CRISPR/Cas9 has emerged as the most important tool for genome engineering due to its simplicity, design flexibility, and high efficiency. This technology makes it possible induce point mutations in one or some target sequences simultaneously, well introduce new genetic variants by homology-directed recombination. However, this approach remains largely unexplored forest species. In study, we rep...

This is the first study of comparative phylogeography involving closely related species of Neotropical bats of the family Phyllostomidae. We compared patterns of geographical variation within the five species of fruit-eating bats currently recognized in the genus Carollia using the complete mitochondrial cytochrome -b gene. Our results suggest that the combined effect of the uplift of the Andes...

Sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) belongs to the family Fagaceae and sub family Castaneoideae. Bioactive components such as tannins are present in sweet chestnut in high proportion giving astringent bitter taste and reducing their palatability. Roasting reduces the anti-nutritional factors in chestnut. This study was conducted to compare the effects of pan and microwave roasting on physico...

Richards, Lundqvist-Korf and Hossfeld growth functions were fi tted to age-height data of European chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) dominant trees on the northern slopes of Belasitsa mountain, Southwest Bulgaria. Th e model prediction performance was evaluated using quantitative as well as qualitative examinations. Goodness of fi t of each model was estimated by the coeffi cient of determinatio...

Bu çalışmada, Zonguldak Gökgöl Mağarası yakınlarında Doğu kayını (Fagus orientalis Lipsky), Anadolu kestanesi (Castanea sativa Mill.) ve Adi gürgen (Carpinus betulus L.) türlerinden oluşan karışık meşcerede münferit halde bulunan 4 adet yaşlı Taxus baccata L. bireyinin anıtsal özellikleri incelenmiştir. Tahmini yaşları 915 ila 1180 arasında değişen bu ağaçların Şimdiki Anıtsal Değerleri (ŞAD) 7...