Uluslararası Anadolu Ziraat Mühendisliği Bilimleri Dergisi

Yazarlar: Sevgi POYRAZ ENGİN, Yılmaz BOZ

Konular:Bahçe Bitkileri

Anahtar Kelimeler:Berry,Cultivation,Turkey

Özet: The importance given to berry cultivation has been gradually increased due to the beneficial effects of berries to human health. The industrial sectorrelated to berry proccessing continues to grow together with the increase in berry production. Berries are playing a significant role in the prevention of many diseases due to their natural phytochemical contents. Having a broadrange of products, berries are widely used in food industry as dryfruit, jam, marmalade, fruit juice, tea, ice cream, pastry and in pharmaceutical industry as well as can be consumed freshly. Due to their high anthocyanin andantioxidant capacity, they are widely used as natural food coloring and dietary supplements as well. Inourcountry'snatural flora, it is possible to come a cross wild species of berries in almost every region. The fruits of some of these bery species are collected from fore stare as and sold in local markets, and some of them are cultured and commercially cultivated. The breeding studies in our country started in the 1960s. Berry cultivation, started with strawberry production in the 1960s, followed by raspberries, blackberries, currants and gooseberries in the 70s, rosehips in the 90s, blueberries in the 2000s, and aronia and elder berry cultivation in thee arly 2010s, continues with the addition of a new one. This article is written to give information about the berry species cultivated in our country and the latest developments in berry cultivation.

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