Biotech Studies 2002, Vol 11, Num, 1-2     (Pages: 131-141)

DETERMINING COTTON GROWN AREAS ON SOME PROVINCES BY REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES

A. MERMER ,E. ÜNAL ,H. M. DOĞAN ,M. PEŞKİRCİOĞLU ,H. YILDIZ ,Ö. URLA ,M. AYDOĞDU ,Ş. ARPAK, ,A. YERDELEN ,O. AYDOĞMUŞ ,N. GÜNEŞ ,B. GÖKER

1 Tarla Bitkileri Merkez Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü, Ankara - Because of geographical conditions and suitable ecological conditions Turkey is one of the important cotton growers in the world. Determining the amount of cotton growing areas is important for economical planning and farm subsidies. With this project cotton growing areas of Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kahramanmaraş provincies were determined using remote sensing techniques in year 2000. Keywords : Cotton, remote sensing, crop area statistics