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-WP4-A16

Apfelernte 2015: Auslagerungsqualität (Harvest 2015: Quality at room-opening)

Publication in industry journal/magazine - Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

Article on the Analysis of the storage season 2015, which saw some problems due to extreme weather conditions.

Laimburg-WP4-A30

Storage Conference

Participation in industry event or exhibit - Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

Storage Conference Conference about new findings in the storage field. The follwing presentations are attached in German: - Influence of the water used by the cooperatives for sorting on the Quality of stored apples - Development of a Software-based System to identify and reduce storage-damages in fruit cultivation- Interreg-V-Project Alpnrhein, Bodensee, Hohenheim -…

Laimburg-WP4-A44

Modì, Kanzi, Jazz, Envy e Shinano Gold: Post-harvest behaviour

Publication in technical journal - Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

The steady growing market demand for new apple varieties poses to the actors of the fruit supply chain new challenges for the selection of the best apple variety to launch on the market conforming to the pedoclimatic condition of the different growing regions. In the last years, the post-harvest behaviour of the most interesting varieties for the South Tyrolean apple fruit growing…

Laimburg-WP4-A47

Investigations on apple fruit quality by the means of near-infrared reflection spectroscopy

Publication in technical journal - Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

The department for post-harvest and storage at the Laimburg Research Centre conducted tests with several non-destructive methods to measure the Quality of apples throughout the past years. The near-infrared reflection spectropsopy resulted as one of the most promising methods.

Laimburg-WP4-A48

New developments regarding apple storage

Publication in industry journal/magazine - Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

Article which summarizes the Research presented during the storage conference, organized by the Laimburg Research Centre in August 2016. The presentations varied from the main postharvest decays in South Tyrol to the methods to identify the maturity of apples and to innovative technologies to predict the quality of apples and reduce storage-damages. The presentations (in…

Laimburg-WP4-A53

Presentation during Innovation Camp (Interpoma): Logistics

Participation in scientific conference - Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

The Innovation Camp is a new Format elaborated by the Fiera di Bolzano (Fair Bozen-Bolzano) and which takes place during the Interpoma, a fair focused on apples. The participants first get an overview about the apple sector and are then asked to come up with some innovative ideas for the sector. The attached presentation tackles the logistics related to apples in South Tyrol. …

Laimburg-WP4-A59

MONALISA on apple- Monitoring key environmental parameters of the alpine environment: The apple quality in the focus of science and technology

Participation in scientific conference - Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

Presentation held during Interpoma Congress

Laimburg-WP4-A60

The effective determination of apple fruit quality

Publication in technical journal - Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

Introduction of the Research conducted by the Laimburg Research Centre in collaboration with local and international institutes on non-destructive measurements to test the Quality and storage-ability of apples. These are identified through methods such as the near-infrared spectroscopy. In this context, the experts apply different procedures to identify the Quality of the Pulp…

Laimburg-WP4-A61

The proper storage of new apple cultivars

Publication in technical journal - Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

The Laimburg Research Centre investigated how the Quality of the apples Nicoter/Kanzi® can be conserved through modern storage-technologies. The Research showed that storage-damages depend notably on the climatic conditions.

Laimburg-WP4-A62

Harvest 2016: Quality and storability

Publication in industry journal/magazine - Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

The slow maturing-process and the timely completion of the harvest in 2016 indicate a good storability for the harvest that year. Frost damages, however, led to quality loss in some regions.

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