Determination of morphological and pomological characteristics of Diyarbakır region pomegranates (Punica granatum L.)

Authors : Mehmet ÇİÇEK, Mine PAKYÜREK, Ferit ÇELİK

Pages : 197-203

Doi:10.31015/jaefs.2019.3.12

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Publication Date : 2019-09-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study was to determine the pomological and morphological characteristics of pomegranate genotypes grown in Çermik and Dicle districts of Diyarbakır province. As a result of the study carried out on 10 genotypes; fruit weights were found between 198.8 and 366.0 g, seed hardness of the fruit was medium-hard in eight genotypes, hard in two genotypes, aril yield ranged from 58.1 to 70.0% and fruit juice volume was between 63.9 and 135.7 ml. The upper peel color was purple in four genotypes, pink-red in two genotypes, orange-red in one genotype and orange in three genotypes. The bottom peel color is orange-red in seven genotypes and orange in three genotypes. Aril color was dark purple in three genotypes, purple in two genotypes, medium red in two genotypes and pink-red in three genotypes. The acid content was found to be between 0.65 and 1.21% and the amount of total soluable solid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TSS); varied between 15.0 and 21.0%. It was concluded that all 10 genotypes were promising and these genotypes showed superior characteristics.
Keywords : Pomegranate, Pomological properties, Morphology, Dicle, Çermik