scholarly journals Multiple Fungicide Resistance in Botrytis: A Growing Problem in German Soft-Fruit Production

10.5772/27199 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland W. S. Weber ◽  
Alfred-Peter Entrop
Keyword(s):  
Fungicide Resistance ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Soft Fruit

Horticultural food crops

1986 ◽  
Vol 87 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
C. E. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Horticultural Crops ◽  
Moray Firth ◽  
Soft Fruit

SynopsisIn Scotland horticultural food crops occupy about 1·4% of the tillage land, and contribute about 4% of the total Scottish agricultural output. Climate, soil type and factors such as distance to markets and availability of labour have influenced the location of horticultural crops. This has changed with time, particularly because of the influence of the processing industry. Soft fruit production (3,630 hectares), with raspberries being the dominant crop, is concentrated in the Tayside region; more than 90% of the raspberry crop is processed by pulping (for jam, etc.), freezing or canning. Vegetable production (6,130 hectares) is somewhat more dispersed from the Border region to the Moray Firth; more than half the total area is occupied by peas for canning and freezing. Glasshouse production of tomatoes is now only 25 hectares located mainly in the Clyde Valley.The future for Scottish horticultural food production will continue to be influenced by the requirements of the processing industry, but there is also an increasing outlet for fresh fruit and vegetables in supermarkets. Expansion of the production of horticultural food crops in Scotland depends on the ability of the industry to meet market demands in terms of quality and continuity of supply. Increasing reference to the need for an improved British diet may stimulate the consumption of fruit and vegetables on the home market and there continue to be opportunities for increasing the export of processed and fresh produce. Scotland has the land resources, crop production expertise and processing and marketing facilities to respond to these opportunities.

scholarly journals RASberry - Robotic and Autonomous Systems for Berry Production

2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (06) ◽  
pp. S14-S18
Author(s):  
Pål Johan From ◽  
Lars Grimstad ◽  
Marc Hanheide ◽  
Simon Pearson ◽  
Grzegorz Cielniak
Keyword(s):  
Control Point ◽  
Autonomous Systems ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Term Operation ◽  
Manual Labour ◽  
Soft Fruit ◽  
Human Robot Collaboration

The soft fruit industry is facing unprecedented challenges due to its reliance of manual labour. We are presenting a newly launched robotics initiative which will help to address the issues faced by the industry and enable automation of the main processes involved in soft fruit production. The RASberry project (Robotics and Autonomous Systems for Berry Production) aims to develop autonomous fleets of robots for horticultural industry. To achieve this goal, the project will bridge several current technological gaps including the development of a mobile platform suitable for the strawberry fields, software components for fleet management, in-field navigation and mapping, long-term operation, and safe human-robot collaboration. In this paper, we provide a general overview of the project, describe the main system components, highlight interesting challenges from a control point of view and then present three specific applications of the robotic fleets in soft fruit production. The applications demonstrate how robotic fleets can benefit the soft fruit industry by significantly decreasing production costs, addressing labour shortages and being the first step towards fully autonomous robotic systems for agriculture.

scholarly journals Assuring autonomy of robots in soft fruit production

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khalid ◽  
◽  
Leonardo Guevara ◽  
Marc Hanheide ◽  
Simon Parsons ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Production ◽  
Soft Fruit

scholarly journals The fertilization problems of cultivated red- and black currant varieties in Hungary

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Porpáczy
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Set ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Important Change ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Commercial Production ◽  
Black Currant ◽  
Small Fruit ◽  
Soft Fruit ◽  
Labour Power ◽  
Red Currant

Small fruits have a modest share in the fruit production of Hungarys. Red currant was grown traditionally in home gardens 60-70 years ago. Commercial production was established only in the surroundings of some town. The black currant was unknown until after Wold War II. An important change occured in small fruit production in the 1950s. Socialist countries, which had cheaper labour power, made efforts to meet these demands. In this time we produced 25.000 t. Presently the country produces 13-15.000 tons currant fruit yearly 60% from this is black currant, which has a better market. It is our own interest to make our currant production more profitable. The currant is the second most widely cultivated soft fruit. Our product is disposed mostly on EU markets. There was no breeding activity in this field in Hungary earlier. Cultivars used were mostly of foreign origin (W. European; Boskoop Giant, Silvergieter, Wellington XXX, Russian; Altaiskaya Desertnaya, Neosupaiuschaiasya, N. European; Brikltorp, Ojebyn). Besides well-known advantageous this cultivars have also some defects mainly unfavourable—adaptation to climatic conditions, which caused fertilisation problems, reduced the fruit set and uneven growth with decreased yields (Dénes & Porpáczy, 1999). About 140 black currant cultivars were investigated during the last four decades in our variety trials and only four of them were introduced with satisfying yielding capacity (3.5-5.5 t/ha).

Climate Change Impacts on UK Top and Soft Fruit Production

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Else ◽  
Chris Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Soft Fruit

scholarly journals Application of fungicides during leaf fall to control apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) in the following season

2008 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M. Beresford ◽  
P.N. Wood ◽  
P.W. Shaw ◽  
T.J. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Fungicide Resistance ◽  
Venturia Inaequalis ◽  
Apple Scab ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Leaf Fall ◽  
Apple Orchards ◽  
Resistance Risk ◽  
Chemical Residues ◽  
Integrated Fruit Production

Leaf fall applications of fungicides to reduce scab in apple orchards were investigated to reduce reliance on summer fungicides that can cause trace chemical residues on harvested fruit Two applications of fungicides including captan tolyfluanid myclobutanil and urea were made at 1020 and 5060 leaf fall in four orchard trials in Nelson and Hawkes Bay using the cultivars Royal Gala Braeburn Fuji and Sciros/Pacific Rosetrade; Trial orchards received standard spring and summer fungicide programmes that complied with Integrated Fruit Production and were monitored for leaf and fruit scab in December and at harvest Significant reductions in leaf or fruit scab occurred in three out of five comparisons involving different sites years and cultivars suggesting that autumn applications can reduce scab in the following season Captan and tolyfluanid appeared most useful for autumn application Myclobutanil should not be used because of the fungicide resistance risk Results with urea were variable

scholarly journals INNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOFT FRUIT PRODUCTION

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (Suppl.1) ◽  
pp. 215-220
Author(s):  
Dobri Dunchev
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Nutrient Use Efficiency ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Nutrient Use ◽  
Efficiency Increase ◽  
Soft Fruit ◽  
Use Efficiency

The global challenges associated with climate change, food security and the growing instability with land and water shortages are changing the agriculture. The innovation technologies are crucially important to meet those issues and to improve productivity and sustainability of agricultural production. The aim of the study is to analyze the innovative technologies that could help farmers to improve soft fruit producing. The paper uses various methods of analysis – graphic, comparative and statistical. The new technologies in high-tech greenhouse horticulture are observed. The survey focuses on sensors (sensors for measuring water and air temperature, advanced sensors to determine microclimate and the activity of the crop) energy solutions, production technology, polytunnels, precision irrigation and robotics. The results indicate that the innovation technologies could improve water and nutrient use efficiency, increase yields and reduce the environmental impact. The innovation technologies in fruit sector are also important for human health. The implementation of innovative methods could stimulate the production of quality fruits which are environmentally friendly and internationally competitive.

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