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A survey was conducted in this study to determine the general characteristics of the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry in the Konya region. To achieve this, 50 enterprises of various scales, considered representative of the sector, were selected and included in the study. When evaluating the enterprises based on size, it was found that 52% of them were small-scale enterprises. The average age of business owners is 53 years, with 35 years of industry experience, and 47% of them have primary school education. While a total of 1204 workers are employed in the enterprises participating in this study, there is an average of 24.5 workers per enterprise. Of the total personnel, 78.3% consisted of workers, followed by engineers with an average of 5.5%, accountants with 5.3%, marketers with 5% and technicians with 4%. Only 34% of enterprises cooperate with KOSGEB and 8% with TUBITAK in R&D and P&D activities. In addition, it was determined that 18% received consultancy from universities. Present findings shed light on the developments in the sector as well as understanding the situation of agricultural machinery manufacturing industry enterprises in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Konya urban identity on the urban landscape design of Konya city through eye tracking technique (method) through individuals. Within the scope of the research, first of all, a literature review on the subject was made. Afterwards, urban landscape areas with dense urban identity components determined in the light of literature resources were visited and photographs were obtained from these areas. Interviews were held with experts in the field of Konya urban identity, and as a result of these interviews, the photographs to be used in eye tracking analysis were determined. The photographs were uploaded to the eye tracking program and heat maps of the eye movements of the volunteer participants were created using the eye tracking device, and the numerical data (fixation numbers and fixation times) of the eye tracking analysis were reached. In addition, questionnaires were applied to the participants after the eye tracking analysis. As a result of the research, it was revealed that heat maps and eye tracking numerical data supported the questionnaires. Based on this, the conclusion that Konya's urban identity has an effect on Konya's urban landscape design was reached through the people who participated in the study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study was conducted between June-September 2017-2018 in sunflower cultivation areas of Konya and Aksaray to determine the incidence rate of white rot disease and its pathogenic potential and to identify the disease agent Sclerotinia spp., Surveys were carried out 11,750 decares in total from Karatay, Altınekin, Cihanbeyli, Karapınar, Kadınhanı and Çumra districts of Konya province and 3000 decares in total from Centre of Aksaray (Hırkatol and Topakkaya village) and Eskil districts of Aksaray province. In the study, it was determined that the isolates obtained from diseased plants belong to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary. Although the disease was not seen in the first year in Konya, the disease rate in Altınekin district was determined as 9.38% in the second year. As a result of the survey studies, the disease rate in the Center of Aksaray in 2017 and 2018, respectively, was 2.83% and 3.97%; in Eskil, while no disease was occurred in the first year, it was determined at a rate of 4.16% in 2018. In the pathogenicity tests carried out with sunflower seedlings using approximately 20% of the isolates, it was found that the disease severity of the isolates varied between 56% and 66% and the difference between the disease severity and scale values of the isolates was statistically significant (P <0.05). Aksaray / Hırkatol was found to be the most virulent isolate in the pathogenicity test. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, economic analysis was conducted for groundwater-irrigated oil sunflower farming in Konya region. This study was conducted over the agricultural fields of 20 oil sunflower farmers operating within the irrigation scheme of groundwater irrigation cooperative of Başgötüren districts of Karatay town of Konya province in 2019. Within the scope of this study, inputs used in oil sunflower farming, input quantities and unit prices, yields and unit sales prices of the farmers were determined. Cost-benefit analysis was performed with the resultant data and economic assessments were performed for irrigated oil sunflower farming. Average total production cost of groundwater-irrigated oil sunflower farming was calculated as 4683.4 TL ha-1 (821.6 $ ha-1). Of such a cost, 50% was constituted by irrigation costs. Electricity constituted the greatest cost item in irrigation costs. Average gross production value was calculated as 8208.3 TL ha-1 (1440.1 $ ha-1). Together with state supports, average net income was calculated as 5057.3 TL ha-1 (887.2 $ ha-1). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study was conduted to determine the adaptability of four blackberry varieties (Jumbo, Chester, Arphe, Boata) to the ecological conditions of Konya province in 2017-2018. For this purpose, phenological, pomological, chemical and plant properties of blackberry varietes were investigated. According to the research results; The first flowering took place on May 20 (Jumbo), 23 May (Chester), June 3 (Arphe), June 15 (Boata). The first harvest dates was July 5 (Jumbo and Chester), July 15 (Boata), July 22 (Arphe) and the last harvest dates are July 26 (Boata), 17 August (Arphe), 10 September (Jumbo), 16 September (Chester). On the other hand, after September 16 new fruits were produced by the Chester cultivar but could not be harvested owing to the fact that they did not mature. In terms of fruit weight, the highest values was determined in Jumbo (3.60 g) followed by Chester (2.82 g), Arphe (1.19 g), Boata (0.72 g) cultivars, respectively. According to the research results, it can be said that Chester and Jumbo varieties are superior to other varieties and can be recommended for the Konya ecology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study was carried out to investigate the some reproduction characteristics of Honamlı goat breed that are rearing commonly in Taurus Mountains in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. The materials of the study was formed with the five years records from 2011 to 2016 of 27 flocks (average 220 bucks and 4400 does) chosen from 36 flocks within the scope of National Public Small Ruminant Improvement Project, which was raised under extensive conditions in Beyşehir and Derebucak districts of Konya. At the end of the research; kidding rate, survival rate, twin birth rate, fecundity, litter size and the averages for birth weight, weaning weight and daily weight gains for the five consecutive years were found as 85%,87%,15%,0.94,1.10,3.64 kg,19.14 kg,0.180 kg, respectively. Effects of farm, birth type and gender on live weights and daily weight gains were found to be statistically significant (P<0.01). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increase of dependency of people in nature, due to the gradual increase of population at cities and the effect of life conditions, causes an increase in demand for green areas and ornamental plants. This increase of demand had provided an economic sector dimension to cultivation of ornamental plants. This study had been realized in order to determine suitable areas for cultivation of ornamental plants in the province of Konya which is a significant agriculture potential of Turkey and which has an ecology suitable for cultivation of many agricultural products. In the determination of these suitable areas, Geographical Information Systems having many functions such as location determination, data storage, data analysis and spatial analysis had been used. Climate, topography and soil features required for cultivation of ornamental plants had been obtained in map environment for the research area, and the analyses required for determination of suitable areas had been made in ArcGIS module. As the result of the analyses, it had been determined that the south-east and south-west areas of the province of Konya were suitable or conditionally suitable areas for cultivation of ornamental plants. These areas will be assessed considering their proximity to market and the socio-economic features of the current producer potential, and establishment of ornamental plants cultivation facilities at the most suitable area will provide significant contributions for the province of Konya in economic, social and environmental aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Evapotranspiration values are one of the basic data used in the planning, design, construction and operation of irrigation facilities. The irrigation water needs of several plants are calculated by using various empirical equations based on meteorological data and the system is designed according to the month in which the highest irrigation water is needed. The aim of this study is to compare ETc of several crops calculated with different ETc estimation methods as of FAO56-Penman-Monteith, Hergeaves - Samani and Radiation Equation with determined ETc values obtained from previously conducted researches in Konya. In the study, five commonly cultivated crops in Konya Province such as maize, sugar beet, sunflower, potato and wheat were considered. In most of the cases, it was found that radiation equation produced higher ETc values than the measured ETc values in the researches conducted at the region. As a result of this study, Penman-Monteith was close to most of the values obtained from other studies and therefore remains a highly recommendable method for estimating ETc for considered plants in Konya. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Parks are built for fulfilling urban person's longing for the nature, increasing social and cultural interactions and enabling human comfort in the open area. Parks are the most important elements of urban open-green area system. Planning and design processes of parks should be carried out carefully. At this point, one of the most important issues is to carry out these processes with multidisciplinary, participatory and multi-denominator togethernesses. Of course, the most important one of these sharers is people who will use the park that will be designed and built, in other words, users of that park. In this study; users' satisfaction rates for security, maintenance, quality, sufficiency and development speed of urban parks in Konya and Kirkuk have been determined. Based on the data obtained, satisfaction levels of users of Konya and Kirkuk urban parks have been compared. According to research findings; it has been determined that there are significant differences between participants of Konya and Kirkuk provinces in terms of security, sufficiency and development speed parameters. Based on the findings and results obtained, suggestions have been made to relevant people and institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many grape breeding programs have been conducted in certain institutions as cross breeding between superior genotypes or clonal selection of local accessions of Vitis vinifera L. varieties in Turkey. 'Ekşi Kara' is an ancient grapevine cultivar intensively grown in Konya due to its well-adaptation to ecology. Thus, it has been promising with its unique characteristics peculiar to similar ecologies. This variety is robust and very fruitful in comparison with many other V. vinifera L. varieties, and it has been commonly consumed as table grapes, seeded appetizer when dried naturally or molasses 'pekmez'. Consumption of its binned or fresh leaves is also a traditional and global marketing way. The sex of the flowers is functionally female, and need a pollinator, for a satisfactory berry set. 'Goök Üzüm', another ancient and autochthonous grape variety is suggested as a prima pollinizer. The clonal selection studies have been continuing since 2010 in commercial vineyards around its geographic origin. The ampelographic description of 'Eksşi Kara' was performed according to OIV (International Bureau of Grapes and Wine) descriptors using a total of 144 criteria, among which 63 were the basic and 81 were complementary identifier. The basic data of the cultivar was collected for clonal selection. There were no distinctive ampelographic differences between vary named grapevines in growing location. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to determine the coccinellidae fauna, to uncover the biological richness of the fauna of Turkey and also to prepare the groundwork for future work on this topic in Selçuklu (Konya) between 2015-2017 years. It was collected 12 species in 11 genus in two subfamilies belonging to the family of Coccinellidae. These species are Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773), Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763), Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758), Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Coccinula quatuordecimpustulata (Linnaeus, 1758), Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777), Myrrha octodecimquttata (Linnaeus, 1758), Brumus octosignatus (Gebler, 1830). Four of these species (Brumus octosignatus, Chilocorus bipustulatus, Harmonia axyridis and Myrrha octodecimquttata) were recorded for the first time from Konya. Seven of these species (Brumus octosignatus, Chilocorus bipustulatus, Harmonia axyridis, Myrrha octodecimquttata, Harmonia quadripunctata, Oenopia conglobata and Psyllobora vigintidopunctata) were recorded for the first time in Selçuklu. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, nutritional status of strawberry orchards of Huyuk District of Konya Province were determined by soil and plant analysis to increase both yield and quality of strawberry and to inform to our farmers about strawberry fertilization. With this purpose, soil and leaf samples were collected from 29 strawberry orchards which bigger than 0.2 ha representing Huyuk District at the beginning of the first fruit period (June, 2015), and in the beginning of the second fruit period (September, 2015) before fertilization from root zone and analyzed. Appropriateness of soils to strawberry growing with respect to their physical and chemical properties an nutritional status of the plants were investigated comparing their analysis results with reference values and statistical evaluations and soil-plant relations were researched. According to the results; in generally, pH of the soils was neutral, non-saline, low organic matter, calcareous and sandy clay loamy texture. The nitrogen content of the surveyed area was low, while the other macro nutrients were sufficient. The micronutrient content of the soils is insufficient with the exception of copper. In the first plant sampling period 27.6% N, 7% P and K, 17.2% Ca, 10.3% Mg, 27.6% Cu, 10.3% B and 90% Zn were insufficient while in the second sampling period, 10.3% N, 7% Mn and 90% Zn were poor of the strawberry orchards. Nutrients of the plants were found more sufficient in the second period according to the first period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this research, it was aimed to determine the production costs of dwarf and semi-dwarf Granny Smith apple in Konya province. For this purpose, analyzed the data from obtained from an apple orchid belonging to Directorate of Research Institute of Soil and Water Research Institute to Combat Desertification. According to the results of the research, the establishment cost was 2,445.56 TL / da, labor request was 95.14h/da, the machinery and tractor requests were calculated 6.13 h/da, and the production costs were estimated 697.44 TL on semi-dwarf apple orchards. The establishment cost was 3,342.97TL/da, labor request vas 129.30h/da, the machinery and tractor requests were calculated 6.32 h/da, and the production costs were estimated 806.88TL on dwarf apple orchards. Gross profit, net profit and relative profit were found to be 1,253.15TL/da, 973.76 TL/da, 2.21 respectively on dwarf apple orchards. Gross profit, net profit and relative profit were found to be 651.56TL/da, 396.67TL/da ve 1.56 respectively on semi-dwarf apple orchards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Natural or man-made, green spaces has now taken on a new value and function, the importance of which is widely acclaimed within the parameters of sustainable development. The protection of natural balance and biodiversity are one of the most important functions of green spaces. The increasing importance of biological control against pests had also recently increased the importance of green spaces in terms of plant protection. Then, the improving of environmental conditions of local natural enemies located in the food chain is vital precaution in the biological control. Afforestation and arrangement of green space is the first and most important step to be taken in this regard. In Konya Province of Turkey, 1-1.25 million hectares of cereal are grown in every year, and therefore it called as "Cereal store of the country". Sunn pest (Eurygaster spp.) is the most important cereal pest in Turkey. Chemical control measures started in 1950's have been carried out increasingly. Trissolcus spp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) is the most effective biological control agent to decrease the population level of the Sunn pest. However these parasitoids are generally present in Turkey, except a few parts where polyculture farming is widespread; they are insufficient to solve the problem. Thus, to increase their population and be more effective they should be supported. It is a known fact that there are few studies on 'protection and creation of green spaces in nature regarding to natural enemy-host relations' which is thought to provide great contributions to biological control of the problem. However, in near future, in terms of frame of IPM, the importance of this subject will definitely further increase. The Turkish ministry of agriculture has started national sunn pests project in 2004 to develop and dissemination of biological control. In this study, the afforestation efforts aimed supporting IPM studies against sunn pests in Konya province are summarized. Additionally, some recommendations were developed about gren space planning and plant species which can be useful in that planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The analysis on the structural characteristics of pesticide dealers, the problems on supply and marketing of pesticides, and the marketing structure of pesticides used in wheat production were made in this study. The survey results obtained from pesticide dealers and the information obtained from Konya Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Province Offices were used in the study. It was stated that 51.51% of pesticide dealers was sole proprietorship, 24.24% of them was company, and 24.24% of them was unions/cooperatives. 63.64% of the authorized people in pesticide dealers was graduated from Agricultural Faculty. It was observed that the share of pesticide dealers thinking that the prescription system used in pesticides' selling was good or very good (30.30%) was low. Private pesticide dealers group had the highest market share with 85.77% in the market. The Central Union of Beet Growers Cooperatives with 7.23%, the Central Union of Turkish Agricultural Credit Cooperatives with 4.21%, the Chambers of Agriculture with 1.61% and Konya Ministry Province and District Offices with 1.18% followed this group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The target of this study is the determination of diseases and pests, which cause the production loss and price reduction in wheat production, according to wheat types in Konya research area. Two different materials were used in the study. One was the data obtained from the survey conducted to wheat producers in Konya, and the other was Konya Commodity Exchange's (KCE) registers on the diseases and pests, which cause price reduction in wheat purchase. According to analysis results of the data obtained from KCE, suni / bug damage was the diseases and pests factor affected the prices of wheat types harvested in 2010 at the most. Suni / bug damage was determined in 98,50% of 666 analyzed wheat samples. The damage ratio of 61.26% of these samples was higher than the value used for price reduction in Turkish Grain Board (TGB) wheat purchase scale. Smut was only determined in one sample of this wheat type. According to the replies of surveyed wheat producers, the diseases caused production loss were rust, septoria leaf spot, crown and root rot, and the pest was suni and bug. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]