@article{article_461876, title={PRESENT CONDITION OF APPLE PRODUCTION IN UŞAK PROVINCE}, journal={International Journal of Agriculture Forestry and Life Sciences}, volume={2}, pages={189–193}, year={2018}, author={Yıldız, Ercan and Çolak, Ayşen Melda}, keywords={Apple,cultivation,potential,problems,solution suggestions}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">               Apple cultivation is carried out
in all regions of Turkey. The highest apple production is provided from the
Mediterranean (38.2%) and Central Anatolia (37.9%) Regions. These two regions
are followed by the Marmara Region with a production rate of 8.1% and the
Aegean Region with a production rate of 8.0%. This study was conducted by </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">surveying with producers </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> in order to
determine the general status of apple culture, which is important species in
terms of producers in Uşak province in Aegean Region. In this study, it was
determined that 72% of the apple orchards were 1-15 years old. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">While the size of
apple orchards was 11.5 decares, the rate of fewer orchards than 10 decares was
found to be 67%. It was determined that the Starking Delicious, Amasya and Grany Smith cultivars were sharing
about 64% of the orchards </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> While 83% of the apple producers stated that they irrigate the
orchards, 60% of them is using drip irrigation system. </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Pruning was mentioned to be applied in the all
orchards. While </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">soil tillage was performed
in the 94% of orchards, fertilization was </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">applied in the 91% of orchards.  </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Volkan OKATAN}