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Apple & pear resources
AHDB Horticulture funded an extensive programme of research on many aspects of commercial apple & pear production. The available reports and resources are listed below.
PESTS OF APPLE & PEAR:
Video: Webinar - Tackling key pests in UK horticulture
Aphids
Mammal pests
Managing rabbit problems associated with horticulture
Moths
Research project TF 189: Optimum treatment timing to reduce overwintering codling moth populations
Research project TF 204: Improving codling moth spray timing
Pear sucker
Developing integrated management controls for pear sucker
Rhynchites
Shieldbugs
The Forest Bug (Pentatoma Rufipes)
Weevils
Anthonomus spilotus – a new pest of pears in the spring
DISEASES OF APPLE & PEAR:
A review of the alternative control strategies for disease in organic apple and pear production
Canker
Research project TF 216: Evaluation of products for control of Nectria galligena on apples
Research project TF 217: Improving the management of bacterial canker in stone fruits
Research project CP 205: WP17 Canker control on pome fruit
Fireblight
Research project TF 203: Studies on Fusarium species causing core rots and storage rots of apple
Powdery mildew
Rot
Research project TF 203: Fusarium species causing core and storage rots of apple project
Scab
Research project TF 202: Monitoring scab population for fungicide insensitivities and races
Mouldy core
Research Project TF 184: Apple - Evaluation of treatments to control mouldy core
OTHER TOPICS ON APPLE & PEAR:
Beneficial insects
A review: Impacts of wildflower interventions on beneficial insects in fruit crops
Earwig-friendly spray programmes in apple and pear crops
Research project TF 196: effects of commonly used insecticides on earwigs
Breeding
ISHS Symposium on Integrating Canopy, Rootstock and Environmental Physiology in Orchard Systems
Research project TF 182 & 182a: East Malling Rootstock Club
Research project TF 211: Resources for future breeding of apple utilising genome-wide selection
Research project TF 212: Generation of genomic resources for apple rootstocks
Research project TF 224: East Malling Rootstock Club
Crop management
The use of root pruning in apples and pears
Research project TF 197: Determining the cost benefit of a range of thinning strategies for apple
Research project TF 206: Comparison of planting material for fruit wall orchard systems for apple
Research project TF 215: Tree Fruit Thinning Review
Food safety
Video: Webinar - Microbials, managing risk in the production of fresh produce
Video: Webinar - Managing risk in the production of uk fresh produce
Video: Webinar - Disinfecting irrigation water for use on fresh produce
Video: Webinar - Microbials, keeping it clean
Harvesting
Video: Harvesting quality apples and pears - a guide for pickers
Video: Harvesting Quality Apples and Pears - a guide for supervisors and tractor drivers
Integrated pest management
Research project TF 223: Improving integrated pest and disease management in Tree Fruit
Irrigation
Establishing a resilient water supply
Protecting the water supply for your crops
Research project TF/PO 001: FERTINNOWA - Sustainable Water use in Fertigated crops
Labour and skills
Edible horticulture skills survey
Video: Webinar - Operating in a reduced labour market
Video: Webinar - Using LEAN techniques to improve labour efficiency in horticulture
Video: Webinar - Using your time effectively
Nutrient management
RB209 Section 7 Fruit, vines and hops
Quality
Research project TF 213: Extend the marketing period of Gala apples
Residues
The zero residue management system for apples
Soils
GREATsoils: Green manures improve soil health in apple orchards
Measuring soil nutrients, pH and organic matter
Video: Soil health for horticulture - a GREATsoils webinar
Video: GREATsoils - the worm count test
Video: Webinar - Soil health improvement – Cover crops and organic amendments
Storage
Research project TF 179: Pear - The effect of soil moisture on fruit storage quality
Research project TF 187: Comparative study of refrigerated storage in UK horticulture
Research project TF 193: Apple - Sustainable management of storage rots
Useful links
Tree Fruit Agronomists Handbook
Video: Webinar - A changing consumer landscape: What it means for fresh produce?
Watch the recording of the online Tree Fruit Technical Day 2021
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