Ali Kuden
Prof. Dr. Ali Küden is an academic staff member at the Çukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, and served as the Director of the Çukurova University Horticultural Research and Application Center between 1997-2017. Ali Küden is a full professor, and pomologist, studying on propagation and training of temperate fruit trees, especially pome and stone fruits, and nursery plants, at the University of Cukurova. He has been also working for 37 years on the selection and collection of fig and almond germplasm at the University of Cukurova. He has been extending his theoretical and practical knowledge to the growers, nurseries, and private sector in the whole country. He has published more than 170 scientific papers. He is one of the members of the Temperate Fruits in the Tropics and Subtropics (TFTS) and the Working Group of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). In addition, he took on the role of the organization of some scientific meetings of several organizations in and out of the country. He has been involved in several national and EU Prima projects, Prof. Dr. Ali Küden is married and has two children.