Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Pomologia Croatica, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.281-288, 2008 (Hakemli Dergi)
Turkey is one of the most significant countries in the world from the point of view
of both fruit genetic resources and the amount of fruit production. Around 100 fruit species,
including almost all the deciduous fruit species, and most of the subtropical and some
tropical fruit are grown in Turkey. Among fruits, berry fruits including grapes share
25% of the total fruit production of the country. The most important berry fruits in terms of the amount of production in Turkey after grapes are strawberry (average 200.000 tons
production annually) followed by mulberry (70.000 tons), raspberry and blackberry
(30.000 tons), and blueberry (5000 tons).
Mulberries are cultivated throughout Turkey but they are more common in
Northeast, Southeast, and Central Anatolia between 0 to 1500 m above sea level. The country is represented by four mulberry species, namely Morus alba, Morus nigra,
Morus rubra and Morus laevigata. Mulberry trees are grown only for fruit production in
Turkey compared to the other main mulberry production countries such as India, China, etc. which use mulberry trees for leaf yield in sericulture. The interest in growing
mulberries is increasing year by year in Turkey.
The Black Sea Region of Turkey, the northeastern part of Anatolia, is one of the main
germplasm centers of several Vacciniums and Ericaceous plant species. Caucasian
whortleberry (Vaccinium arctostaphylos), bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), and
lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idea) have been naturally grown in the forests and plateaus
over the centuries. However commercial blueberry production using northern high-bush blueberries started in the 2000s in the country