The objectives of Plant Nutrition Department;

To generalize and adopt the usage of fertilizer,

to demonstrate the effects of fertilization on yield, quality, growth, periodicity, storage and shelf life, climatic and stress conditions, disease and pests,

To provide effective and economic fertilization, to develop fertilization programs based on leaf and soil analyses by considering the tree age, its variety, yield amount, climatic conditions and irrigation method, application time and method are well prepared,

To solve the nutritional problems,

To define the deficiency-excess symptoms of plant nutrients correctly, to develop corrective measures to eliminate deficiencies,

To consider the imbalances among the plant nutrients.