The effects of application of leonardite in different doses on yield and quality criterias of cherry

The research aims to determine the effect of Leonardit on cherry yield and some quality criteria and the efficiency parameters of the soil. This research was carried out in the cherry garden of the AA Grup Fattening and Agricultural Products Corporation in Manisa Province, Salihli District, Kemer Neighborhood in 2016 production season. As a test plant, agriculture 0900 cherry variety, which has an important place in the exports and edible consumption of Turkey, was selected. The characteristics of the leonarditis used are: pH is 6-7, the amount of organic matter is 42%, the rate of humic-fulvic acid is 40% and the moisture content is 30%. The research was established in the experiment pattern of 3 repetitive, 4 doses (0-2-4-8 kg ağaç-1) and a total of 12 randomly selected parcels. There were 25 ağaçs in each parcel and a total of 300 ağaçs were used in research. In this research, the leaf samples were taken with leaf stems of recent year's completely developed shoots, after 8-12 weeks from flowering, fruit samples were taken in harvest season and soil samples were obtained after harvest season. Yield, quality and some chemical properties of fruits; macro and micro element levels of leaves and efficiency parameters of soils were examined. The determined results were evaluated with variance analysis, the differences in applications were grouped by LSD test with 1% sensitivity. It was determined that values were increased depending on the dose increase and the most effective dose was 8 kg ağaç-1, in most of the parameters used in the study.