Pomegranate production and marketing

148 Pages·2016·25.683 MB·English

by  Kahramanoglu, Ibrahim, Usanmaz, Serhat

Pomegranate Production
and Marketing

Pomegranate Production
and Marketing
İbrahim Kahramanoğlu
Alnar Pomegranates Ltd.
Güzelyurt, Cyprus
and
European University of Lefke
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies
Department of Horticultural Production and Marketing
Güzelyurt, Cyprus
Serhat Usanmaz
European University of Lefke
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies
Department of Horticultural Production and Marketing
Güzelyurt, Cyprus
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PREFACE
Pomegranate is a traditional crop that has been cultivated for many years.
However, because of the inconvenience of extracting the arils (for eating), it
had not been very popular. Since 2000, many scientific researches conducted
about the health benefits of pomegranates have verified the traditionally
known benefits. According to the scientific studies, pomegranate fruit,
peel, leaves, flowers and roots contain bioactive phytochemicals that are
antimicrobial, reduce blood pressure and act against serious diseases such
as diabetes and cancer. The findings of these studies have increased the
public awareness of pomegranate and consumption of pomegranate fruit
has increased substantially.
Today, pomegranate plant is produced worldwide in sub-tropical
and tropical areas and pomegranate fruits are marketed in all over the
world. The main problems of pomegranate sector are the difficulties
in production and storage during marketing. The book presents up-to-
date scientific and theoretical information about production, storage and
processing, marketing and therapeutic applications of pomegranates.
It presents simple and practical processing and storage techniques for
the extending of storage and shelf life of freshly squeezed natural
pomegranate juice and retaining its nutritional quality. With the increasing
demand for pomegranates and increasing emphasis on healthy eating,
this book is crucial to ensuring sustainability for pomegranate production
and food safety.
We have practical experience in the production, post-harvest
techniques and marketing as well as in promoting consumption of this
highly valuable fruit. Much research has been done and many obstacles
have been overcome during our studies. We felt that such kind of book is
not available; thus we want to share our knowledge with the readers. We
hope that you will find the up-to-date, scientific and practical information
about pomegranates useful.

CONTENTS
Preface v
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xi
Authors Biography xiii
1. Introduction 1
2. Important Cultivars 8
3. Ecological Needs 13
4. Production 14
5. Pomegranate Pests 20
6. Pomegranate Diseases 42
7. Weed Management 47
8. Physiological Disorders 54
9. Fruit Thinning 59
10. Harvest and Fresh Fruit Processing 62
11. Postharvest Biology and Storage 71
12. Aril Production 87
13. Juice Production 90
14. Pomegranate and Health (Review) 95
15. Pomegranate Trade 111
Bibliography 116

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. A view of a pomegranate tree 3
Figure 2. A view of a pomegranate flower 4
Figure 3. A view of fruits in clusters 5
Figure 4. A view of a fruit with 1780 g 6
Figure 5. A view of a star-cut pomegranate fruit with chambers
including arils 6
Figure 6. A view of a Wonderful cultivar pomegranate fruit 8
Figure 7. A view of a Hicaznar cultivar pomegranate fruit 9
Figure 8. A view of a Bhagwa cultivar pomegranate fruit 9
Figure 9. A view of Arakta cultivar pomegranate fruit 10
Figure 10. A view of a Malas Yazdi cultivar pomegranate fruit 10
Figure 11. A view of a Mollar de Elche cultivar pomegranate fruit 11
Figure 12. A view of a Acco cultivar pomegranate fruit 11
Figure 13. A view of a Herskovitz cultivar pomegranate fruit 12
Figure 14. Removing of suckers from the tree base 15
Figure 15. General view of young pomegranate tree
for showing single stem pruning system 16
Figure 16. A view of damage on flowers caused by Aphids 20
Figure 17. A view of damage on fruits caused by sooty
mold after Aphids 21
Figure 18. A view of an Anar Butterfly 24
Figure 19. A view of damage on fruits caused by Anar Butterfly 24
Figure 20. A view of a Carob Moth 26
Figure 21. A view of a Leopard Moth 28
Figure 22. A view of damage on pomegranate tree caused by
Leopard Moth 29
Figure 23. A view of a Mediterranean Fruit Fly 30
Figure 24. A view of damage on fruits caused by Mediterranean
Fruit Fly 31
Figure 25. A view of an attract-and-kill trap used for the control of
Mediterranean Fruit Fly 32
Figure 26. A view of damage on fruits caused by Mealy Bugs 35
Figure 27. A view of damage on fruits caused by Thrips 39
Figure 28. A view of damage on fruits caused by Whiteflies 40