The effects of mixing geothermal fluids with irrigation water on strawberry plant

Region of Aydın is one of the most important agricultural fields because of fertile lands and variety of grown plants. One of the biggest problems of this area is contamination from geothermal plants to irrigation waters and Büyük Menderes river. In this study, it is aimed to investigate the accumulation of geothermal waters which are mixed in certain ratios in the leaves, soil, and fruits of strawberry plants and determine the degree of accumulation. In this context, the study was carried out in the greenhouse in SultanhisarAtça neighborhood. Rubiygem strawberry, which is one of the most cultivated varieties of farmers in the region, was used as variety.As irrigation water 4 different doses used. (100% well water, 25% geothermal + well water, 50% geothermal + well water, 100% geothermal water).Physical and chemical analyses were performed on soil samples. pH, EC hardness, anions (CI-, CO3-, HCO-, SO-24, NO-3, N2O), cations (K+, Ca+, Mg+, Na+), micro element (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu and B) and heavy metal (Co, Cr, Ni, Cd, Pb) analyzes are done, P, K+, Ca+, Mg+, Na+, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu ve B analyses are done on plants and fruits. As a result of the analysis, Ca, Na, B, Co in the soil irrigated with 100% geothermal in the 4th application was found to be the highest values.It was concluded that K, Ca, Na, B, Ni, Cd values increased in parallel with increasing doses and the highest value was in 100% geothermal applied plant.