducted with the aim of determining the effects of hot water and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on some quality changes in the astringent persimmon cv 'Hachiya'. The harvested fruits were immersed in 48°C water for 10 minutes, and different thickness polyethylene plastic packaging materials were used for the MAP. Treated and u...

In the study, the effect of preharvest and postharvest calcium (Ca) and normal (NA) and modified atmosphere (MA) storage treatments were investigated on postharvest quality and vase life of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii cv. 'Rosalin'). Cut gerberas were preharvest sprayed and postharvest dipped in 1% CaCl2 and subsequently stored in plastic film mater...

The bulb onion (Allium cepa L.) has been cultivated for thousands of years and is broadly dispersed over Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, and western Pakistan. Onion is one of the earliest produced and consumed crops in Turkey and is used daily in cooking by all Turkish families year-round. In addition to consumption as food, onion and...

In this research, seven tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) varieties were used to study the quality characteristics of different tomato products. 'CXD510' (fresh and canned) and 'CXD276' (paste) were found to be superior with respect to ascorbic acid and antioxidant capacity. The highest lycopene and β-carotene contents were determined in 'Bos3...

Purpose The aim of this research is to determine the effects of pre‐harvest harpin (H) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on the storage and fruit quality of cherry tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cvs. “Alona” and “Cluster”). Design/methodology/approach H was used at 50 g 100 l‐1 concentration. First application was done on the seedling...

This study was conducted to evaluate the quality of and structural changes in parsley (Petroselinum crispum Mill.) during vacuum, microwave and convective (hot air) drying. The selected quality attributes of the dehydrated parsley samples were investigated on the basis of ascorbic acid and chlorophyll retention, as well as color change and overall...

This study examines physicochemical changes in newly developed and existing tomato varieties at different levels of maturity. Serum viscosity is an important factor in the selection of tomato varieties for processing. Most of the attributes indicative of quality for fresh and paste tomatoes occurred at a less mature stage and declined with maturity...

This research was conducted to determine the usefulness of laboratory vigour tests as predictors of seedling emergence in tomato. Three seed lots of cvs. 'CXD 254', 'CXD 255', 'CXD 267', 'CXD 179', 'CXD 224' and 'CXD 222' were subjected to the standard germination, seedling emergence, saturated salt accelerated ageing (SSAA), controlled deteriorati...

Pollen viability and germination in vitro and in vivo were influenced by gamma irradiation for dosages of 0 (control), 100, 200, 300, and 400 Gy when this was applied to early and late trusses (1st–5th and 6th–10th) 4 times in a year (early spring, late spring, early autumn, and late autumn) in three cultivars of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) (‘...

Verticillium wilt, caused by Verticillium dahliae Kleb., is one of the most important diseases of peppers. Harpin is a bio-activator that may be used as an alternative control against insects and fungi. Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe how harpin affected plants that had been inoculated with V. dahliae. Disease severity in harpin+V....

There is a group of compounds containing proteins that activate responses to stress in plants. One of these proteins is harpin, used for an alternative control of insects and fungi, as well as to increase yield and quality for vegetable production. Harpin was applied to foliage to study effects on induced resistance in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.),...

The objective of this work was to study the newly developed and existing tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) varieties for physicochemical changes in the fruits in the ripe period. Varieties 'CXD179' and 'CX8401' in fresh and canned, and 'CXD203' and 'CXD276' in paste were found superior with respect to ascorbic acid and antioxidant capacity. Th...

In the study, the efficacy of 1‐Methylcyclopropene (1‐MCP) on the quality of apples cv. “Granny Smith” was examined. Fruits were stored for 120 and 180 days at 0 ± 0.5C and 90 ± 5% relative humidity (RH) under normal (NA) and controlled atmosphere (CA), and samples taken at 120 and 180 days of storage were kept at 20 ± 2C and 60 ± 5% RH for 7 days....

The aim of this study was to investigate the marketable yield of pepper plants after harpin treatments to induce Botrytis cinerea resistance. The foliar application of harpin was studied in three cultivars of pepper (Capsicum annuum L. cvs. Demre, Sari Sivri and Yalova Charleston) inoculated with Botrytis cinerea. There was no difference in the per...

The preservation methods as an alternative to chemical control to prevent postharvest quality losses of sweet cherry were examined. The efficacy of preharvest and postharvest messenger (M) treatments on sweet cherry cv. '0900 Ziraat' was tested under a controlled atmosphere in 2004 and 2005. The factors investigated included the separate or combine...

The aim of this research was to determine the effects of combinations of low O2 and high CO2 in the storage atmosphere on the storage quality of '0900 Ziraat' sweet cherry {Prunus avium L.). The fruit were placed in six different %CO2:%O2 atmosphere combinations (0:21 [control], 5:5, 10:5, 15:5, 20:5, 25:5) at 0±0.5°C and 90±5% relative humidity fo...

The long pepper (Capsicum annuum L. cv. 'Yalova Charleston') was stored in plastic film with various oxygen (O-2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) permeabilities consisting of 7 +/- 1 degrees C temperature and 90 +/- 5% relative humidity (RH). Physico-chemical changes were recorded on 0, 10, 20 and 30 days of storage. Weight loss was higher in pepper store...

The olive psyllid, Euphyllura phillyreae Foerster is one of the most destructive pests on buds and flowers of olive tree (Olea europaea L.) in May when the olive growers cannot apply any insecticides against the pest. Temperature-dependent development of the psyllid was studied at constant temperatures ranged 16–26°C. A degree-day (DD) model was de...

Some quality properties (stem rupture force, firmness, tensile strength and penetration depth, total soluble solids and percentage of decayed fruit) of three cherry cultivars (“Van”, “Bing” and “0900 Ziraat”) during shelf life were investigated. The cherries were kept at 20±1°C and 60±5% relative humidity for 7 days and quality changes in the fruit...

AbstrAct the efficacy of postharvest gamma ir-radiation treatment on sweet cherry cv. "0900 Ziraat" was tested under control-led atmosphere. cherries were stored at six different atmosphere combina-tions for up to 60 days after being ex-posed to gamma irradiation. Weight loss values were higher in cherries stored under normal atmosphere compared to...

The effects of hot water treatment (HWT) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on the storage and fruit quality of cherry tomatoes ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cvs. “Alona” and “Naomi”) were investigated. For this purpose, light‐red cherry tomato fruits were dipped in hot water (54C for 5 min) and subsequently stored in plastic film materials...

The cherry tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) cv. 'Cluster' was stored in plastic film with various O2 and CO2 permeabilities at 5±1°C temperature and 90±5% relative humidity (RH). Cherry tomato was given hot water treatment (HWT) (54°C, 5 min) before storage. Physico-chemical changes were recorded on 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days of storage. Weight loss...

This study was carried out with the aim of determining the optimum storage time and conditions that provide raw material suitable to pickle production. Fresh pickling cucumbers (cv. Octobus) were stored for 30 days at 7 °C and 90–95% relative humidity (RH) under different controlled atmosphere (CA) combinations. Samples taken at the beginning and o...

Spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea L. cv. “Meridian”) with 50 g weight and 9.01 humidity on dry basis were dried in microwave oven using eight different microwave power levels ranging between 90 and 1000 W, until the humidity fell down to 0.1 on dry basis. Drying processes were completed between 290 and 4005 s depending on the microwave power level....

In this study, harpin protein was applied to the peppers (Capsicum annuum L. var. cvs. ‘Demre’, ‘Yalova Charleston’ and ‘Sari Sivri’) grown under natural conditions. These plants were subjected to artificial inoculation with Botrytis cinerea, which causes fruit spoilage in peppers. Changes in vegetative growth, total chlorophyll content in leaves,...

The objective of this work was to study the effects of Harpin, a bio-activator, and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on storage life and quality of cherry tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. ‘Naomi’). Tomatoes grown in greenhouse were treated three times with Harpin. Fruits harvested at light red stage were stored in plastic film materials...

Effect of preharvest application of Harpin (a plant activator) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) on the fruit quality and storage life of pepper (Capsicum annuum L. cv. 'Demre') was investigated. Peppers grown in greenhouse were treated three times with Harpin, the first treatment starting when the plants were 15 days old and subsequent treat...

Fresh pickling cucumbers (cv. Troy) were stored for 30 days at 7°C and 90–95% relative humidity (RH) under different controlled atmosphere (CA) combinations, and samples taken at 0 (i.e., without storage), 10, 20 and 30 days of storage were processed to sweet pickle. At each sampling, physical and chemical analyses were carried out in the fresh pic...

This study was carried out with fresh olives 'Gemlik' that were to be processed as a table black cultivar. Following harvest, the olives were transferred to a cold storage facility within a few hours and placed in plastic trays. The olives were stored at 5 ± 0.5°C and 90-95% RH for 9 weeks under different controlled atmosphere (CA) combinations in...

  The population dynamics of the olive moth, Prays oleae (Bern) (Lep., Plutellidae) was monitored using pheromone traps containing (Z)-7-tetradecenal, from 2000 to 2002 in abandoned and commercial olive groves of Bursa in north-western Turkey. The carpophagous generation lasted significantly longer than the phyllophagous generation. The degree-days...

In this study, sodium chloride (NaC1) (0, 2, 4, and 8 dS m –1) was applied to 'Pure White' and 'Pink Picotee' lisianthus (Lisianthus grandiflorum) at two different stages (vegetative and generative) with drip irrigation. The flowers subjected to NaC1 were stored under normal atmosphere (NA) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) conditions with 5...

Peach (“Flavorcrest” and “Red Top”) and nectarine (“Fantasia” and “Fairlane”) cultivars were stored in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) by using 30 μm PP (polypropylene) and 45 μm PE (polyethylene) plastic bags at 0 °C temperature and 90% relative humidity in the same conditions in three different years. The peaches and nectarines were subjected...

The effect of calcium (Ca) and fun-gicides on fungal pathogens of sweet cherries, cvs. "Bing" and "0900 Ziraat", in Normal Atmosphere (NA) and Modi-fied Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) was investigated. The most effective treatment was MAP+iprodione. The MAP+iprodione treatments reduced the percentage of rotted fruit in cv. "Bing" from 23.40 to 7.74% an...

The effect of calcium (Ca) and fungicides on fungal pathogens of sweet cherries, cvs. "Bing" and "0900 Ziraat", in Normal Atmosphere (NA) and Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) was investigated. The most effective treatment was MAP+iprodione. The MAP+iprodione treatments reduced the percentage of rotted fruit in cv. "Bing" from 23.40 to 7.74% and...

The harvested apples cv. Elstar were taken into storage within a few hours and they were stored under different atmosphere combinations [(CO 2%:O2%) 0:21 (=normal atmosphere (NA)-control), 3:1, 3:1.5, 3:2 and 3:2.5] at 0±0.5°C and 90-95% relative humidity (RH), and then they were kept at room conditions (20±2°C and 60-65% RH) for 5 days in the same...

In order to determine the possibility of controlled atmosphere (CA) storage of apple (Malus communis L. cv. Granny Smith), two trials were carried out with the fruits taken from the same place during the successive two years. Following the harvest, fruits were transported to the cold storage and then they were stored in plastic cells of 120-L volum...

The peach (Flavorcrest and Red Top) and nectarine (Fantasia and Fairlane) cultivars used in this study were stored in normal (NA) and controlled atmosphere (CA) conditions [(CO2%:O2%) 3:3, 5:2, 10:2] consisting of 0±0.5°C temperature and 90±5% relative humidity in three years. Peaches and nectarines were subjected to some treatments (fungicide solu...

Intensive research has been implemented on different aspects of the bee pollination of pear in Hungary in the past decade, extending to the following topics: the effect of the opening sequence of the flowers within the inflorescence of pear cultivars on the effectiveness of bee pollination; the nectar production of flowers of pear cultivars; intens...