Keyword: orchard plantation

Pine cone moisture and marketing

The objective was to evaluate the loss of moisture in pine cone during the storage after harvest, comparing the storage inside a warehouse or just

Pietra : a brand success that brings Corsican identity

The objective of the project was to create a Corsican beer that could be recognised by fine beer lovers, a high-end product that is also

Participatory selection of hardy and ink-disease resistant European chestnut trees

The objectives of this participative research program are: 1: Select surviving European chestnut trees within strong impacted areas by the ink disease 2: Evaluate their resistance against

Modeling Aleppo pine water balance under two Tunisian climate conditions

Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) is one of the most drought-tolerant pine species and it is distributed over large drought-prone Mediterranean regions. The determination of

Mass multiplication of ink-resistant chestnut clones by photoautotrophic micropropagation

Chestnut ink disease, caused by root pathogens (Phytophthora sp. ), induces dieback and mortality in sweet chestnut, C. sativa. Classical biological control can be efficient

Longal Chestnut – the potential of a traditional regional variety from Portugal’s Terra Fria Transmontana

Chestnuts are an extremely important product for the Portuguese region 'Terra Fria Transmontana', representing one of the most profitable crops today. Its commercialization is still

Improvement of carob cultivation techniques

The carob tree cultivation is handicapped by the poor quality of the seedlings leaving the nursery due to the deterioration of the root system, and

Hot water treatment: an effective method for disinfecting chestnut scions against chestnut gall wasp

The hot water treatment (HWT) was evaluated for pest and disease control, and specifically its use to prevent the spread of the chestnut gallwasp Dryocosmus

Evaluation of susceptibility to Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Castanea sativa and in hybrid cultivars

The aim is to determine different levels of sensitivity of different cultivars to the chestnut gall wasp. Among the cultivars that have been evaluated are

EUROCASTANEA, the European Chestnut Network

Eurocastanea is the consultation and representation body for professionals in the chestnut sector in the countries of the European Union, and in the European and

Design and implementation of a new productive model around the chestnut tree as a rural development model in El Bierzo (Castile and Leon)

The main objective was the structuring of the sectorial productive system in one of the main chestnut growing regions in Spain, El Bierzo (Castilla y

Clonal variation in susceptibility to Leptoglossus occidentalis in grafted Stone pine plantations

Some experiments conducted at the Institute of Agri-Food Research and Technology of Catalonia (IRTA), aimed at evaluating the productive capacity of Stone pine clones from

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