Impact of climatic conditions on formation of soils and qualitative properties of citrus fruit in Adjara

Abstract

Costal part of Adjara is characterized with extra humid climate with warm and mild winter, long and rather humid summer. There is no analog of this climate in other parts of Georgia. Precisely such climate influenced weathering of rocks formation of red soils. Local red soils by their mechanical structure and diagnostic properties are very much like ferallitic soils outside Georgia. These soils, together with climate create the best conditions for citrus fruit cultivation.

Experiments proved a positive effect of climate on use of various kinds of nitrates in the process of development of tangerine plants and on their crop capacity. Positive impact of warmth on biochemical composition of fruit during the ripening period was also ascertained.