Cultivation techniques in pome fruit, stone fruit, and soft fruit
The key problems concerning cultivation techniques in the organic production of pome fruit, stone fruit, and soft fruit are as follows: Choice of varieties and rootstocks, fertilization and soil fertility, weed control, thinning, and quality optimization.
- Increased yield security, improved product quality and greater ecological services in organic top fruit and soft fruit production.
- Development of economic organic production of cherries, plums, pears, and table grapes as well as transplants.
- New strategies for the cultivation of standard fruit trees and for agroforestry.
- Close integration of FiBL advisory services and active contact with practitioners and marketing circles in order to assure the swift implementation of research results.
- Long-term trials on the efficacy of biodynamic preparations.
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