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Evaluation of the optimal fruit load using the examples of pome and stone fruits (PRIMEFRUIT)
Project
Project code: EIP-Agri-BR-2017-LPPG01
Contract period: 01.01.2017
- 31.12.2020
Budget: 468,719 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: farming practice/activity, plant production and horticulture
The fruit sizes reached in commercial orchardry in Brandenburg often are insufficient to be marketed in accordance with trading standards. More attractive fruit sizes with high marketing potential, improved flavor characteristics and a continuous yield could be achieved by specific thinning measures. However, currently there are no target figures for the optimal intensity of thinning out. The aim of the project is the development of a plant physiological approach for the determination of the yield capacity of pome and stone fruits (apple and sweet cherry) considering cultivation sites of Brandenburg. Therefor, spatially resolved data on growth capacity shall be collected by using automatable laser scanners. The evaluation of data will be made by georeferencing and taking different types of soil into account. In addition, the project aims to derive recommendations for the thinning out of flowers and for the optimal fruit load. For this purpose, the growth capacity and the growth efficiency shall be used.
Section overview
Subjects
- Arboriculture
- Process engineering
- Computer science
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB)
