Project Title: Relationship between Plant Productivity and Stress Tolerance Based on Spectral Measurements


Project Objective:
Within the scope of the project, the relationship between plant productivity and their response to various stress factors encountered will be investigated based on Leaf Area Index (LAI), NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), Canopy Temperature, and Chlorophyll Content (SPAD) values of certain annual and perennial plants cultivated or grown by farmers. Plants, especially annual crops, physiologically respond to stress factors such as drought, heat, waterlogging, and cold, and this response affects productivity. Groups of plants determined based on their response to stress factors (of economic importance) will be identified to detect fluctuations in yield, and varieties or genotypes least affected by stress conditions will be determined.

Project Aim:
The relationships between data obtained from spectral measurements and productivity and stress tolerance will be determined. The project results will provide significant literature in this regard.
Resilient varieties or genotypes against stress conditions will be identified in the plant species considered, thereby suggesting varieties to farmers that can achieve higher yields.
Primary materials for breeding studies focusing on stress tolerance on identified genotypes will be determined.
Using spectral measurement devices, the onset and intensity of stress will be determined, and the detectability of stress conditions in production areas without causing harm to the plants will be determined.

Project Activities:
Selected annual or perennial plants will be tested in research fields and under farmer conditions.
Spectral measurements will be conducted during the growth stages of plants, and the data will be stored.
The stress factors encountered by plants will be identified, and artificial stress factors (relevant stress factors for each species in the region) will be applied if necessary.
Yields obtained will be compared with spectral measurements, and correlations will be determined.
Yields from areas subjected to stress and those not subjected to stress will be compared, and genotypes of the studied species will be classified as resilient, moderately resilient, or non-resilient.


Asst. Prof. Önder ALBAYRAK
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops

I am attaching CVs of some of the academics from our institution who could potentially be part of the project team. You can access the CVs through the following links:

Doc. Dr. Hatice Filiz Boyacı (https://avesis.erdogan.edu.tr/haticefiliz.boyaci)
Dr. Önder Albayrak (https://avesis.erdogan.edu.tr/onder.albayrak)
Dr. Kevser Çoğalmış (https://avesis.erdogan.edu.tr/kevser.cogalmis)
Doc. Dr. Murat Tören (https://avesis.erdogan.edu.tr/murat.toren)
Prof. Dr. Turan Yüksek (https://avesis.erdogan.edu.tr/turan.yuksek)