The EUFRUIT Knowledge Platform is part of a European thematic network of 21 partners including research institutes, universities and industrial partners who represent keyparts of the fruit supply chain from 12 countries.

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The European Fruit Network (EUFRUIT) - Knowledge Platform

EUFRUIT Knowledge Platform is an international open access database of electronic documents related to productivity, sustainability and quality of fruit in the European fruit sector. New knowledge on fruit research and best practice approaches at a European level are available in the database. It is possible to search for information in a specific language.

Focuses are on four thematic areas of critical importance to competitiveness and innovation potential of the European fruit sector:

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Laimburg-WP2-A61

Current Status of the Variety breeding of Strawberries at the Laimburg Research Centre

Publication in technical journal - Performance of new fruit varieties

Variety testing of strawberries at the Research Centre Laimburg. Massimo Zago, Franziska Maria Hack Every year, dozens of new strawberry varieties emerge on the market. The Research Centre Laimburg tests these varieties for the conditions in South Tyrol. Frequently, the new varieties are not feasible for the climatic conditions in South Tyrol. Thus, breeding and selecting needs…

Laimburg-WP2-A74

Hunting the future apple varieties

Publication in technical journal - Performance of new fruit varieties

In the course of the past year, many news were published, which reflect the present boom of the varieties innovation in the apple sector. The apple branch is currently in a crisis. Thus, new varieties are seen as a strategy to be silhouetted against the concurrence (Sansavini and Guerra, 2015). Some of the new varieties are scab resistant varieties, snack apples/children apples,…

Laimburg-WP2-A76

Strains improve standard varieties

Publication in technical journal - Performance of new fruit varieties

Clonally improved standard-varieties. Walter Guerra The prognosis of the global apple assortment predicts an increase of Cripps Pink, Ambrosia, Sciros, Scifresh, Honeycrisp, Nicoter, Red Jonaprince, Pinova and the category of “other varieties” for the coming decade. Instead, a decrease of the so-called commodities, often plyclonal varieties without stipulations for the growing…

Laimburg-WP2-A77

Dietary Elements and Quality Parameters of 34 Old and Eight Commercial Apple Cultivars Grown at the same Site in South Tyrol, Italy.

Publication in technical journal - Performance of new fruit varieties

Apple is one of the most widely produced and consumed fruits worldwide and hence, complete data of apple consumption are important for the human diet. Currently, a limited number of cultivars dominate the market, while many others, with a potentially higher nutritional value, are neglected by consumers. The present work reports the content of the dietary elements potassium (K),…

LRCAF-WP2-A11

Agriculture and Forestry: novel results and innovations

Participation in scientific conference - Performance of new fruit varieties

Scientific conference "Agriculture and Forestry: novel results and innovations" was held at Institute of Horticulture in 27th of January 2017. At this conference were published article "Vaismedžių ir uoginių augalų agrobiologiniai tyrimai kuriant naujas ir patobulinant esamas vaisių bei uogų auginimo technologijas".

LRCAF-WP2-A35

Babtų tradicinė rudens šventė "Obuolinės"

Participation in event aimed at general public - Performance of new fruit varieties

New local promising hybrids and perspective cultivars of apples was tested and presented of 16th of September, 2017 at the public festival "Obuolinės" in Babtai.

LRCAF-WP2-A38

"Rudens sambariai 2017"

Participation in event aimed at general public - Performance of new fruit varieties

New promising hybrids and cultivars of apples developed at Institute of Horticulture were tested and presented at the public festival "Rudens sambariai 2017" (09-09-2017) in Raudondvaris.

Laimburg-WP2-A72

Abstract: XV Serbian Congress of Fruit and Grapevine Growing (Kragujevac, Serbia): Updated information on the most promising apple cultivars and mutants

Participation in scientific conference - Performance of new fruit varieties

Guerra Walter Research Center Laimburg, Pfatten, Laimburg 6, 39040 Auer, Italy E-mail: [email protected] Although there is a lot of excitement around the topic of new varieties the previews show that even in 10 years the leading varieties in the apple world will be ‘Golden Delicious’, ‘Red Delicious’, ‘Gala’, ‘Fuji’, ‘Idared’, ‘Jonagold’, ‘Granny Smith’ and…

Agroscope-WP2-A33

Publication: "Snackapfel - Frucht mit Potenzial?" in Schweizer Zeitschrift für Obst- und Weinbau

Publication in technical journal - Performance of new fruit varieties

Small-caliber apples (snack apples) are to expand the range of apple varieties. The consumer test 2016 was conducted with typical snack apples and small-caliber apples in a supermarket in Central Switzerland. Survey and tasting aimed to clarify the acceptance of small-caliber apples by the consumers and to obtain information about their apple consumption.

USAMV-WP2-A1

Horticulture Days of Bucharest 2016

Organising/holding open demonstration day - Performance of new fruit varieties

Horticulture Days of Bucharest it is an event were producers meet scientists. The newest technologies are shared and good practices.

The EUFRUIT thematic network has received funding from the
European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under grant agreement No 696337.