Atatürk University Journal of Agricultural Faculty (AUZFD) has been publishing uninterruptedly since 1970. The Journal follows an Open Access which allow free distribution of and Access to published articles without subcription charges. The authot retains their The author retains copyright of their work under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4) International License so all articles are made freely available to the widest audience possible.

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