orchard Articles
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Environmental monitoring of economically important invertebrate pests in Bramley apple orchards in Northern Ireland
Abstract: Apple orchards are host to many species of both pest and beneficial invertebrates. Many of the pest species can cause severe economic damage if populations are left unchecked. Within Northern Irish Bramley apple orchards only four species are deemed to be of economic importance; Panonychus ulmi, Aculus schlechtendali, Rhopalosiphum insertum and Archips podana. Little information exists ...
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Environmental impact of an orchard winter wash and early season pesticide applications on both a beneficial and a pest mite species in Bramley apple orchards
Apple orchards often receive winter-washes to help aid invertebrate pest control. These can have detrimental environmental consequences. The application of winter-wash increased Aculus schlechtendali numbers while a decrease in numbers of the beneficial mite Anystis baccarum was observed. The application of early season pesticide treatments produced mixed results in relation to A. schlechtendali. ...
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Helpful Tips to Protect Your Apple Orchards
Fall is here and apple orchards are a very popular place to visit with your family and friends. Getting excited to pick a fresh apple and eating a doughnut while drinking apple cider makes anyone excited for fall. But you don’t want the birds ruining your orchard. Learn how you can keep birds away with Avian Control’s tips on how to protect your apple orchards from birds. Preventive ...
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Strategies to Successfully Manage Northeastern Apple Pests
A wide range of pests threaten Northeastern apple crops, forcing some growers to spend up to 25 percent of production costs to manage mites, insects, disease and other pests. Practical strategies to help growers lower this huge cost while protecting their region’s $580 million annual apple crop are outlined in Ecological Management of Key Arthropod Pests in Northeast Apple Orchards, a new ...
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European red spider mite - an environmental consequence of persistent chemical pesticide application
The European red spider mite, Panonychus ulmi, is a major pest in almost all fruit growing regions of the world (Hardman et al., 1985). Spread of P. ulmi to most apple-growing areas has probably been caused by the distribution of nursery stock carrying winter eggs. This mite is stated to be an important secondary pest (due to the effects of chemical sprays killing natural enemies) of commercial ...
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How cooling irrigation systems benefit orchards
Typical Challenges in Orchards Managing an orchard comes with several challenges. Pest and disease control is a constant battle to protect trees and ensure high-quality fruit. Weather fluctuations, including extreme temperatures and storms, can harm tree health and productivity. Adequate water management, by balancing irrigation and drainage, is crucial for optimal growth. Nutrient management ...
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Effects of biowaste compost on vegetative growth, Yield and fruit quality of james grieve apples
In Lower Austria 69 agricultural composting plants are in operation in addition to municipal and commercial composting plants. The agricultural composting plants process separately collected organic household waste as contractual partners for the neighbouring municipalities. The compost produced is used to a large extent on the agricultural fields of the plants' owners. In order to improve the ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Advantages of the combined use of Bi-On and 1-MCP
The removal of ethylene by Bi-On during coldstorage in Controlled Atmosphere of Bramley apple treated with 1-MCP reduces the risk of scald, according to a recent study conducted in Ireland (Sean Mac an tSaoir, John Mansfield, Frances Ward and Suzanne Johnston, AFBI horticulture Loughgall). Due to the prohibition of the anti-scalding agent DPA, the aim of the trial was to find alternatives to the ...
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Egg Tray Manufacturing Machine For Apple Orchard Owners
Are you presently the owner of the apple orchard that may be currently producing larger and larger levels of fruit? If you have, it's probably important to you that you consider investing in an apple tray making machine. Currently, you could be buying all of your current apple trays from a nearby business, but that may be typically a costly affair. Whenever you purchase own egg tray ...
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Bats at risk? Bat activity and insecticide residue analysis of food items in an apple orchard
Although bats are reported as being threatened by pesticides, they are currently not considered in European Union pesticide risk assessments. The reason for that contradiction is probably related to the scarcity of information on bat activity in pesticide‐treated fields and the pesticide residues on their food items. The authors recorded bat activity and measured pesticide residues on ...
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How to Improve Apple Conservation by Reducing Bitter Pit
Bitter Pit is a physiological disorder, linked to a calcium deficiency in apples. Symptoms: dark brown or black lesions, results of the breakdown of the cells under the skin, appear on the skin of the fruit only after harvest. Calcium is not very mobile within the trees. Even though soil and leaves are correctly fed with this element, a deficiency can appear on fruits. This is especially true ...
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How to better color the fruit
Open the light path and promote coloring. Promote photosynthetic crops, promote fruit dry matter accumulation and soluble sugar accumulation, can better promote fruit color conversion. Proper fertilizer and water to promote coloring. In the fruit growth period, especially in the late growth period, it is necessary to continuously increase the application rate of potash fertilizer. Of course, ...
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Industrial apples harvesting
The issue of the profitability of producing industrial apples has been widely talked over among fruit growers for several years. The matter of price, fruit quality, harvesting method and sales options are discussed. For several years we can see an increase in interest in an industrial apples production in specially growing orchards. Suitable types of fruits are produced there, and they are picked ...
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Unlimited Creativity: Unleashing the Magic of Pulp Moulding Machine
Will you currently manage an apple orchard? Perhaps you are the homeowner of a company that produces numerous types of shoes. You may even be in the commercial of selling coffee or producing numerous electronics. For all of these products, you will have to protect them using trays and cartons which will fit perfectly. In the same way, the poultry industry must utilize egg trays and boxes just for ...
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Biosudtirol packs organic apples on a JASA sleever
In South Tirol, arguably the home of the organic apple, you can find Biosüdtirol organic and sustainable apple farming. 250 apple farmers care for the apples with their hands, from the orchards till the packing. And those organic apples deserve a sustainable packaging. Which is where JASA came in. Werner Castiglioni, director of the cooperative Biosüdtirol, tells us all about it. ...
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Semios Receives US EPA Approval for 3 New Pheromones To Target the Most Destructive Pests in the Apple & Pear Industry
Vancouver, BC, November 24, 2014 – Semios, provider of real-time agricultural information and precision pest management tools, has been given US EPA approval for three aerosol pheromone products that disrupt the mating of codling moth and oriental fruit moth. “Our new formula performs extremely well at lower temperatures, emitting a drier mist that disperses quickly across an ...
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Le Verger de la Blottière - Case Study
Le Verger de la Blottière is a family-run company located in Maine-et-Loire in western France, which has been producing highly valued and quality apples and pears for three generations. Le Verger de la Blottière produces 20 different varieties of apples and pears, all valued for their taste and aromatic properties, where the notable Antares apple merits mention, which was created ...
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Can bats reduce nut farmers’ pesticide use?
Ecologist Katherine Ingram is on a quest to quantify the economic value of insect-eating bats in walnut groves. For the past three years, Katherine Ingram has had a most unusual summer job: catching bats and studying their droppings to see what they eat. A doctoral student in ecology at the University of California, Davis, Ingram is exploring the role bats can play as winged soldiers in the ...
By Ensia
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The newest strategy for saving bees is really, really old
With pollinators in decline around the world, conservationists turn to traditional farmers for answers. In northwestern India, the Himalaya Mountains rise sharply out of pine and cedar forests. The foothills of the Kullu Valley are blanketed with apple trees beginning to bloom. It’s a cool spring morning, and Lihat Ram, a farmer in Nashala village, shows me a small opening in a log hive ...
By Ensia
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