Organic Peach Production in Florida

Organic fertilization leads to increased peach root production and lifespan.

We evaluated the effects of mineral and organic fertilizers on peach root dynamics in the growing season from 2003 to 2006 in a nectarine (Prunus persica L.) orchard, planted in 2001 and located in the Po valley, northeastern Italy. Very few studies have conducted long-term investigations of root dynamics of fruit crops. Our main objective was to determine whether organic fertilizers affect roo...

Expert System of Non-pollution Feicheng Peach Production in China

In order to promote standard Feicheng peaches production, based on long-term research and integrated achievements of many disciplines on Feicheng peach, following the standard of localization, characteristic and non-pollution, adopting the knowledge engineering, and using PAID (Platform for Agricultural Intelligence-system Development), the expert system of nonpollution Feicheng peach productio...

Spectroscopic models of soil organic carbon in Florida, USA.

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is an indicator of ecosystem quality and plays a major role in the biogeochemical cycles of major nutrients and water. Shortcomings exist to estimate SOC across large regions using rapid and cheap soil sensing approaches. Our objective was to estimate SOC in 7120 mineral and organic soil horizons in Florida using visible/near-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (...

Phony Peach and Peach Mosaic

Production of Organic Acids