Caner Onur received his B.Sc
in agricultural engineering from the Department of Horticulture,
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ankara in 1973. Upon
graduating, Dr. Onur moved to Giessen, Germany for a one year
tenure at Justus Liebig University's Pomology Institute, where he
worked on berries (blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries and
blackberries), and participated in hybridization research on plant
breeding. In 1974, he returned to Turkey to begin work as a
government researcher at the Yalova Ataturk Horticulture Research
Institute and started research on projects involving viticulture
and berries.
In 1977, he transferred to
Alata Horticulture Research Institute in Erdemli in Icel province
of southern Turkey. Here, he conducted research for six years on
various fruits including pomegranate, banana, plum, peach/nectarine,
and apricot. During the same years, he completed his Ph.D.
dissertation titled 'Selection of Pomegranates in the
Mediterranean Region' under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Nurettin
Kaska at the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture,
Cukurova University in Adana, Turkey.
In 1983, he transferred to
Antalya Citrus and Greenhouse Research Institute in Antalya,
Turkey. Over the next 17 years, Dr. Onur continued conducting
research on pomegranates and he hybridized and cultivated several new
pomegranate types that now bear his name. In addition to
pomegranate research, he carried out research on several other
plants including banana, coffee, peach/nectarine, apricot, citrus
fruits, persimmon, laurel cherry and berries. He coordinated many
national projects such as 'Research Project on Subtropical Fruits
in Turkey', 'Research Project on Subtropical Fruits in Southeast
Anatolia', and 'Research Project on Berries in Turkey'.
Dr. Onur taught Botany at the
Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey for
three years (1987 to 1989), and in 1992 he carried out a one-month
survey of pomology in Italy. The same year he spent a week in
Georgia carrying out investigations, and prepared a report on the
opportunities for collaboration on pomology between Turkey and
Georgia. He also travelled to Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic
several times to coordinate research projects and report on the
development of subtropical fruit cultivation in Cyprus.
In 2000, Dr. Onur retired from
the Antalya Citrus and Greenhouse Research Insitute and began
private consulting to both the private and public sector. In
2001, at the invitation of a private company, he travelled to and
reported on fruit cultivation opportunities for Uzbekistan.
Currently, Dr. Onur carries out private research and offers
consulting services in pomology, sapling acquisition, orchard set
up, and orchard maintenance. He is the author of over 40
scientific publications. |
