EFFECT OF CALCIUM BASED PRODUCTS ON CHERRIES AND PLUMS QUALITY
Journal Title: FRUIT GROWING RESEARCH - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue
Abstract
Cherry and plum are two major fruit species grown in Romania which are extending rapidly due market demands, the stimulative price of the fruits and various possibilities for valorization Nowadays farmers needs to adopt modern growing systems and sequences, to produce high quality fruits. Therefore, researches in order to increase the fruits quality and loses reduction due to fruit crack or breakdown, need using innovative calcium based products. The researches conduced at Research Institute for Fruit Growing Pitesti, Romania reveal that application of calcium based products enhanced the fruits firmness and decreased the fruit cracking on ‘Skeena’ cherry variety. In addition, application of calcium based products on plum increased the production, fruits mass and firmness. On ‘Carpatin’, variety a good correlation was found between plums total sugar content and soluble dry mater content R2=0.671800 and respectively r=0.819634. Also, the calcium based products applied in cherry and plum culture, reduced the losses caused by the brown rot - Monilia laxa.
Authors and Affiliations
Florin Cristian Marin, Mirela Calinescu, Mihaela Sumedrea, Emil Chitu, Nicolae Tanasescu, Cristina Moga
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