Plant reproduction
Türkiye amasses 120,000 types of seeds in gene banks
Some 120,000 genetic specimens are kept under protection in the country's two seed gene banks, Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı has said.
Drought-resilient seeds alleviate sunflower crisis
Amid grave scale of yield loss in sunflower farming due to the excessive drought, the trials of domestically produced seeds in the northwestern region of Thrace have yielded remarkably positive results thanks to their impressive resilience to drought.
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Sunflower fields decimated by sweltering heat: Expert
Thrace's sunflower production, which supplies a sizeable share of the nation's oil needs, has become inefficient as a result of the extreme heat, an expert has said.
It was reported that sunflowers in Thrace are under stress due to the sweltering temperatures in the region, meaning that the crops' development and productivity are adversely affected.
Nursed in Vipava Valley, vines exported world-wide
One of Slovenia's premier wine-growing regions, the Vipava Valley has a vine grafting tradition going back almost 120 years. Today, their grafted vines are sold world-wide, the lion's share to France, the world's leading wine-producing country.
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Six plants with high economic return cloned
In the Tissue Culture Laboratory established in the northern province of Ordu, six plants that were difficult to access have been cloned, yielding 40,000 saplings.
Tissue samples are taken from plants with high economic yield, and tissue fragments are sterilized.
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Turkey’s cut flower exports rise 50 percent compared to last year
Antalya, Turkey's greenhouse cut flower production base, continues to export flowers all over the world.
So far this year, 650 million branches of flowers cut and bundled by women from greenhouses were exported to 27 countries in Europe.
Scientists revive 32,000-year-old plant right out of the Pleistocene!
The oldest plant ever to be “resurrected” has been grown from 32,000-year-old seeds beating the previous record holder by some 30,000 years
Ministry protects all plants seeds of Turkey’s flora in 32 gene banks
The Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has been storing the seeds of all kinds of plants grown across the country in some 32 gene banks in a bid to conserve the rich flora of Turkey from going extinct, the head of the project said on April 30.
Eco Ruralis has launched new Peasant Seed Catalog, with free distribution of seeds nationwide
Over 100 varieties of 47 kinds of vegetables, aromatic, medicinal and companion planting herbs will be available free of charge this year to farmers and gardeners in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, with the launch of the IXth edition of the Eco Ruralis Peasant Seed Catalog.
Hundreds of Americans planted those alarmingly mysterious Chinese seeds & some even ate them
Some states, like North Carolina, had more than 1,000 people contact the department of agriculture having received unsolicited seeds