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Advanced Studies in Sustainable Cultivation and Management on Fruit Trees
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Advanced Studies in Sustainable Cultivation and Management on Fruit Trees

A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Fruit Production Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2024) | Viewed by 4448

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alexandra Boini

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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: fruit physiology; light; water; fruit tree crops; fruit quality
Dr. Giulio Demetrio Perulli

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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, V. le Fanin 46, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: irrigation; fruit tree physiology; kiwifruit
Prof. Dr. Gregory Reighard

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Horticulture Program Team, Plant and Environmental Sciences Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Interests: fruit physiology; climate change

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Fruit tree ecosystems are known to require intensive use of resources, and production protocols need to tackle problems related to climate change. In fact, increasing temperatures, extreme weather events, and water limitation in terms of quantity and quality are impacting fruit production worldwide. These two big factors can cause high economic instability for growers. Orchard management future practices will need to mitigate these effects and limit the use of resources while maintaining satisfactory harvest and quality.

The purpose of the Special Issue on “Advanced Studies in Sustainable Cultivation and Management on Fruit Trees” is to present studies providing solutions to environmental constraints and to their consequences on tree and fruit physiology. Improvement and mitigation strategies related to water limitation and quality, heatwaves, soil and leaf nutrition, excessive light, training systems and rootstocks, and alien pests are welcome. Hence, innovations and techniques that can increase the efficiency of fruit tree physiology, to increase the sustainability of orchard systems, are welcome. Papers that also give insights into internal mechanisms responding to these stresses, such as sink-source relationships, carbohydrate dynamics, secondary metabolism, and molecular biology, will be highly appreciated. Papers or reviews describing the global situation of orchard practices and management, and future perspectives and directions, for higher sustainability in fruit production are more than welcome.

Dr. Alexandra Boini
Dr. Giulio Demetrio Perulli
Prof. Dr. Gregory Reighard
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • climate change
  • mitigation strategies
  • orchard management
  • orchard resilience
  • orchard efficiency
  • fruit trees
  • fruit production
  • fruit quality
  • yield

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Effect of Photo-Selective Nets on Yield, Fruit Quality and Psa Disease Progression in a ‘Hayward’ Kiwifruit Orchard
by Luísa Moura, Rui Pinto, Raul Rodrigues, Luís Miguel Brito, Rute Rego, Maria Isabel Valín, Nuno Mariz-Ponte, Conceição Santos and Isabel Maria Mourão
Horticulturae 2022, 8(11), 1062; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8111062 - 13 Nov 2022
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The influence of the colour of photo-selective nets on Actinidia deliciosa yield, fruit quality and progression of the bacterial kiwifruit canker (Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, Psa) need to be characterised due to increasing use of these nets, mainly to protect from [...] Read more.
The influence of the colour of photo-selective nets on Actinidia deliciosa yield, fruit quality and progression of the bacterial kiwifruit canker (Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, Psa) need to be characterised due to increasing use of these nets, mainly to protect from hail and storms. From May 2019 onwards, pearl (Pn), yellow (Yn) and grey (Gn) nets were installed permanently in a ‘Hayward’ kiwifruit orchard in NW Portugal and uncovered plants were used as the control. Compared to outside conditions for both seasons, the blue:red ratio and the mean air temperature were higher (mean increase of 12.7% and 0.6 °C, respectively) and the photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) was lower (10.8% less between budbreak and bloom) under the Pn. Crop yield, compared to the control, decreased by 40.3% under the three nets in 2020, and by 23.9% under the Yn and Gn in 2021. Yield and fruit grade under the Pn were similar to that of uncovered crops in 2021, and fruit grade was overall higher under the Pn compared to the Yn and Gn. Photo-selective nets did not affect the fruit quality parameters. Psa progression decreased under the Pn compared to the control during two months in both seasons, although this beneficial impact needs further evaluation. Full article
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Reviewing the Tradeoffs between Sunburn Mitigation and Red Color Development in Apple under a Changing Climate
by Noah Willsea, Victor Blanco, Kirti Rajagopalan, Thiago Campbell, Orlando Howe and Lee Kalcsits
Horticulturae 2023, 9(4), 492; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9040492 - 14 Apr 2023
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Orchard systems have drastically changed over the last three decades to high-density plantings that prioritize light interception that is evenly distributed throughout the entire canopy. These conditions allow the production of fruit with a high red color that meets consumer demands for uniformly [...] Read more.
Orchard systems have drastically changed over the last three decades to high-density plantings that prioritize light interception that is evenly distributed throughout the entire canopy. These conditions allow the production of fruit with a high red color that meets consumer demands for uniformly colored fruit without external disorders. However, these systems also expose a higher proportion of fruit to full-sunlight conditions. In many semi-arid apple production regions, summer temperatures often exceed thresholds for the development of fruit sunburn, which can lead to >10% fruit losses in some regions and some years. To combat this, growers and researchers use sunburn mitigation strategies such as shade netting and evaporative cooling, which bring a different set of potential fruit quality impacts. Often, there is a tradeoff between red color development and fruit sunburn, particularly for strategies that affect light intensity reaching the fruit surface. In this paper, we review agronomic and environmental factors leading to reductions in red color and increases in sunburn incidence, along with advancements in management practices that help mitigate these issues. Furthermore, we also identify gaps in knowledge on the influence climate change might have on the viability of some practices that either enhance red color or limit sunburn for apple orchards in semi-arid environments. There is a need for cost-effective management strategies that reduce losses to sunburn but do not inhibit red color development in bicolor apple cultivars. Full article
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