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DETERMINATION OF TOLERANCE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS IN SOME TEMPERATE CLIMATE FRUIT VARIETIES

Yasemin Evrenosoğlu(ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ZİRAAT FAKÜLTESİ, BAHÇE BİTKİLERİ BÖLÜMÜ)0000-0002-0212-8492
Kerem Mertoğlu(USAK UNIVERSITY)0000-0002-0490-9073
Abdullah Nuri Özsoy(ISPARTA UYGULAMALI BİLİMLER ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-6278-0765
Emre Akkurt(ANKARA UNIVERSITY)0000-0002-4451-3946
Mücahit Furkan Yeşilbaş(ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY)0000-0003-1484-9390
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2026-06-16
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When species were ranked according to their overall heat stress tolerance, from most resistant to most sensitive, the order was determined as follows: sour cherry, sweet cherry, pear, plum, mahaleb, and apple.

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Objective & Hypothesis:In recent years, global climate change has increasingly disrupted optimal growing conditions for plants, leading to a decline in agricultural productivity.
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Conclusion & Impact:When species were ranked according to their overall heat stress tolerance, from most resistant to most sensitive, the order was determined as follows: sour cherry, sweet cherry, pear, plum, mahaleb, and apple.
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⚙️Variables:Global warming · Heat stress · Ion leakage

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In recent years, global climate change has increasingly disrupted optimal growing conditions for plants, leading to a decline in agricultural productivity. Rising air temperatures, in particular, induce heat stress in plants, resulting in significant economic losses. Consequently, the identification and utilization of ecologically well-adapted species and cultivars have become critically important. In this context, understanding the responses of different plant species and their cultivars to high-temperature stress is essential. This study was conducted on the experimental fields of Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Agriculture, and aimed to evaluate the heat stress tolerance of various fruit species and cultivars. The plant material included plum cultivars (Angeleno, Black Beauty, Black Amber, Black Diamond, Formosa, Fortune, Friar), a sour cherry genotype and cherry cultivars (0900 Ziraat, Early Burlat, Kordia, Regina, Starksgold, Sweetheart, and Prunus mahaleb), apple cultivars (Golden Delicious, Pink Lady, Jersey Mac, Williams Pride, Fuji, Granny Smith, Mondial Gala, Red Summer, Vista Bella), and pear cultivars (Santa Maria, Williams, Ankara, Kiefer, Magness, Moonglow, Kaiser Alexandre, Nashi, Conference, Akça Limon, Bursa, Ekşi, Taş). The results revealed significant differences in heat stress tolerance both among species and among cultivars within certain species. Among cherry cultivars, ‘Kordia’ exhibited superior tolerance to high temperatures, while among pear cultivars, ‘Akça’ was identified as the most heat-tolerant. In contrast, no significant differences were observed among the evaluated plum and apple cultivars. When species were ranked according to their overall heat stress tolerance, from most resistant to most sensitive, the order was determined as follows: sour cherry, sweet cherry, pear, plum, mahaleb, and apple.

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Evrenosoğlu, Y., Mertoğlu, K., Özsoy, A. N., Akkurt, E., Yeşilbaş, M. F. (2026). DETERMINATION OF TOLERANCE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS IN SOME TEMPERATE CLIMATE FRUIT VARIETIES. International Journal of Agriculture Forestry and Life Sciences, Volume: 10 Issue: 1. https://doi.org/10.66598/ijafls.1944908

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