Orchard Management: Strategies for Yield and Quality
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Fruit Production Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 2601
Special Issue Editors
Interests: apple quality; crop load management; plant nutrition; fertilization; orchard floor management systems; sustainable fruit production; cultivar and rootstock interaction; training systems
Interests: plant nutrition and fertilization; abiotic stresses (nutrient deficiencies, drought, salinity, waterlogging, etc.); sexual and asexual propagation of fruit tree species; evaluation of fruit tree cultivars and rootstock; effect of various cultural practices on tree yield and fruit quality
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Dear Colleagues,
Fruit production is a complex process influenced by various environmental, genetic, cultural, and management factors. Meeting rising consumer expectations and stringent market standards while ensuring long-term sustainability and productivity poses significant challenges. Therefore, optimizing both yield and fruit quality requires reliable and precise orchard management based on up-to-date knowledge. The key strategies include selecting appropriate cultivars and rootstocks, optimizing the planting density and orchard architecture, crop load management, implementing tailored fertilization and irrigation practices, and using plant hormones, biostimulants, and supportive tools based on numerical models. This Special Issue aims to collect cutting-edge research papers on modern fruit-growing practices, providing insights into advanced techniques for enhancing effective high-quality fruit production.
Dr. Sebastian Przybyłko
Dr. Ioannis E. Papadakis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fruit growing
- quality
- high-yielded systems
- orchard architecture
- rootstocks
- fertilization
- irrigation strategies
- crop load management
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