Harvest 2017 in South Tyrol (Italy): Quality and storability

The year 2017 was affected by severe spring frosts, which led to many damages and losses. The month of June was particularly warm, which delayed the development of the fruits in lower altitudes. Hail led to additional losses and damages. Noticeably many fruits showed cracking at the stalk end. The reasons for the cracking could be the spring frosts or the heat during an important developing phase in June. In addition, some varieties showed an increased number of apples with greasiness. The sugar content of the fruits was notedly high that year. Pests led only to little losses. Treatment against scab was easy and successful. Alternaria occurred early on Gala, but without causing bigger damages. However, Alternaria infections on Golden Delicious shortly before or during harvest occurred, which could lead to some severe losses.

Documents

Ernte 2017: Qualität und Lagerfähigkeit (Harvest 2017: Quality and storability) () 12.2017, Apfel Aktuell

Details

Activity type

Publication in industry journal/magazine

Activity work package

Fruit quality; improvement of fruit handling/storage

Activity number

Laimburg-WP4-A131

Activity contact

Dr. Angelo Zanella
Laimburg Research Centre
Laimburg 6 - Pfatten
I-39040 Post Auer (BZ), Italy
[email protected]

Activity partner

Laimburg Research Centre

Activity country

Italy

Last edit

29-05-2018