Horticultural Studies (HortiS) 2008, Vol 25, Num, 1     (Pages: 26-39)

CURRENT STATE AND STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF THE GREENHOUSES IN ANTALYA REGION

Nefise Yasemin EMEKLİ 1 ,Dursun BÜYÜKTAŞ 1 ,Kenan BÜYÜKTAŞ 1

1 Akdeniz Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Tarımsal Yapılar ve Sulama Bölümü /ANTALYA Viewed : 1548 - Downloaded : 3677 Providing optimum conditions for crops is needed to increase quality and productivity in crop production. Greenhouses are structures that aim at providing ideal conditions for satisfactory plant growth and production throughout the year. The climate factors affecting plant production in greenhouses are light, temperature, humidity and CO2 concentration. This article has been prepared to describe constructional problems of greenhouses in Antalya given in the literature and to suggest solutions. Fort this purpose, after having described greenhouses, the situation of greenhouses in Antalya and Turkey at present has been mentioned. The problems of greenhouses in Antalya have been defined and suitable solutions have been presented. Keywords : Greenhouses, Structural Problems, Antalya