Innovative techniques were developed in the Isafruit project in order to create a more ecological sustainable way of fruit growing. Before fruit growers will consider implementation of these innovations they need information concerning their economic sustainability. The economic model ProfitFruit is made to evaluate the profitability of innovative techniques. ProfitFruit includes a database wit...

Only a limited number of post-bloom thinners is available for apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) at the present time. The influence 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) in two strains ‘Gala’, one strain ‘Delicious’, and ‘Fuji’ apples, when fruitlet diameter was about 20 mm, on fruit set size hand-thinning Southwest Idaho Intermountain West region, USA studied. Applications ACC reduced ‘Schle...

We studied the influence of branch autonomy on the growth of reproductive and vegetative organs by establishing different patterns of fruit distribution within and between large branch units (scaffolds) in mature peach trees (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch cv. 'Elegant Lady'). Different patterns of fruit distribution were established by defruiting either whole scaffolds (uneven fruit distribution b...

We assessed the efficacy of cultivation as a potential management strategy for codling moth, Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), and plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar Herbst (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in apple orchards. Cocooned codling moth pupae and thinning apples infested with plum curculio larvae were cultivated over in the field. Emergence, percent burial, damage to buried...