Volume 60 Number 4 Article 23
Year 2006 Month 10
Title: Growth and Fruit Quality of Some Foreign Loquat Cultivars in the Subtropical Climate of the Turkish Mediterranean Region
Authors: A.A. Polat and O. Caliskan
Abstract:
Loquat is an important fruit for the Mediterranean Region of Turkey.
Four loquat cultivars (‘Kanro’, ‘Baffico’,
‘Dr.
Trabut’ and ‘Gold Nugget’) were evaluated from 2001 to 2004. Growth, phenology and fruit characteristics
were determined in Hatay, on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey.
The trunk diameter and annual shoot
growth were significantly higher in ‘Kanro’ than ‘Baffico’ and ‘Dr.
Trabut’. The highest yield was from ‘Kanro’
and ‘Gold Nugget’. Harvest dates ranged from 18 May to 27 May.
The earliest maturing cultivars were ‘Dr.
Trabut’ and ‘Baffico’, while the latest maturing cultivar was ‘Kanro’. ‘Dr.
Trabut’ had significantly higher fruit
weight than ‘Baffico’. Mean seed weight ranged between 3.9 and 6.0 g and average number of seeds per fruit
ranged between 2.8-4.5; ‘Dr.
Trabut’ had significantly higher values than ‘Kanro’ for both of these variables.
The
flesh/seed ratio in ‘Kanro’ was significantly higher than ‘Gold Nugget’. ‘Baffico’ had the highest total soluble
solids content while ‘Gold Nugget’ had the lowest.
The results suggest that these cultivars can be grown in Mediterranean
climate successfully.
Adaptation of the cultivars to the region is most likely to increase the production
and quality of loquat as well.
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