Apple scions with diverse growth habits were grafted on various size-controlling rootstocks and morphological characteristics were measured after 6 years of growth in the field. Scion had more influence than rootstock on monthly growth rate. Across all rootstocks, scions with spreading growth habits grew rapidly in April and May and achieved most seasonal growth earlier than scions with upright...

The plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), one of the most important pests of apple (Malus spp.) in eastern and central North America, historically has been managed in New England apple orchards by three full block insecticide applications. Efforts to reduce insecticide inputs against plum curculio include perimeter row sprays, particularly after petal fall,...

The development of apple industry is affected by climate, market environment, infrastructure, production technology, policy and other factors, which affect the increase decrease fruit growers' planting area. Therefore, on basis previous studies, this paper sums up driving factors affecting changes distribution in Loess Plateau into three aspects: natural socio-economic technology analyzes from ...

Abstract We use a dynamic model of the U.S. apple industry separated into organic and conventional production to better measure impacts pest or disease outbreaks on producers consumers, along with an equilibrium displacement simulate welfare effects from various shocks compared baseline. Our results show that differ between methods. Growers’ consumers’ responses widely across industry. Farmers ...

ABSTRACT- For most fruit types, including apples, bruising is the most common type of postharvest mechanical injury. Bruise susceptibility was investigated in 3 commercial cultivars (‘JazzTM’, ‘Granny Smith’ and ‘Fuji’) and among a range of 4 different fruit sizes (commercial counts of 135, 120, 100, and 88) in each cultivar. Bruising was carried out by dropping a uniform round steel ball (110g...

E-commerce is not only a new channel through which farmers can sell agricultural products, but also an important engine for transforming development and modernizing agriculture in the era of digital economy. Analyzing adoption e-commerce from micro level to improve farmers’ production efficiency has practical value. On basis theoretical discussion analysis on survey data 827 apple Shaanxi Provi...

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County joined with regional collaborators to monitor brown marmorated stink bug [BMSB, Halyomorpha halys (Stål)], populations in two fruit orchards using newly developed USDA # 10/20 pheromone lures. 12 traps were set near the forest borders adjacent to a 20-acre peach, a 10-acre apple orchard, and a 25-acre mixed (apple, peach, vegetable, cherries etc.)...

Over the last 60 years, planting densities for apple have increased as improved management systems have been developed. Dwarfing rootstocks have been the key to the dramatic changes in tree size, spacing and early production. The Malling series of dwarfing rootstocks (M.9 and M.26) have been the most important dwarfing rootstocks in the world but are poorly adapted in some areas of the world an...

Apple is considered as an important fruit crop in temperate regions of the world including India. It one major crops, with a considerable area under cultivation throughout and large associated population. Despite this, productivity this not up to expected standard. To gain practical understanding low apple its probable causes, study was undertaken analyze differentials their determinants enable...