Pomegranate Production and Marketing

Ibrahim Kahramanoglu, Serhat Usanmaz

INTRODUCTION. IMPORTANT CULTIVARS. Wonderful. Hicaznar. Bhagwa. Arakta. Malaz Yazdi. Mollar de Elche. Acco. Herskovitz. Other Cultivars. ECOLOGICAL NEEDS. Climate. Soil. PRODUCTION. Reproduction. Orchard Establishment. Pruning. Irrigation. Fertilization. POMEGRANATE PESTS. Aphids. Butterflies. Moths. Leopard Moth. Mediterranean Fruit Fly. Mealy Bug. Mites. Trips. Whitefly. POMEGRANATE DISEASES. Fruit Spots. Heart Rot. Bacterial Blight. Pomegranate Wilt. WEED MANAGEMENT. PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS. Fruit Cracking. Sunburn. Shape Disorder. Hail Damage. Frozen Damage. FRUIT THINNING. HARVEST. Harvesting. Storage. Chilling Injury. Storage Diseases. FRESH FRUIT PROCESSING. Quality Grades. Packaging Techniques. JUICE PRODUCTION. HEALTH BENEFITS. POMEGRANATE TRADE. Important Producer Countries. Important Consumer Countries. Current Condition in the World. Future of Pomegranate Trade.