DETERMINATION OF GROWTH, FRUIT SET, YIELD AND SOME NUT QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN ALMOND CULTIVARS IN THE IRRIGATED CONDITIONS IN GAP REGION

This study was carried out to determine the adaptability of native and foreign almond cultivars in the irrigated conditions of GAP Region between the years of 1998 and 2007. Experiments were set up in three locations; twenty cultivars in Gaziantep and twenty-one cultivars in both Kahramanmaraş and Şanlıurfa provinces.
In each experimental orchard, the following almond cultivars were tested: 101-9 (except Gaziantep location), Gülcan I (101-23), 17-4, Gülcan II (101-13), 48-1, Hacıalibey (48-5), Akbadem (48-2), Nikitski, Cristomorto, Nonpareil, D. Largueta, Picantili, Dokuzoğuz II (120 -1), Primorski, Drake, Texas, Ferraduel, Tuono, Ferragnes, Yaltinski, Garrigues.
Cultivar evaluation was done using Weighted Ranking Method (WRM) with the criteria of tree vigor, blooming time, yield and fruit characteristics.
In Gaziantep, Ferraduel (takes 790 points in WRM) and Ferragnes (740); in Kahramanmaraş Ferragnes (870) and Yaltinski (850); in Şanlıurfa, Ferragnes (820), Gülcan II (710) and Ferraduel (690) can be recommended for those ecology, because of their relatively higher ranks.

V International Symposium on Pistachios and Almonds

H.S. Atlı, Y. Aydın, S. Arpacı, I. Açar, A. Akgün, C. Bilim, K. Sarpkaya, S. Çaglar , N. Kaska , U. Rastgeldi , M.K. Soylu, B.E. Ak

almond, cultivar, adaptation, yield, quality

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.912.75