Meyve Bilimi

Yazarlar: Sema YAMAN, Özlem ÖCAL, Zehra TOPRAK, Ferhat AVCI, Safder BAYAZİT, Oğuzhan ÇALIŞKAN

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Pomegranate,Hatay,Elevation,Fruit quality,Coloring

Özet: Pomegranate is a traditional fruit species since immemorial times in Turkey. ‘Hicaznar’ cultivar is used to about to all of pomegranate orchards in Turkey. The consumers in the local and international markets are preferred the cultivar for the dark red skin and aril colors. In this study was carried out to determine of effects of different elevations on fruit quality characteristics of ‘Hicaznar’ cultivar grown in Hatay which is growing about 8% of Mediterranean region of Turkey. For this reason, fruit quality characters were analyzed in the ‘Hicaznar’ cultivar, harvested from the lowest (10 m), low (85 m), medium (350 m), and high (500 m) elevation sites.According to the data, the cultivar was harvested between October 01 (İskenderun/10m) and November 02 (Yayladağı/500m). ‘Hicaznar’ cultivar based on the fruit pomological traits, fruit weight was ranged between 419.20 (Yayladağı/500m)-556.92 g (Antakya/85m), 100 aril weight ranged between 34.68 (Yayladağı/500m)-36.60 g (Hassa/350m), aril percent ranged between %52.35 (Yayladağı)-60.13 (İskenderun), and TSS ranged between 15.89% (Antakya/85m)-17.05% (İskenderun/10m). In addition, dark red skin color was found in both Yayladağı (a*=39.41, C= 49.65) and Hassa counties (a*=37.08, C= 47.31) whereas dark red aril color was found in Yayladağı (a*=25.67, C= 27.40). As a result, the fruit quality characteristics of ‘Hicaznar’ cultivar grown in Hatay were showed differences based on elevations

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