t: Prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is a cactus fruit that grows naturally in Turkey's southern regions. In this study, the naturally grown prickly pear population in the region consisting of Bucak and Bozcalar villages of Adana province and Yanıkkışla, İncirgedigi, Kırıt, Cırbıklar, Taşobası,...

Kumquat is a plant species of Fortunella genus in Rutaceae family and generally is the name given to the fruits that known as smallest citrus fruits of this plant. Kumquat, whose homeland is China, is a fruit with round-oval shaped, orange-yellow color. As well as kumquat has five major species,...

In this study, dragon fruit was dried by a microwave-assisted foam drying method and the effect of different microwave powers (350, 460 and 700W) on the drying kinetics and powder product properties were investigated. The properties (foam stability, expansion and density) of the foams obtained by...

This study was carried out in pomegranate orchards and other agricultural area in Adana, Mersin and Osmaniye provinces of the Eastern Mediterranean Region in 2007-2009. In this study, in order to determine host plants of Honeydew moth [Cryptoblabes gnidiella Mill., 1867 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)] in ...

Citrus Tristeza Virus (Tristeza, CTV) is an important virus disease in Citrus while Sour orange, that is the common rootstock in Mediterranean region, is very susceptible to it. CTV affected many trees in recent years but does not cause any epidemia in our country yet, but it is under threat....

Rootstocks play a significant role in citriculture in terms of fruit yield, quality, and tolerance/resistance to abiotic and biotic stress conditions. One of the limiting factors to citrus production is Tylenchulus semipenetrans (Cobb, 1913) (Tylenchida, Tylenchulidae). Resistant rootstocks had...

Just because of geographical spread, citrus species generally grow in places sensitive to salinity. Testing methods have a significant role in breeding and cultivar development programs. This study was conducted to investigate in vitro salt response of Cleopatra mandarin (Citrus reshni Tan.), sour...

The grafted plants of guava are preferred for commercial planting. First, it is necessary to have seedlings and rootstock for propagation with grafting. The objective of the study is to evaluate the effects of some arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) species on the growth and development of the ...

In recent years, due to the fact that bananas are an economic source of income in our country, there has been an increase in the cultivated areas in the Mediterranean Region. With the prominence of banana growing, plant protection problems have also increased. Unmanaged weeds which play a major...

In guava, plants propagation from seeds shown heterogeneity due to open pollination as the other species. Therefore, propagation through seed is preferred for breeding and genetic studies. Vegetative propagules are commonly preferred for commercial orchard establishments. Although commercial scale ...