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Welcome Turkish Viticulture website. This web site designed to inform general and special viticulture for visitors. You can find all kind of viticulture details. These are vineyard establishment, ecology and soil, rootstocks, table grape growing, greenhouse viticulture, grafting, winter and summer pruning, trellis and supporting systems, quality improvement, harvest, pest and disease management, nutrition and deficiencies, grape cultivars and so on. This web site language is Turkish. However anyone ask a viticulture question out of Turkey with e-mail We will answer him/her as soon as earlier. You can find web master backround end of the this page. Some new Turkish grapes main characteristics are shown down. Also you can find their photos in grape cultivar (üzüm çeşitleri) section which are listed on top of the page. Thanks for visiting my viticulture web page.

Arif ATAK / M.Sci.(Cirriculum Vitae)
Atatürk Central Horticultural Research Institute
Department of Viticulture
Pbox: 15, 77102 Yalova, Turkey
Phone: +90-(226)-814 25 20 (2 lines) / 1220 (ext.)
Fax: +90-(226)-814 11 46

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Ph.D. in Horticulture 2006- Going on
Department of Horticulture,
Ege University, Agriculture Faculty, İzmir, TURKEY

Master of Science in Horticulture 2001-2003
Department of Horticulture
Ankara University, Ankara, TURKEY
Master Thesis, Identification of Some Grape Cultivars, Hybrids and Their Parents by RAPD Technique

DSPU (Diploma of Specialized Post Graduate) 1999-2000
Department of Horticultural Quality Management
The International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece

Bachelor of Science in Horticulture 1990-1994
Department of Horticulture,
Ege University, Agriculture Faculty, İzmir, TURKEY

Government Engineer 1995-1998
Agriculture Ministry Office, Yozgat, Turkey
Apply Agricultural Ministry policies and show growers new agricultural techniques and methods with demonstrations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Scientist 1995 Present
Department of Viticulture
Atatürk Central Horticultural Research Institute, Yalova, Turkey
Researches on table grape growing and new techniques
Researches on kiwi and feijoa growing
Particular research activities include:
Viticulture Research- Breeding, genetics, growing techniques, physiology
Plant Biotechnology- (Responsible of Biotechnology Laboratory) DNA-RNA isolation and analyses with molecular markers. Transgenic plant and analyses

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Language Reading Speaking Writing
English Very good Fluently Very good

PUBLICATIONS (In Turkish with English Summary)

ARTICLES
1. Uslu, İ., H.Samancı, and A.Atak 2004. New Table Grapes Which are Obtained Cross-Breeding. Agricultural Research Bulletin. General Management of Agricultural Researches. Private volume, 8-9 p. Yenimahalle/ANKARA

CONFERENCES
1. Çelik, H., Çelik, S., Kunter, B.M., Söylemezoğlu, G., Boz, Y., Özer, Atak, A. 2005. Situation and Organisation of Agricultural Extension Services. 6th. Technical Congress of Turkish Agricultural Engineering. 3-7 January 2005, pp: 565-589, Ankara, Turkey.
2. Atak, A.,Yalçın T. Uslu, İ., Samancı, H. 2005. Obtain New Table Grape Cultivars with Hybridization II (in Turkish with English Summary).6th Symposium of Viticulture 19-23 September 2005 Tekirdağ, pp:454-463, TURKEY.
3. Atak, A. and A.Altındişli, 2006. Harvest on Organic Table Grape Growing and Postharvest Applications. 3th Symposium of Organic Agriculture. 1-4 November 2006. Atatürk Central Horticultural Research Institute, Yalova, Turkey.

TECHNICAL REPORTS
1. Soyergin,S., İ.Moltay ve A.Atak, 1999. Determination of Nitrogen and Potassium elements effects on Razaki grape cultivars yield and quality. Atatürk Central Horticultural Research Institute Scientific Research Publications, No: 132. Yalova, TURKEY.
2. Atak, A. and Yalçın T., 2002. Obtain New Table Grape Cultivars with Hybridization (in Turkish with English Summary). Atatürk Central Horticultural Research Institute Scientific Research Publications, No: 154. Yalova, TURKEY.
3. Yalçın, T. and ATAK, A. 2002. Propagation of kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa cv. Hayward) with cuttings (in Turkish with English Summary). Atatürk Central Horticultural Research Institute Scientific Research Publications, No: 167. Yalova, TURKEY.
4. Atak, A., 2003. Identification of Some Grape Cultivars, Hybrids and Their Parents by RAPD Technique. Master of Science Thesis (in Turkish with English Summary), The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Horticulture, Ankara University. Ankara, TURKEY.

BOOKS

1. Atak, A., 2004. Table Grape Growing. Atatürk Central Horticultural Research Institute Scientific Book Publications, No: 89. 88 Page,Yalova, TURKEY.

ONGOING POJECTS
1. Atak, A., A.Karauz, (2002-2007). Ö.Sağlam, M.Eken. Determination of New Table Grape Candidates Which Obtained With Hybridization Performance in Different Locations.
2. Soyergin, S., Atak, A., Çelikel, F.G., Ağı, Y., Uysal, E., Albayrak, B., (2002-2007). Organic kiwi production in East Marmara Region.
3. Atak, A., A.Altındişli, A.F.Gökçe, C.Özer, K.A.Kahraman, N.A.Tangu, A.Karauz, (2007-2010). Determination of Some New Grape Hybrids Which Obtained Hybridization by Mikrosatellit Technique.
4. Göksel,Z. Y.Yılmaz, S.Erdoğan, A.Öztürk, A.Atak, and C.Özer, (2007-2010). Determination of Flavanoid Profils in Skin, Pulpe and Seed of Some Grape Cultivars and Hybrids.
5. Identification of Highly Economic Important Fruit Species and Grape germplasm by High-throghput Molecular Methods, (2006-2009). (Tübitak Project-Assistant Researcher)

SKILLS
Operating systems: WINDOWS
Software: Microsoft Office programs, Design-Expert, other similar programs.
Instruments: PCR, electrophoresis, spectrophotometer, Gel analyses, Similarity index and dendogram,

KEYWORDS
Horticulture, viticulture, biotechnology, table grape, breeding, kiwi, feijoa