Rain roofs for apples and pears

An initial experiment involving narrow plastic roofs over single rows of apples was high successful at preventing scab and rot diseases in susceptible apples varieties without significantly reducing yield or quality. In a follow-up project 'ProtecFruit' the aim is to develop a commercial rain roof for apple and pears and document the effect on diseases, fruit production, fruit quality and tree physiology.
The rain roof is a modified version of a VOEN full-field venting cover originally developed for sweet cherries. It is modified to cover single rows enabling sufficient light reach the trees and fruit. Durability and feasibility studies are included in the 4 year project.

Documents

Rain roofs for apples and pears () A presentation held at an industry group meeting in March 2016

Details

Activity type

Organising/holding industry group meeting/event

Activity work package

Reduction in pesticide residues

Activity number

AU-WP3-A1

Activity contact

Senior researcher Marianne Bertelsen
Aarhus University, Department of Food Science
Kirstinebjergvej 10,
5792 Aarslev, Denmark
[email protected]
Phone: +45 87158328

Activity partner

Aarhus University

Activity country

Denmark

Last edit

13-12-2016

Event

Event name

Protected production of organic apples and pears

Event location

Aarhus University, Department of Food Science
Kirstinebjergvej 10
5792 Aarslev, Denmark

Event participants

Senior researcher Marianne Bertelsen
Senior researcher Karen Koefoed Petersen
Associate professor Merete Edelenbos

Event dissemination

Oral presentation

Event invitees

Project partners: Fruitgrowers, consultants and researchers

Female participants

7

Male participants

5

Total participants

12