Avocado cultivation in Turkey started in the early 1970s. At that time, avocado seedlings brought from California were planted on the Aegean and Mediterranean coastlines, especially in Antalya, Alanya, Muğla, Dalaman, Hatay and Iskenderun. In Turkey, where 42 different avocado cultivars were tested between 1989 and 2004, it was observed that 5 avocado cultivars adapted to the Mediterranean climate.
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In addition, the West Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute (BATEM), Antalya Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry and Akdeniz University are starting a tropical fruit project. In this context, 11 types of tropical fruits such as pitaya, passiflora, mango, longan, litchi and guava were brought from the USA in 2012 and their adaptations are carried out in Gazipaşa and Alanya districts. Then, within the scope of the works carried out as a continuation of the project, the adaptation studies are continued by bringing the varieties belonging to the Carambola, Sapodilla, Mamey Sapote, Black Sapote, Soursoup, Cherimoya and Wampee species. MORE THAN 40 VARIETIES More than 40 tropical products such as avocado, mango, pitaya (dragon fruit), longan (dragon eye), lychee, kumquat, golden berry, carambola (star fruit), passiflora (passion fruit), papaya (citron) The fruit variety is grown in greenhouses of one or even hundreds of acres from Muğla to Adana. Alanya and ...
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