{"title":"IMPACT OF ACIDIFICATION ON ALUMINUM IN THE SOILS OF HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY PLANTATIONS FERTILIZED WITH COMPOST OBTAINED FROM URBAN SLUDGE","authors":"C. Nicola, M. Paraschiv","doi":"10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.24","url":null,"abstract":"Different fertilization systems cause changes in the content of mobile forms of Al (aluminum) in the soil, due to changes in pH. The toxicity Al is one of the major limitations that inhibits the growth and development of plants in acidic soils. In acidic soils (pH <5.0), phytotoxic aluminum (Al3+) rapidly inhibits root growth and subsequently affects the absorption of water and nutrients by plants. Stationary fertilization experiments with wastewater sludge compost treatments to blueberry plants were evaluated. In the spring of 2020, an experiment with increasing doses of compost of 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 t /ha in vegetation pots, under soil water controlled conditions, was organized. Three years after compost fertilization, a 4.2 pH level (strong acid) was experimentally induced in the soil of all vegetation vessels planted with blueberries. The content of phytotoxic forms of aluminum increased with increasing dose of compost, compared to unfertilized control. At the induction of the soil pH of 4.2, in the variant fertilized with the maximum dose of compost (80 t/ha) the mobile and phytotoxic content of Al increased 30 times compared to the same experimental variant from the pre-acidification conditions. In the same time, under the newly created conditions, the mobile phosphorus content in the soil decreased dramatically. In the compost maximum fertilization dose, the mobile phosphorus content from the soil was significantly lower than the unfertilized control.","PeriodicalId":37667,"journal":{"name":"Fruit Growing Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48727657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE USE OF BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS IN LIMITING THE ATTACK OF CYDIA POMONELLA L., IN THE CONDITIONS OF DÂMBOVIŢA FRUIT GROWING BASIN","authors":"C. Bolbose","doi":"10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.27","url":null,"abstract":"The study has been made at Research Station for Fruit Growing Voinesti between 2020-2021, regarding apple susceptible to disease ('Jonathan' and 'Golden delicious'), 3 biological products being tested in the combat of the apple codling moth (Cydia pomonella L.), including the use of pheromone traps in order to track the pest. We mention that the codling moth is one of the most harmful species with a high incidence against the quality of fruits and their commercial value, regarding all the apple tree cultures of the Voinesti tree growing zone. As a means of tracking and warning, ATRAPOM pheromone has been used, as well as some biological products treatments: Bactospeine DF conc. 0.1 %, Laser 240 SC conc. 0.06%, MadexTop conc. 0.001%. Some high biological efficiency products have been noticed: Laser 240 SC conc.0.06% with a high 4.0% frequency attack, Bactospeine DF conc. 0.1% with 6%, while the MadexTop conc. 0.001% product had only registered a 2% damage, comparing to the chemical product Karate zeon conc. 0.015% that had an attack frequency of only 11%, while the untreated control group has been registered a 19% attack. Focusing towards using biological products in the combat of some apple tree pests, it will be gradually imposed, constituting the main factor in order to get some productions containing a small amount of phytosanitary products.","PeriodicalId":37667,"journal":{"name":"Fruit Growing Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47524740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RESEARCHES ON USE OF SOME POST-EMERGENT HERBICIDES TO CONTROL WEEDS IN THE BEARING APPLES ORCHARDS","authors":"F. Marin, M. Călinescu, M. Sumedrea","doi":"10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.23","url":null,"abstract":"Mono and dicotyledonous weeds are the competitors of fruit species, in terms of growth, bearing and fruit quality. Therefore, in fruit growing, the aim is to keep the spectrum of weeds below the economic damage threshold (EDT). In this sense, different methods are used: biotechnical (mulching), mechanical (mowing), agrotechnical (black field worked, weeding between rows) or chemical (pre- or post-emergent herbicide use). The paper presents the results of research undertaken between 2019-2021 on the effectiveness of 6 post-emergent herbicides (4 total, based on glyphosate and 2 including other molecules - cycloxidim 100 g / l and oxifluorfen 240 g / l). The application of the products was carried out in an experimental module with the apple varieties 'Jonathan / M9' and 'Idared / M9', 5-7 years old, in variants and replications arranged randomly. Observations and determinations were performed according to the European Weed Research Society (EWRS) scale showed that, from the whole spectrum of weeds followed in the experimental device, the most difficult or difficult to control were the dicotyledonous weeds such as: Equisetum arvense (note 8-9), Cirsium arvense, Gallium aparine, Galinsoga parviflora, Malva neglecta, Matricaria chamomilla, Ranunculus repens, Rumex spp., Stelaria media (note 5). Among the monocotyledons difficult to control were: Agropyron repens, Lolium perene and Cynodon dactylon, requiring the application of herbicides twice vegetation season, or the integrated control of weeds.","PeriodicalId":37667,"journal":{"name":"Fruit Growing Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46445835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Popa, R. Ciupercă, V. Ștefan, A. Constantin, Ciprian Miron, A. Zaica
{"title":"INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT FOR CHOPPING VEGETABLE RESIDUES RESULTING FROM TRIMMING IN ORCHARDS / VINYARDS","authors":"L. Popa, R. Ciupercă, V. Ștefan, A. Constantin, Ciprian Miron, A. Zaica","doi":"10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.12","url":null,"abstract":"The recovery of wood residues from the spring or autumn pruning of branches, from orchards, in the form of briquettes or pellets, is part of the European policy on reducing non-renewable energy consumption. Also, organic agriculture brought to the fore the need to use natural fertilizers, which is why the National Institute of Research – Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry- INMA Bucharest conducted applied research for the development of an integrated technology and technical equipment for chopping plant residues resulting from cuttings in vineyards/orchards. Integrating the equipment in the technology, it is possible to obtain plant material that will be the basis for the production of mulch, which will be used in the technologies of organic fertilization of fruit/vine plantations. The advantages of this technology are the fact that the fruits obtained will no longer contain chemical compounds, contributing to the preservation of consumers’ health and at the same time the branches or canes resulting from cuttings will be used efficiently. Also, the chopped wood material can be used to make pellets or briquettes, contributing to solving the global problem of harmful emissions into the atmosphere.","PeriodicalId":37667,"journal":{"name":"Fruit Growing Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43190568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Vanghele, A. Petre, A. Matache, Dumitru Bogdan Mihalache
{"title":"VALORIZATION IN THE AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY OF WASTE FROM TREES FRUIT TREES","authors":"N. Vanghele, A. Petre, A. Matache, Dumitru Bogdan Mihalache","doi":"10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.20","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of the circular economy, the recovery of wood waste from fruit trees as well as fruit residues contribute greatly to sustainable development. The main bioactive products from fruits and fruit trees have multiple properties including antioxidant, antimicrobial, antifungal, biostimulant, anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective anticarcinogenic. From an economic and ecological point of view, the implementation of the concept of biological recovery of waste and its incorporation into a sustainable and renewable cycle is possible, but this requires integrated technology and systematic management. This work highlights various applications, methods and effective solutions for the recovery of waste from fruit trees in the agro-food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.","PeriodicalId":37667,"journal":{"name":"Fruit Growing Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44628372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Sorică, V. Vlăduț, M. Vintilă, E. Sorică, M. Cristea, Laurențiu Vlăduțoi
{"title":"ASPECTS REGARDING THE PRESERVATION OF LIQUID FOOD PRODUCTS USING THE STERILIZATION PROCESS BASED ON DIRECT HEATING STEAM INFUSION","authors":"C. Sorică, V. Vlăduț, M. Vintilă, E. Sorică, M. Cristea, Laurențiu Vlăduțoi","doi":"10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.32","url":null,"abstract":"Preserving food in order to extend its shelf life is an important link in ensuring their quality. The ways in which this is done include a wide range of conservation techniques. Thermal technologies have been at the forefront of food preservation methods over time, temperature being one of the most important factors with a direct influence on food preservation, whether it is pasteurization-sterilization, whether it is freezing or lyophilization, its main action being the inactivation of microorganisms that cause food spoilage. The paper aims to present aspects regarding the preservation of liquid food products (juices obtained from fruits, beverages etc.), using the UHT process (Ultra High Temperature), with emphasis on sterilization by direct infusion. In addition to the most well-known commercial installations (industrial or pilot) currently on the market, the paper presents an experimental model of direct infusion sterilization installation, made within a research project with partners INMA Bucharest and ICDIMPH Horting.","PeriodicalId":37667,"journal":{"name":"Fruit Growing Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43879934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Lămureanu, I. Caplan, C. Gavăț, L. Septar, C. Moale, I. Stoli, Alexandru Vlăduț Oprița
{"title":"THE EFFECT OF SOME METHODS CONCERNING THE PREVENTION OF RETURNING FROST AND HOARFROST ON THE PEACH AND APRICOT TREE","authors":"G. Lămureanu, I. Caplan, C. Gavăț, L. Septar, C. Moale, I. Stoli, Alexandru Vlăduț Oprița","doi":"10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.16","url":null,"abstract":"Apricot and peach are species with a short dormancy, being able to start growing season even in February; the resistance of the trees to frosts and late frosts during this period is reduced. The risk is even higher in the south-east of the country where the probability of thermal amplitudes is very high, both during February and March. Although it is an important phenomenon, the information’s of how to protect trees from frost are relatively limited. There is a need for information to support orchards owners to approach this issue. The purpose of this paper was to apply measures and methods to combat this phenomenon in intensive apricot and peach orchards, measures that contribute to \"saving\" fruit production.","PeriodicalId":37667,"journal":{"name":"Fruit Growing Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47211639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Smaranda Doina Roșu Mareș, A. Chioran, G. Guzu, Z. Jakab, C. Puia
{"title":"THE RESPONSE OF SOME ROMANIAN AND FOREIGN APPLE CULTIVARS TO THE NATURAL INFECTIONS CAUSED BY PODOSPHERA LEUCOTRICHA, IN BISTRIȚA AREA","authors":"Smaranda Doina Roșu Mareș, A. Chioran, G. Guzu, Z. Jakab, C. Puia","doi":"10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.22","url":null,"abstract":"It is desirable that in the newly established apple orchards to be promoted as many Romanian cultivars that have genetic resistance to diseases. That is why we considered important the evaluation of some Romanian apple varieties whose expansion in culture is desired, in terms of their behaviour to the attack of the fungus Podosphera leucotricha, one of the most harmful pathogens that damage apples. The evaluation of the cultivars was performed in the period 2019 – 2021, in the experimental plots of Research Station for Fruit Growing (RSFG) Bistrita and targeted six Romanian cultivars and five foreign cultivars. Observations were made both in the untreated plots and in the plots where conventional treatment schemes were applied. The results highlight the varieties created at SCDP Bistriţa: 'Bistrițean' and 'Starkprim' which, together with 'Starkrimson', stood out due to the absence of powdery mildew symptoms in the three years of study.The cultivars known to be sensitive to powdery mildew, 'Idared' and 'Jonathan' were most affected, followed by 'Golden Delicious'. The cultivars 'Florina', 'Generos' and 'Auriu de Bistrița' showed a medium to low sensitivity and 'Aura' and 'Salva' very low sensitivity.","PeriodicalId":37667,"journal":{"name":"Fruit Growing Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42814286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Ciucă, M. Butac, E. Conțescu, Alina Gabriela Turcu, M. Iordachescu
{"title":"STUDY OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN PLUM GENOTYPES USING SRAP MARKERS","authors":"M. Ciucă, M. Butac, E. Conțescu, Alina Gabriela Turcu, M. Iordachescu","doi":"10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.10","url":null,"abstract":"The hexaploid European plums (Prunus domestica L. and Prunus domestica subsp. insititia (L.) C.K.Schneid.) are main traditional fruit tree culture in Romania and represent an economically important fruit species with limited information on its genetic structure. Our objective was to fingerprint 33 cultivars using four Sequence-Related Amplified Polymorphism (SRAP) primer pairs to estimate the genetic relationships among local and international cultivars. The primer pairs amplified a total of 70 alleles ranging from 14 to 21 alleles per marker. A wide range of fragment length was detected among the accessions, from 65 to 2000 bp. The mean number of alleles per primer combination was 17.5, with the most alleles obtained with SRAP80 (21 alleles), range between 65-1800 bp and the fewest alleles (14) were obtained with SRAP95, range between 150-2000 bp. The neighbor-joining dendrogram, based on Rogers genetic distance, of the plum germplasm studied, consisted of two main clusters of different sizes: 23 entries were grouped into cluster 1 and the remaining 10 entries were grouped into cluster 2. It is interesting that cultivars representing plum species with 6x and 2x ploidy levels were clustered together. Another interesting aspect observed refers to plum genotypes clustered closely on the dendrogram according to their pedigree, such as 'Dani' (P14) - 'Tita' (P15), 'Roman' (P7) - 'Early Rivers' (P9), 'Zamfira' (P6) - 'Pescăruș' (P33). Accessions within the Romanian landrace/old autochthonous cultivars group were not clustered together. Regarding the PCA, the first two principal axes accounted for 12.91% (CP1) and 10.46% (CP2) of the total variation, respectively, together explaining 23.37% of the total variability. Our results showed that SRAP markers represent valuable tools for genetic diversity study on Prunus domestica. To our knowledge, this is the first study using SRAP markers for characterization of P. domestica germplasm. In the future, this molecular genetic information can be combined with phenological and biochemical data to identify genes, quantitative trait loci (QTL) and molecular markers that can be used to improve the plum crop breeding program.","PeriodicalId":37667,"journal":{"name":"Fruit Growing Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49472064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Militaru, M. Călinescu, E. Mareși, Adina Iancu, Song Young-un, Shin Yong-seub
{"title":"EVALUATION OF SCAB AND POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE OF APPLE GERMPLASM COLECTTED AT RIFG PITESTI","authors":"M. Militaru, M. Călinescu, E. Mareși, Adina Iancu, Song Young-un, Shin Yong-seub","doi":"10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33045/fgr.v38.2022.03","url":null,"abstract":"The rising incidence of biotic and abiotic stresses makes commercial fruit production increasingly difficult in Europe, especially apple orchards which are affected by fungal diseases, like scab and powdery mildew, caused by Venturia inaequalis Cooke Winter and Podosphaera leucotricha Ellis & Everh. Salmon. Releasing and planting of apple resistant cultivars is a promising strategy. A set of 527 apple cultivars from the apple gene bank collected at Research Institute for Fruit Growing (RIFG) Pitești was evaluated for the incidence of scab (on leaves and fruits) and powdery mildew (on leaves and top shoots) in three consecutive years (2018, 2019 and 2020). Phenotypic results were compared to data reported at the evaluation made in 2006. Unfortunately, the incidence of both scab and powdery mildew increased significantly in the last years. In 2021, 48 Romanian apple cultivars were analyzed with molecular markers linked to Rvi2, Rvi4, Rvi5, Rvi6, Rvi8 and Plw. The markers linked to Rvi6 was detected in 31 cultivars. Alleles linked to Plw were expressed from three cultivars. The information on resistance / susceptibility of apple genetic resources towards economically important diseases is important for breeding. Using a systematic screening of the apple cultivar collection, several cultivars with high value for resistance breeding and sustainable growing were identified.","PeriodicalId":37667,"journal":{"name":"Fruit Growing Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44573402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}