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About Department 

Especially improvement and management studies have taken the priorities in the pasture and meadow sub division. Within the researches, demonstration and improvement studies, several rehabilitation and management methods were developed for both village and regional basis.

East Anatolia Region, East Black Sea Region and the South Eastern Anatolia Region meadows classified and erosion risk maps were formed also degraded parts were determined by using remote sensing and Geographical information systems (G.I.S.). According to those maps, suitable rehabilitation method developing studies have taken place.

Within the responsibility areas of East Anatolia Agricultural Research Institute, Forage Plants Genetic Resource; collection, rating and preservation activities are taking place with the collaboration of National Seed Gene Banks of Turkey.

One of our main targets is to develop new productive and high class forage varieties, on the other side enlarging cultivated forage plant areas with the contribution of agricultural extension workouts.

As a result of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) breeding studies, high class and high yield and biotic stress resist Savaş and Ömer bey varieties were improved and registered. Original level seeds of improved varieties are in production progress with the support of Forage Plant Seed Production Project which is financed by East Anatolia Project regional development directorate (D.A.P). Furthermore prostrate habitus alfalfa improvement project is under process for compatible broadcast seeding method to develop artificial pastures.

Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) breeding studies are also in progress for developing both hay and prostrate habitus varieties. Lütfi Bey Sainfoin variety was registered in 2005 and seed production agreement signed with General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (T.I.G.E.M.). Seed production right was transferred.

As a result of adaptation studies Hungarian vetch (Vicia pannonica Crantz.) species confidently grows in East Anatolia region. Within the high winter hardiness capacity, it is the unique autumn planting forage plant in the region conditions. Hungarian Vetch (Vicia Pannonica Crantz.) Breeding studies were resulted with improving two different high yield Hungarian vetch varieties with the name of Aygün and Doğu Beyazı.

As a result of clover breeding projects two different red clover (Trifolium pratense) and two different white clover (Trifolium repens) varieties were certified in 2009. Seed production is in process for those varieties. Beside forage legumes, forage grass species improvements were started in 2000 and especially hay type and semi erect habitus two different Orchard grass (Dactiylis glomerata) variety studies are in process. 3 different Orchard grass (Dactiylis glomerata) hay type varieties (Taya, Ayfam and Doğu Beyazı) were registered in 2015 and original seed production is in process.

In addition breeding studies, several agronomic development projects were resulted. Especially on this topic of external financing, projects resulted with the high success, on agricultural extension programs besides workshops helped to improve the number of qualified manpower.

As a result of the research findings, technical and practical information package was formed about grasslands, pasture and forage plants and those information's shared with joint cities related agricultural extension departments. Also theoretic and practical education programs, on the subject of forage plant growing methods and grassland management, were sustained to technical staff of provincial directorates of agriculture's extension departments.

From time to time international education programs about Grassland improvement are planning in our department.

Staff Of Department 

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Erdal AKSAKAL        ​ Agriculture Engineer          ​ ​​ ​  0(442) 327 14 40 -41​ /​1019       ​​erdal.aksakal@tarim.gov.tr

​Emre Süreyya DUMLU  ​    ​Agriculture Engineer  M.​​sc​​     0(442) 327 14 40 -41/1022     ​​   sureyyaemre.dumlu@tarim.gov.tr

Mustafa UZUN​      ​​     ​Agriculture Engineer  M.​​sc​     ​ 0(442) 327 14 40 -41 /102    ​    mustafauzun@tarim.gov.tr​

Murat ATICI             Agriculture Engineer               0(442) 327 14 40 -41/1016​        aticimurat@tarim.gov.tr​

M. Merve ÖZGÖZ    Agriculture Engineer            ​ ​   0(442) 327 14 40 -41   /1020      mustafamerve.ozgoz@tarim.gov.tr

Kadir TERZİOĞLU     Agriculture Engineer                0(442) 327 14 40 -41   ​             kadir.terzioglu@tarim.gov.tr​​

​​Dr. Pınar UYSAL        Agriculture Engineer               0(442) 327 14 40 -41/1021        pinar.uysal@tarim.gov.tr

Ufuk TOZLU               Biolog                                         0(442) 327 14 40 -41      ufuk.tozlu@tarimorman.gov.tr 

Pictures of Department 

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Ongoing Projects

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1.Alfalfa İmprovement Studies

2. Research Study of Culture Possibilities of Forage Plants in East Anatolia Region Pasture and Meadows

3. Sainfoin İmprovement Studies

4. Eastern Anatolia Region Forage Crops Genetic Resources Research Project

5. Single Annual Forage Crops Researchs

6. Bird's Foot Trefoil Breeding

7. Gramina Forage Crops Breeding Studies

• Grazing Type Orchardgrass Breeding Studies
  
•  Sheep's Fescue Breeding Studies
  
•  Mountain Tmothy Breeding Study
  
•  Wheatgrass Breeding Study
  
• ​ Crested Hairgrass Breeding Study
  

8. Pasture-Type Perennial Forage Crops Breeding Project

Resulted Projects

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1.  Alfaalfa Adaptation Trial

2. Alfalfa Yield Trial

3. Development of Synthetic Alfalfa From Eastern Anatolia Ecotype

4. Monitoring Determination of Appropriate Management And Feeding Systems for İntensive Dairy Farming in Eastern Anatolia

5.Monitoring, Classification and Development of Appropriate Rehabilitation Models for  Ankara and Erzurum Rangelands

6. Some White Clover Type Adaptation Under Erzurum Ecological Conditions)

7. White Clover Breeding Study  Under Erzurum Ecological Conditions

8. Red Clover Breeding Study  Under Erzurum Ecological Conditions

9. Orchardgrass Breeding Natural Growing in Erzurum

10. Sainfoin Lines Adaptation to Erzurum Ecological Conditions​

11. Some Sainfoin (Onobrychis Sativa) Comparison Of Yield And Yield Components İn Terms Of Line

12. Sainfoin (Onobrychis Sativa) İmprovement Studies

13.  National Rangeland Use And Management Project​

14. Determination Of Yield And Soil Properties On Native Meadows İn Çat District Of Erzurum.

15. Some Quality And Quantity Parameters Of Chemical Use İn The Baled Alfalfa Grass Investigation Of

16.   Effect Of Different Moisture Conditions

17.   Determination Of Erzurum Lines Developed Sainfoin Forage Yield Of Ecological Conditions

18. The Fresh /Dry Hay Yields and Dry Hay Yield Distributions By Cuttings of The Lines Selected From Eastern Alfalfa in Comparison With cv. Kayseri and Bilensoy-80

19. Conditions suitable for the Eastern Anatolia and Identification of Artificial Rangeland Forage Crops mixture Project)

20. Crop Production Systems and Production Limiting Factors in Erzurum

21.Research Project of Possibility Yielding İncrease in Erzurum Province Meadows

22. Performance Mixture of White Clover with Gramina Forage Crops under Erzurum İrrigated Conditions​

23.  Determination Appropriate Mixture Variety  used on Artificial Rangeland  in East Anatolia Region Conditions and Artificial Grassland Mixture Trial

Certified Products 

• AYGÜN HUNGARIAN VETCH​ :
  

          Its endurance to winter and drought is very good, resistance to grain pull out is fair, property of being blended is good, beginning period of its blooming is early, flower colour is white, its capsule width and length is medium, seed type is spherical, and seed size is moderate, its green herbage yield is 3500 kg/da, dry herbage yield is 750 kg/da, and average seed productivity is 170 kg/da at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region.

Technological Properties : 

• ​​Crude Protein Ratio: 16,4-18,9 %
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 24,5-28,8 %
  
• Crude Lipid: 2,2-2,5 %
  
• ​Weight at 1000 grain: 37,2 g
  

Conditions of Diseases and Pest: Resistance is good

Recommended Regions               : Eastern Anatolian or similar regions​

• DOĞUBEYAZI HUNGARIAN VETCH​ : 
  

Its endurance to winter and drought  is very good, resistance to grain pull out is fair, property of being blended is good, beginning period of its blooming is early, flower colour is white, its capsule width and length is medium, seed type is spherical, and seed size is moderate. Its green herbage yield is 3500 kg/da, dry herbage yield is 750 kg/da, and average seed productivity is 170 kg/da at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region.

Technological Properties :

• Crude Protein Ratio: 15,8-18,5 %
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 24-30 %
  
• Crude Lipid: 2,3-2,5 %
  
• Weight at 1000 grain: 37,5 g
  

Conditions of Diseases and Pest: Resistance is good

Recommended Regions               : Eastern Anatolian or similar regions

• LÜTFİBEY SAINFOIN : 
  

        Its endurance to cold weather condition and drought  is good, its growth after cut out is good, it can be cut out 2 times at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region, its plant length is 95 cm and is with vertical habitus, its stem and leaf is pilous, it can be mowed after 4 years of its establishment, its dry herbage yield at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region is 700 kg/da of which its 60 % is on first cut out and the rest is on second cut out.

Technological Properties :

• Crude Protein Ratio: 17 %
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 28,7 %
  
• Crude Lipid: 1,83 %
  
• Crude Ash: 6,58 %
  

Elementary Substance with no Nitrogen: 45,4 %

Recommended Regions                             : Eastern Anatolian or similar regions

• ÖMERBEY ALFALFA : 

        It is resistant to cold and drought, requires very short dormant time or is completely non-dormant, growths faster after snow melting as well as after cut out on account of high regeneration capability, can be cut out three times in a year or even more at climates warmer than Erzurum, its dry herbage yield at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region is 1879 kg/da.

Technological Properties : 

• Crude Protein Ratio: 18 %
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 30 %
  
• Crude Lipid: 1,80 %
  
• Crude Ash: 8,8 %
  
• Elementary Substance with no Nitrogen: 83,2 %
  
• ADF: 40,3 %
  
• NDF: 44,2 %
  

Recommended regions: Eastern Anatolian or similar regions

• SAVAŞ ALFALFA  : 

          

       Its stem is thin and full, and outputs plentiful leaves, its main stem ramificates in significant amount, its pinnule is longer, thinner, and smaller, plant length is between 90 cm and 95 cm, growths much better in cooler conditions, products much more biomass within short vegetation times, its dry herbage yield at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region is approximately 1565 kg/da of which its 85-90 % is on first two cut out.

Technological Properties : 

• Crude Protein Ratio: 19 %
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 26,5 %
  
• Crude Lipid: 1,98 %
  
• Crude Ash: 9,5 %
  

Elementary Substance with no Nitrogen: 36,3 %

Recommended regions                              : Eastern Anatolian or similar regions

• TAVLAŞ RED CLOVER : 

      It has abundant leaves and branches, its stem length and width is on average, plant length is about 85 cm, stem and leaves have fewer feathers, blooming colour is pink, it is earliness, robust to cold conditions, growths better after cut out, can be cut out 2-3 times per year at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region, its green herbage yield is nearly 8200 kg/da, dry herbage yield is 1600 kg/da, and seed productivity is 40 kg/da on average.

Technological Properties :

• Crude Protein Ratio: 15,4 %
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 22 %
  
• Crude Lipid: 2,3 %
  
• Crude Ash: 9,7 %
  
• Organic Substance Ratio: 81,7 %
  

Conditions of Diseases and Pest: Resistance is good

Recommended Regions                : Eastern Anatolian or similar region

• KARBEYAZI WHITE CLOVER : 
  

 

       It has abundant and dense leaves, it is earliness, plant length is about 23 cm, blooming colour is white, resistive to cold conditions, growths better after cut out, can be cut out 2-3 times per year at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region, resistance to grazing, its green herbage yield is approximately 4900 kg/da, dry herbage yield is about 890 kg/da, and seed productivity is not lower than 17 kg/da.

Technological Properties :

• ​Crude Protein Ratio: 18,7 %
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 15,3 %
• Crude Lipid: 1,8 %
• Crude Ash: 13,3 %
• Organic Substance Ratio: 77,4 %

Conditions of Diseases and Pest: Has better resistance to scolerotia and nematodes

Recommended Regions                : Eastern Anatolian or similar regions

• ARİFE WHITE CLOVER :
  

       It has abundant leaves and shows extensive growing, it is an earliness type, plant length is about 24 cm, blooming colour is white, resistant to cold conditions, growths relatively better after cut out, can be cut out 2-3 times per year at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region, its green herbage yield is nearly 5200 kg/da, dry herbage yield is about 925 kg/da, and seed productivity is 18 kg/da on average.

Technological Properties :

• Crude Protein Ratio: 18%
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 15,8 %
  
• Crude Lipid: 1,8 %
  
• Crude Ash: 11,8 %
  
• Organic Substance Ratio: 78,6 %
  

Conditions of Diseases and Pest: Has better resistance to scolerotia and nematodes

Recommended Regions              : Eastern Anatolian or similar regions

• DADAŞ RED CLOVER :
  

It has abundant leaves and branches, its stem length is medium and stem width is comparatively thin, plant length is about 75 cm, stem and leaves have fewer feathers, blooming colour is pink, it is an earliness spice, its resistance to cold conditions is quite well, growths significant after cut out, can be cut out 2-3 times throughout one year at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region, its green herbage yield is nearly 8000 kg/da, dry herbage yield is 1610 kg/da, and seed productivity is 35 kg/da on average.

Technological Properties : 

• Crude Protein Ratio: 15,7%
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 21 %
  
• Crude Lipid: 2,1 %
  
• Crude Ash: 9,2 %
  
• Organic Substance Ratio: 78,6 %
  

Conditions of Diseases and Pest: Has better resistance to scolerotia, fusarium and nematodes

Recommended regions: Eastern Anatolian or similar regions

 

•  AYFAM ORCHARDGRASS  :
  

It has abundant leaves and branches, its stem length and stem thin, plant length is about 99,5 cm,  it is an earliness variety, its resistance to cold conditions is quite well, growths significant after cut out, can be cut out 1-2-3 times throughout one year at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region, its green herbage yield is nearly 2424,6 kg/da, dry herbage yield is 754,7 kg/da.

Technological Properties : 

• Crude Protein Ratio: 15,69%
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 28,61 %
  
• Crude Lipid Ratio: 2,31 %
  
• Dry Matter Ratio: 92,91%
  
• ADF (Acid Detergent Fiber) Ratio: 33,75%
  
• NDF (Neutral Detergent Fiber) Ratio: 61,61%
  
• NYD (Relative Feed Value): 94,5%

Conditions of Diseases and Pest: Has better resistance to diseases and pest

Recommended Regions            : Eastern Anatolian or similar regions

 

•  TAYA ORCHARDGRASS​​ :
  

It has abundant leaves and branches, its stem length and stem thin, plant length is about 98,8 cm,  it is an earliness variety, its resistance to cold conditions is quite well, growths significant after cut out, can be cut out 1-2-3 times throughout one year at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region, its green herbage yield is nearly 2423,0 kg/da, dry herbage yield is 760,8 kg/da.

Technological Properties : 

• Crude Protein Ratio: 10,22%
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 23,38 %
  
• Crude Lipid Ratio: 1,92 %
  
• Dry Matter Ratio: 93,27%
  
• ADF (Acid Detergent Fiber) Ratio: 23,74%
  
• NDF (Neutral Detergent Fiber) Ratio: 64,01%
  
• NYD (Relative Feed Value): 102,3%
  

 

Conditions of Diseases and Pest: Has better resistance to diseases and pest

Recommended regions: Eastern Anatolian or similar regions

 

• ​ DOĞU YILDIZI ORCHARDGRASS  :
  

It has abundant leaves and branches, its stem length and stem thin, plant length is about 96,7 cm,  it is an earliness variety, its resistance to cold conditions is quite well, growths significant after cut out, can be cut out 1-2-3 times throughout one year at conditions in Eastern Anatolian Region, its green herbage yield is nearly 2449,0 kg/da, dry herbage yield is 700,3 kg/da.

Technological Properties :

• Crude Protein Ratio: 12,53%
  
• Crude Cellulose Ratio: 28,74 %
  
• Crude Lipid Ratio: 1,75 %
  
• Dry Matter Ratio: 93,27%
  
• ADF (Acid Detergent Fiber) Ratio: 38,87%
  
• NDF (Neutral Detergent Fiber) Ratio: 68,26%
  
• NYD (Relative Feed Value): 79,9%
  

Conditions of Diseases and Pest: Has better resistance to diseases and pest

Recommended Regions                : Eastern Anatolian or similar regions