{Tool} List of varieties suited for organic table apple production in Central Europe (BIOFRUITNET Practice Abstract). Creator(s): Baumgartner, Fabian and Boutry, Clémence. Issuing Organisation(s): FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. Biofruitnet Practice Abstract, no. 036. (2023)
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(List of varieties suited for organic table apple production in Central Europe)
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(Geeignete Sorten für den ökologischen Apfelanbau in Mitteleuropa. FiBL. BIOFRUITNET Praxistipp. Geeignete Sorten für den ökologischen Apfelanbau in Mitteleuropa)
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(Variétés adaptées à la culture biologique de pommes en Europe centrale)
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Document available online at: https://orgprints.org/45984
Summary
The use of robust apple cultivars can contribute to the reduction of plant protection applications.
Practical recommendations
How to choose a variety?
Ask yourself the following questions to choose a suited variety for your production context:
• Do I want to produce table apples or cider apples? (this PA is only relevant for table apples)
• Do I want to reach a certain yield?
• How intensively do I want to practice plant protection?
o Which diseases are most common in my orchard?
o Which pests are most common in my orchard?
• Do I want to sell the apples to a retailer or via direct marketing? If you want to sell to a retailer, you have to check which varieties they accept before planting. If you want to directly market your apples, you might consider having a broad palette of varieties covering all taste groups and a longer selling period.
o Which palette of varieties regarding the taste do I want to offer?
o Which harvesting periods do I want to cover?
o Do I have storage capacities?
| EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
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| What problem does the tool address?: | Apple production is a high-input crop facing many challenges regarding disease and pest control. Especially in organic farming, the use of direct control measures is limited and the indirect control measures, such as the choice of robust cultivars, is of high importance. |
| What solution does the tool offer?: | Robust cultivars, which are tolerant to apple scab, powdery mildew, and fireblight, help to control these main diseases that occur in central Europe and reduce the need for direct control measures. |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Type of Practice Tool: | Practice abstracts |
| Keywords: | Temperate fruits, disease prevention, apple, cultivars, varieties |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English temperate fruits http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7655 English disease prevention http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10394 English apples http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_541 English varieties http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_8157 |
| Subjects: | Crop husbandry > Production systems > Fruit and berries |
| Research affiliation: | European Union > Horizon 2020 > Biofruitnet Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Crops > Special crops > Fruit |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 862850 |
| Related Links: | https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/45984, https://biofruitnet.eu, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/44116, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/44114 |
| Project ID: | ofk |
| Deposited By: | Basler, Andreas |
| ID Code: | 45984 |
| Deposited On: | 25 Apr 2023 14:32 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2023 08:56 |
| Document Language: | English, German/Deutsch, French/Francais |
| Status: | Published |
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