Table Fig (Ficus carica L.) Selection in Mardin Province of Turkey

Turkey has great variations in distributions of wild fig forms as well as cultivated figs. beskonak village has a special importance with respect to the genetic resources of figs. this study was carried out during 2002-2003 in beskonak village of derik county of mardin province, which is located in the south east anatolia region of turkey. five different fig genotypes have the same name were selected in this research. according to the results of the weighted ranked method, 47-02-1 and 47-02-4 genotypes which had the highest scores (934 and 924) among the fig types were determined to be the best table figs. in the this study, fruit weight, fruit width, ostiolum width, tss and titrable acidity of the genotypes were determined as 72.38-56.48 g, 61.35-46.73 mm, 5.15-2.35 mm, 23.53-18.12% and 0.26-0.20%, respectively. in general, these fig genotypes have been consumed to be fresh.