FiBL Collaboration
Project "BioFruitNet": Stone fruit production
Within the EU funded project BIOFRUITNET, three guests, Clemence Boutry from FiBL, Eligio Malusa from Inhort and Radek Vávra from VSUO were invited to a podcast to talk about solutions for the most important challenges in stone fruit orchards.
Index
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Rootstock and variety choice nowadays and in the last centuries
4:50 Why organic stone fruit production is more challenging than other fruits
05:40 Nets against Spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii)
07:00 Second major pest: Cherry fruit flies (Rhagoletis cerasi)
07:40 New marketing strategy for stone fruits
09:00 Cover against Blossom brown rot (Monilina spp.)
12:15 Self-made mass-traps
16:30 Selection of varieties for market needs and its challenges
19:15 Resistant and tolerant varieties
19:40 Orchard management to decrease pressure of pests
24:15 Creating a habitat for beneficials
26:40 Plastic covers
29:20 Breeding aims to changing consumer requirements
Within the EU funded project BIOFRUITNET, three guests, Clemence Boutry from FiBL, Eligio Malusa from Inhort and Radek Vávra from VSUO were invited to a podcast to talk about solutions for the most important challenges in stone fruit orchards.
Index
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Rootstock and variety choice nowadays and in the last centuries
4:50 Why organic stone fruit production is more challenging than other fruits
05:40 Nets against Spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii)
07:00 Second major pest: Cherry fruit flies (Rhagoletis cerasi)
07:40 New marketing strategy for stone fruits
09:00 Cover against Blossom brown rot (Monilina spp.)
12:15 Self-made mass-traps
16:30 Selection of varieties for market needs and its challenges
19:15 Resistant and tolerant varieties
19:40 Orchard management to decrease pressure of pests
24:15 Creating a habitat for beneficials
26:40 Plastic covers
29:20 Breeding aims to changing consumer requirements