Technical proposals for organic apple production

Authors

  • Enrique Dapena
  • Simó Alegre
  • Georgina Alins
  • Luís Batllori
  • Mª Dolores Blázquez
  • Joaquim Carbó
  • Adriana Escudero
  • Ignasi Iglesias
  • Marcos Miñarro
  • Pere Vilardell
  • Marià Vilajeliu
Keywords: organic agriculture, apple trees, cultivars, apple scab, rosy apple aphid, codling moth, weeds, thinning

Abstract

Researchers of two experimental centres of two regions of Spain, IRTA (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries) in Catalonia and SERIDA (Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario) in Asturias, have been working together in some organic fruit production projects with the principal aim of finding the best use of the production methods and to put the technical proposals available for the growers. Trials have been devoted to evaluate resistant and standard apple cultivars under local conditions, to asses strategies to prevent apple scab and rosy apple aphid damages, to find the best products for fruit thinning and to find the best method for groundcover management to prevent weed competition with apple trees and to promote conservation biological control. The general goal was to generate the knowledge to get a high quality apple production taking into account the environment, and producers and consumers health aspects. According to the obtained results and providing that much more experimental work should be done, it is shown that organic fruit production is feasible.

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Dapena, E., Alegre, S., Alins, G., Batllori, L., Blázquez, M. D., Carbó, J., … Vilajeliu, M. (2008). Technical proposals for organic apple production. Agroecology, 3, 67–76. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/agroecologia/article/view/95531
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