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Highlights
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Genetic
Resources
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Many of the crops that were originally grown in Turkey have adapted
to cold and drought, pests and diseases, and can be useful in breeding
varieties with similar traits. Given the country's diverse agroclimatic
conditions, similar to those in various parts of the world, especially
in the dry areas, ICARDA has a collection of 11,359 germplasm accessions
from Turkey, the second-largest collection of germplasm from a single
country kept in the Center's genebank (Table 1). This helps to preserve
the unique crop biodiversity which could otherwise be eroded by
unsustainable agricultural practices. In addition, ICARDA shares
germplasm from its collections with various agricultural research
institutions in Turkey; and as a result more than 100 improved crop
varieties have been released in the country (Table 2).
Collecting wild relatives near Burdur in Turkey as part of
a joint collection mission of ICARDA and the Aegean Agricultural
Research Institute. |
Table
1. Accessions from Turkey conserved in ICARDA's genebank. |
| Crop
|
No. of accessions
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| Aegilops
spp. |
611
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| Barley
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1508
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| Bread
wheat |
1128
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| Chickpea |
973
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| Durum
wheat |
1855
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| Faba
bean |
230
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| Forage
and range |
259
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| Lathyrus
spp. |
365
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| Lentil |
482
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| Medicago
spp. |
714
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| Pisum
spp. |
215
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| Primitive
wheat |
234
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| Trifolium
spp. |
558
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| Vicia
spp. |
1483
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| Wild
Cicer spp. |
153
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| Wild
Hordeum |
45
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| Wild
Lens spp. |
194
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| Wild
triticum |
352
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| Total |
11359
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| Table
2. Improved varieties released in Turkey. |
| Barley |
'Tarm 92,' 'Yesevi,'
'Orza' |
| Chickpea |
'Guney Sarisi 482,' 'ILC 195,' 'Akcin,' 'Menemen 92,' 'Aydin
92,' 'Izmir 92,' 'Aziziye,' 'Damla-89,' 'Diyar 95,' 'Gokce,'
'Sari-98,' 'Cagatay,' INCT |
| Durum
wheat |
'Susf
bird,' 'Balcali,' 'EGE 88,' 'Cham 1,' 'Kiziltan,' 'Firat 93,'
'Aydin 93,' 'Haran' ('Om Rabi 5'), 'Ankara 98,' 'Altin 98,'
'Gidara 2' |
| Faba
bean |
'Yilmaz
98' |
| Forages |
'SeEmen-2002,'
'Tarman-2002,' 'Baydurbey-2002,' 'OEuz-2002,' 'Anadolu pembesi-2002,'
'Gürbüz-2001' |
| Lentil
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'Firat
87,' 'Erzurum 89,' 'Malazgirt 89,' 'Sazak 91,' 'Sayran 96'
'Meyveci-2000,' 'Ali Dayi,' 'Kafcas,' 'Uzbek,' 'Cifci' |
| Spring
bread wheat |
'Dogankent-1'
('Cham 4'), 'Kop,' 'Kaklic 88,' 'Genç- 88,' 'Dogu 88,'
'Es14,' 'Yuregir,' 'Karasu 90,' 'Basribey 95,' 'Kasifbey 95,'
'CEYHAN 99,' 'Genç-99,' 'ADANA 99,' 'BALATILLA,' 'TAHIROVA
2000,' 'NURKENT,' 'META 2002' |
| Winter
facultative wheat |
'Bdme
98-3K,' 'Bdme98-3S,' 'Gerek 79,' 'Atay 85,' 'Katia 1,' 'Gun
91,' 'GUN 91,' 'Kutluk 94,' 'Dagdas 94,' 'Sultan 95,' 'Kirgiz
95,' F//68.44NZT/3/CUC'5', 'Ikizce 96,' 'Pehlivan 96,' 'Suzen
97,' 'Kinaci 97,' 'Palandoken 97,' 'Kinaci 97,' 'Mizrak 98,'
'Turkmen 98,' 'Uzunyayla 98,' 'Yildiz 98,' 'Aytin 98,' 'YAKAR
99,' 'KARAHAN 99,' 'Goksu 99,' 'SAROZ 95,' 'Cetinel 2000,'
'ALTAY 2000,' 'Nenehatun,' 'Sonmez,' 'Alpu01,' 'Alpaslan,'
'Izgi,' 'BAGCI2002,' 'DAPHAN,' 'YILDIRIM,' 'SAKIN,' 'YILDIRIM,'
'SOYER,' 'KONYA 2002' |
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