Cultural possibilities of economically some important bulb plants under ecolgical conditions of Diyarbakır

ABSTRACTMA THESISCULTURAL POSSIBILITIES OF ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT SOMEBULB PLANTS UNDER ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF DIYARBAKIRUNIVERSITY OF CUKUROVADEPARTMENT OF FIELD CROPS INSTITUTE OF NATURAL ANDAPPLIEDSCIENCESSupervizors : Prof. Dr. Menşure ÖZGÜVENAssistant Prof. Süleyman KIZILYear : 2006, Pages: 61Jury : Prof. Dr. Menşure ÖZGÜVENProf. Dr. Saliha KIRICIAssistant Prof. Süleyman KIZILAssistant Prof. Abdulhabip ÖZELAssistant Prof. Özgül GÖRMÜŞThe purpose of this study was to determine cultivating possibilities of someimported bulb plants and some bulbs naturally growing in Southeast Anatolia region.The study was carried out at Department of Field Crops, Faculty of AgricultureUniversity of Dicle in 2004-05 growing season.In the field trial, Amaryllis spp., Crocus sativus, Fritillaria imperialis,Fritillaria persica, Galanthus spp., Hyacinthus orientalis., Iris germanica.,Narcissus pscudonarcissus, Narcissus tezzetta, Sternbergia clusiana and Tulipa ssp.Species were used, and bulb circle before planting, plant height, number of leaf perplant, leaf width, leaf length, plant stem diameter, number of flower per plant, flowerwidth, flower length, bulb circle length in harvest, number of bulblet per plant andincrease of bulb circle percentage were investigated.It has been determined that flowering period is lasted about six months.Hyacinthus, Sternbergia and Fritillaria species, which are grown in the region ofSoutheast Anatolia, in good accord in terms of adaptation ability. Bulb circle atplanting, plant height, bulb circle at harvest, number of flower, increase of bulb circlepercentage, and number of bulblet of Hyacinthus, Sternbergia and Fritillaria specieswere determined as 15.6, 15.8, 15.5 and 19.8 cm for bulb circle at planting, 35.2,33.4, 19.6 and 28.2 cm for plant height, 20.6, 23.1, 16.0 and 18.7 cm for bulb circleat harvest, 1.4, 2.4, 3.2 and 1.4 pieces/plant for number of bulblet per plant, 5.6, 40.4,14.7 and 2,2 pieces/plant for number of flower per plant and 31.86, 46.16, 3.0 and -2.6 for increase of bulb circle percentage.Key Words: Bulb plants, Diyarbakır , agronomic properties