1st International Symposium on Pomegranate and Minor Mediterranean Fruits, Adana, Turkey, 20 March 2009, vol.818, pp.115-119
Pomegranate is grown mainly in tropics and subtropics and it can grow in arid and semi-arid regions. In Turkey it is spread in all the Mediterranean, Eagan and coastal area as well as in the Southeast Anatolia Region. It is adapted to dry, low relative humidity conditions. In the Southeast Anatolian Region of Turkey, pomegranate is mainly used as fruit juice or salad. The cultivated varieties have been selected by growers among chance seedlings.