مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Analysis of Kayseri province in terms of fruit growing potential

Abstract :

Kayseri, called Ceasarea on behalf of the Roman Emperor Julius Ceasar in BC 8th century, has been commemorated with this name for 2000 years. The first settlement was Mound Poodle which is 20 km northeast of the present city center. Kayseri is a nice Anatolian province which hosted the Hittites, Phrygians, Assyrians, Lydians, Medes, Persians, Cappacodia Kingdom, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks, Mongols, Karamanoglu seigniory, and Ottoman civilizations from BC 2800 to the present, respectively. Although, Kayseri is an industrial and commercial center and has a strong economy, it couldn’t reached the desired level in terms of fruit growing and couldn’t use the existing potential at this point. Fruit growing area is 6.207 ha and this is 0,9% of total land of Kayseri. Fruit species that the most produced is apple with exceed 94.000 tons and is followed by apricot. In addition to that species cherry also considered as a good adaptable fruit species. Plum, pear and walnut are among species which are suitable in this region ecology. Seyrani Agricultural Faculty of Erciyes University will determine suitable cultivars to the region in these species in time. In this study, fruit growing in Kayseri province was discussed for agricultural substructure and ecology and a general analysis was made.