Lisansüstü Araştırmacı — working on horticulture and plant biotechnology within the lab’s research programmes.
Bahçe BitkileriPlant BiotechnologyPlant Stress
Biyografi
Mehmet Yıldız is a Lisansüstü Araştırmacı in the Ertan Yıldırım Lab within the Bahçe Bitkileri Bölümü at Atatürk Üniversitesi. His research focuses on vegetable crop physiology, organic biostimulant formulations, seedling root architecture, and mitigating salinity stress in horticultural crops.
Research Interests
Vegetable growing, breeding, and cultivar characterization
Abiotic stress physiology: cellular mechanisms of salinity and drought resilience
Organic biostimulants, humic/fulvic substances, and microbial soil amendments
Seedling propagation, transplant vigour, and root development
Protected greenhouse cultivation and climate-adaptive horticulture
Eğitim
2023–Günümüz · MSc
Bahçe Bitkileri (Vegetable Growing & Breeding)
Atatürk Üniversitesi · Ertan Yıldırım Lab
2018–2022 · BSc
Bahçe Bitkileri
Atatürk Üniversitesi · Ziraat Fakültesi
Academic Career
2023 – Günümüz
Lisansüstü Araştırmacı
Atatürk Üniversitesi · Bahçe Bitkileri Bölümü
Lab Researcher
Ertan Yıldırım Lab
Vegetable Stress Physiology Group
Projects, Supervision & Teaching
BAP Research Projects: Active involvement in university-supported research projects focusing on vegetable stress mitigation and seedling survival under drought.
Field Trials: Characterization of bean and tomato landraces in Eastern Anatolia.
Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları
SKA 2: Açlığa Son — Enhancing vegetable seedling survival and yield under saline conditions.
SKA 12: Sorumlu Üretim ve Tüketim — Replacing agrochemicals with organic biostimulants and humates.
SKA 15: Karasal Yaşam — Soil health preservation and local germplasm conservation.