Hunting the future apple 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, red-fleshed varieties, varieties with a high content of color, varieties with special intrinsic characteristics (like juiciness, crunchiness, aroma and taste), yellow-skinned varieties, and varieties suitable for people with allergies or super-sweet varieties for the Asian market.

Publications

2017-5, EFM, pp. 6-13

Auf der Jagd nach den Apfelsorten der Zukunft, W. Guerra (Hunting the future apple varieties). Walter Guerra Published: 01-05-2017

Documents

	Auf der Jagd nach den Apfelsorten der Zukunft () Walter Guerra, 2017-5, EFM, pp. 6-13
	De jacht naar nieuwe appelrassen voor (Dutch) Walter Guerra, 2017-5, EFM, pp. 6-13
	The hunt for new future apple () Walter Guerra, 2017-5, EFM, pp. 6-13

Details

Activity type

Publication in technical journal

Activity work package

Performance of new fruit varieties

Activity number

Laimburg-WP2-A74

Activity contact

Walter Guerra
Laimburg Research Centre
Laimburg 6 - Pfatten
I-39040 Post Auer (BZ), Italy
[email protected]

Activity partner

Laimburg

Activity country

Italy

Last edit

25-10-2017