Agro–Landscape zoning of West Georgia for revealing of optimal regions of tangerine–Tiakhara Unshiu

Zurab SEPERTELADZE; Eter DAVITAIA; Guram MEMARNE; Shota LAMPARADZE; George GAPRINDASHVILI; Tamar ALEKSIDZE; Mziuri Gabaidze

Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2015

Agro–Landscape zoning of West Georgia for revealing of optimal regions of tangerine–Tiakhara Unshiu

Zurab Seperteladze, Eter Davitaia, Guram Memarne, Shota Lamparadze, George Gaprindashvili, Tamar Aleksidze, Mziuri Gabaidze

Abstract :

Based on the metrics suspended in factors area, techniques (Seperteladze Z et al., 2012; Urushadze T et al., 2012) for agricultural coverage of the territory and rational planting of the citruses of humid subtropical zone of the west Georgia, including verification of their agro potential were developed. Morphometric analysis (biometric index, starting&ndash;ending point of the first and second growth, starting&ndash;ending point of blossoming, starting of ripening and massive ripening, harvest, mechanical and biochemical composition of the fruit, tasting, storage properties, cost&ndash;effectiveness and frost (winter) resistance) of the tangerine &ndash; Tiahara Unshiu, introduced from Japan was accomplished. Aforementioned techniques helped to allocate and differentiate various resource territories, following the resemblance with the virtual model&ndash;object and allocation of the landscapes with and administrative units with optimal agro potentials. Data was processed and visualized through GIS &ndash; technologies. Acknowledgements This research would not have been possible without the support of many people and also without using many scientific researches done by the staff of the Department of Geography (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences) of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. The authors of the work express their gratitude to all them.