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Volume 8
Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials
ISSN: 2155-952X Euro Biotechnology 2018
October 11-12, 2018
October 11-12, 2018 | Moscow, Russia
21st European
Biotechnology Congress
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Triticum monococcum based genes as a source of salt tolerance in Turkish wheat genotypes
Anamika Pandey1, Mohd Kamran Khan1, Mehmet Hamurcu1, Ali Topal1, Ahmet Tamkoc1, Sait Gezgin1, Kamer Gulcan 1, Necdet Akgun1,
Pamela Aracena Santos1, Hatice Suslu1, Makbule Rumeysa Omay1, Fatma Akin1, Merve Inanc1, Hasan Can1, Zuhal Zeynep Avsaroglu1,
Noyan Eken1 , Humeyra Omay1, Seyit Ali Kayis 2, Mahinur S. Akkaya3, Nermin Bilgicli4, Selman Turker4 and Erdogan E. Hakki1,
1University of Selcuk, Faculty of Agriculture, Konya-42250, Turkey
2Karabuk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics, Karabuk, Turkey
3Middle East Technical University, Department of Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey
4Necmettin Erbakan University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Food Engineering, Konya, Turkey
Worldwide, around 20% of irrigated lands are damaged by salt stress. Hence, either crop production from the non-
effected land should be increased or genotypes with stress tolerance should be developed to be grown in stress-
affected land. Salt stress largely effects crop yield by making the spikelets sterile, inhibiting the flowering, reducing the
grain weight and leading to stunted plant growth. Saline growth environment produces phenotypical symptoms that
are linked to physiological and biochemical mechanism of the plant. Wheat, an important cereal crop and chief source
of energy is widely consumed in different parts of the world. Apace with the continuously increasing population, it
is crucial to enhance its production to meet the current nutritional requirements. However, its production is largely
restricted due to salinity stress in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. In such state, developing wheat varieties with
greater salt tolerance can be a preferred strategy. Hence, in a combined classical breeding and marker assisted selection
program, Triticum monococcum based salt tolerant genes have been transferred in Turkish bread and durum wheat
genotypes. In order to identify the other genes involved in the physiological mechanism, Backcross 3 material of the
program will be tested for tolerance against high levels of salinity under greenhouse growth conditions.
Biography
Erdogan Esref Hakki has completed his PhD from Middle East Technical University (Ankara), Department of Biotechnology, in 2000. He is running a
Molecular Genetics Laboratory in Konya (TR) within Selcuk University, Faculty of Agriculture. His studies are mainly focussed on abiotic stresses (boron,
salinity etc.) of crop plants.
Erdogan Esref Hakki et al., J Biotechnol Biomater 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2155-952X-C5-100