Studies on some apricot genotypes under Adana ecological condition

ABSTRACTMSc THESISSTUDIES ON SOME APRICOT GENOTYPESUNDER ADANA ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONMehmet Fatih BATMAZUNIVERSITY OF ÇUKUROVAINSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCESDEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURESUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Sevgi PAYDAŞYear: 2005 Pages:91Jury: Prof. Dr. Sevgi PAYDAŞProf. Dr. Ahsen Işık ÖZGÜVENProf. Dr. Saadettin BALOĞLUIn this investigation 15 selected types and 21 foreign apricot cvs which wereplanted at application area of University of Çukurova Faculty of Agriculture wereused as material. Adaptation capacites of these material to Adana climaticalcontidions and the best suited types and cvs were tried to be determined. All the treeswere drip irrigated. The phenological and fenological characteristics of the types orcvs measured.In 2005 the flowering period occured between 24 February (Type No.1x89)and 11 March (Type No.22x90). The number of days between the first flowering andend of flowering was changed between 18 days.Maturation times of the types andcvs in 2005 were 18 May (Beliana) and 8 June (Type No. 22x90).According to the results of this adaptation work, from the view point of fruitweight Antonio Errani, Fracasso, Harcot, Palstein, Type No. 1x89 and 22x90 havegiven positive results.The highest yield per tree was obtained from Antonio Errani (14.058 g), thelovest yield per tree obtained from the cultivar Katy (1.234 g). Antonio Errani gavesthe highest yield per sectional area (1.02 kg/cm2) while 22x90 type gaves the lovest(0.14 kg/cm2).Considering the observations of tree vigor of apricot types no dwarf plantswere determined while 17 of them have medium vigor and 19 of them were veryvigorous.In order to recommend most suitable apricot varieties or types to Çukurovaclimantical the invenstigations should be continued in the coming years.Key Words: Apricot, Adaptation, Phenology, Pomology.II