scholarly journals Pest and Disease Control Strategies in Organic Fruit Production

2019 ◽  
pp. 51-70
Author(s):  
K. Usha ◽  
Pankaj Kumar ◽  
B. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Organic Fruit

scholarly journals Organic fruit production in Switzerland: Research and development to resolve cultural, management, and marketing problems

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-195
Author(s):  
Franco P. Weibel
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Consumer Demand ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Nutrition Research ◽  
Production Area ◽  
Organic Fruit ◽  
Organic Produce

AbstractThe area devoted to organic table fruit production in Switzerland remained virtually unchanged from the 1930s to the mid-1980s. However, during the last decade there has been a fivefold increase in the production area, approaching a total of 340 ha in 2000 (4.8% of the total area of table fruit production). Factors contributing to this dramatic increase include (1) new and effective non-chemical methods for pest and disease control, (2) improved management and production techniques from research and extension programs, (3) increased marketing of organic produce by supermarkets due to consumer demand, and (4) change in Swiss government policy that began to subsidize ecological performance rather than farm production. A 1994 poll of consumer demand indicated that 3 to 5% of the total apples marketed in Switzerland was organically grown, and projected a total market share of 10% in the near future. Despite this, conventional fruit growers are hesitant to convert to organic production methods because of certain risks involving (1) selection of varieties, (2) pest and disease control, (3) crop hectarage controls, (4) weed control, and (5) tree nutrition. Research and development programs are attempting to deal with these problems, to reduce the level of risk with organic production. Nevertheless, ecological considerations to optimize fruit production are strongly dictated by market conditions and consumer demand. Finally, the development of a stable organic fruit production sector will require that retailers and supermarkets make certain concessions for marketing organic fruit.

scholarly journals Rotavirus in infant-toddler day care centers: Epidemiology relevant to disease control strategies

1988 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred V. Bartlett ◽  
Randall R. Reves ◽  
Larry K. Pickering
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Day Care Centers

scholarly journals Compost application in integrated and organic fruit cultivation

2012 ◽  
pp. 135-139
Author(s):  
Anita Szabó ◽  
István Gonda ◽  
Inre Vágó
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin C ◽  
Nutrient Management ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Apple Variety ◽  
Apple Varieties ◽  
Golden Delicious ◽  
Compost Application ◽  
One Year ◽  
Organic Fruit

Nowadays the success vegetable and fruit production are unimaginable without regular nutrient management. One of the ways to supply the required nutrients in an environmentally friendly way is the application of composts, which is less widespread so far. Compost doses were applied in biological and integrated apple orchards in cooperation with the Institute of Horticultural Science in the years 2010 and 2011. Different changes were resulted by the compost treatments in the examined parameters in case of both apple varieties (Golden Delicious and Pinova). There is no clear effect of compost on the changes of ash-, total acids, Vitamin C and the sugar content until now, because the improvement of the nutritional indicators takes more time. However significant differences were observed after one year between the apple varieties. Higher ash-, total acids and sugar content were measured in case of the apple variety Pinova, while the measurements showed higher Vitamin C content in case of the variety Golden Delicious.

scholarly journals Crown Gall of Grape: Biology of Agrobacterium vitis and the Development of Disease Control Strategies

Plant Disease ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
pp. 1288-1297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Burr ◽  
Carlo Bazzi ◽  
Sandor Süle ◽  
Leon Otten
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Crown Gall ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Agrobacterium Vitis

scholarly journals Economics of the 2009-2012 Organic Apple, Strawberry, and Sour Cherry Production in Poland

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Brzozowski ◽  
Krzysztof Zmarlicki
Keyword(s):  
Arable Land ◽  
Sour Cherry ◽  
Fruit Production ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Organic Farm ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Conventional Production ◽  
Certified Organic ◽  
Organic Fruit

Abstract Certified organic farm area in Poland increased 8.5 fold during the 2003-2010 time period to 518 thousand ha, which constituted 2.8% of the arable land. The production costs and profitability of the organic fruit production of apples, strawberries, and sour cherries were evaluated and compared to conventional production of those fruits. The research was based on data from thirty-two commercial fruit farms; twenty farms with conventional production, and twelve with organic production. The main problems associated with organic production were the costs of weed control and soil cultivation. The conventional production of apples turned out to be slightly more profitable than the organic production. The organic production of sour cherries was not profitable. In the case of strawberries, it was the opposite - the organic production gave a better financial outcome than the conventional one

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