DETERMINATION OF AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME PLUM (Prunus domestica L.) GENOTYPES GROWING IN KAYSERİ REGION

Abstract

Türkiye is among the rare countries where most fruit species are naturally and economically grown. This study carried out in 2022 on the plum, among these fruits, aimed to determine the differences between the genotypes depending on the leaf and fruit characteristics of 6 different plum genotypes naturally grown in Kayseri. In the leaf parameters examined in the study, leaf length changed from 44.29 mm to 69.48 mm, leaf width between 25.21 mm and 35.07 mm, petiole thickness from 0.44 mm to 0.95 mm, and petiole length between 11.97 mm and 12.81 mm. On the other hand, genotype 4 produced higher values than the others in fruit length, fruit width, stone length, and stone width values. Wide variations were detected between genotypes in all parameters examined in the study, and it is thought that the results obtained may be guiding for new studies to be carried out, especially with these genotypes.