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Center Viticulture and Horticulture - Institute of Pomology
Institution
Section overview
Description
The activities focuses on breeding research in plums and special fields like columnar growing apples as well as pear rootstocks. The main emphasis aspects are quality, disease resistance and maturity.
Research is although related on identification and quantification of external and internal quality criteria of fruits and factors influencing them. The section has several experimental orchards where several fruit species are evaluated with regard to production including organic production, quality and processing ability.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- Climate change impacts on fruit production in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Collaborative project: Irrigation in fruit production - minimizing water use while maintaining confidence of the grower - subproject 1
- Early selection of economically effective growth types of apple trees for the production of cider apples for the fruit juice industry
Contact
Center Viticulture and Horticulture - Institute of Pomology
Von-Lade-Str. 1
65366 Geisenheim
Hesse
Germany
Phone: 06722-502561
Fax: 06722-502560
Email: Obstbau(@)hs-gm.de
