Misconceptions About Ayas Tomato, Kemer Eggplant And Local Seeds

Ayas Tomato, Kemer Eggplant, Aydın Black Eggplant, Demre Spike, Kırkağaç Melon and Hybrid Vegetable Seeds;

When two professors, who are constantly on the subject of healthy nutrition and magic stones in the media, talked back and forth about hybrid seeds, which they do not know or are not sure what it means, a criminal complaint was filed in the court by the sub-union of the seed industrialists, which is the legally authorized body. The professors in question exaggerated so much that they even went so far as to point out that the use of hybrid seeds and those who eat the vegetables grown from the hybrid seed may be sterile and not have children. In our country, unfortunately, it is considered quite normal for everyone who knows or does not know to talk back and forth on these issues. For the first time, when such nonsense news was opposed by the seed sub-union, the union suddenly found itself in front of the government, and the professors, who thought they knew everything right until yesterday, suddenly took refuge in the government.

Let's come to our topic. Ayaş tomato, Çanakkale tomato or Kemer Eggplant, Adana and Diyarbakır watermelon or Ankara melon, Kırkağaç melon are our country's open pollinated and non-hybrid local vegetable varieties. Therefore, since these types are open (free, natural) pollinated, that is, when the seeds are taken from the plants planted in the field, they are local varieties that can be successfully produced when they are replanted in the same way the next year. The most important features of local varieties such as Ayas tomato or Diyarbakir watermelon is that they are local vegetable varieties unique to our country. Everyone agrees on this.

However, some characteristics of native varieties prevent them from staying in the market for a long time and being grown in certain seasons of the year. These local varieties can only be grown in the open field, that is, in the open field or in greenhouses, between April and October during the summer months. The farmers do not pay for the seeds as they buy the seeds from the best plants every year. Although the taste and aroma of these varieties are good, they cannot be expected to be taken by the consumer for a long time after being sold in the market or harvested. In other words, their shelf life is short and especially tomatoes (pink tomatoes, Ayaş Tomatoes, Çanakkale Tomatoes) should be consumed within 1-2 days after harvest. Again, although Diyarbakir watermelon is very large, it can start to rot quickly when transported to the market.

Pepper varieties such as Demre Sivrisi or Yalova Soupci both need to be planted in the field in large quantities and the plants do not produce enough after one or two harvests at the most. Therefore, our local vegetable varieties have negative aspects in terms of consumption and marketing, although they seem to have high taste and aroma, and the cost of seeds for the pair is zero. These varieties are not resistant to transportation, have low yield and quality, and have an extremely short shelf life.

Since local varieties are grown only in the spring and there is no cultivation in the remaining 8-9 months of the year (October-May), they are not sufficient to meet the required vegetable needs.

Local varieties are resistant to some diseases and pests and to dry and hot conditions, as seeds come from seeds selected by the farmer from the best plants in the field each year for many years. But especially the advantageous aspects of hybrid seeds; Features such as high yield, superior quality, long shelf life, suitability for early season cultivation, high yield per unit area, stable and regular yield, resistance to cold, heat and drought are not sufficient in local varieties and hybrid seeds are required for human nutrition.

After 1950, with the use of hybrid seeds all over the world, many people in many countries were able to consume vegetables for the first time.

While there was no winter vegetable consumption in our country, since the 1970s, vegetable production and consumption have increased with the use of hybrid vegetable seeds, and vegetables that are needed in all seasons of our country have been provided at a sufficient level.

Hybrid seeds and locally open pollinated seeds actually produce seeds by the same mechanism. Local varieties such as Demre shrew or Kemer aubergine are pollinated in their flowers under the influence of bees and wind under field conditions, and they fertilize the stigma on the same flower and provide seed formation.

In hybrid seeds , pollination is done manually by humans. Tomato, pepper or melon, watermelon etc. collected from different domestic and foreign sources. materials are dusted with their own dust for 3-4 years and the best ones are selected every year. Then, two of the best are chosen, one is determined as the mother and the other as the father, and they are crossed with each other. The seeds obtained are hybrid (hybrid) seeds. Since these seeds are obtained by crossing between the best materials that are purified and selected, they show superior yield, quality, shelf life and show superior performance when planted in greenhouse or open field. They successfully develop and grow during the winter, when local varieties do not develop.