Robust varieties are crucial fore fireblight control | Combattre le feu bactérien grâce à des variétés peu sensibles
2011
Silvestri, G. | Egger, S., Station de recherche Agroscope Changins-Waedenswil ACW, Waedenswil (Switzerland)
The loss of traditional apple orchards, also due to fire blight outbreaks, is threatening the supply of the Swiss cider industry in high quality cider apples. Fireblight tolerant varieties are a key-factor in a sustainable disease-management. They not only ensure the availability of high quality cider apples, but also help to maintain traditional orchards, playing an important role with respect to landscape and ecology. In the market liberalization context, high juice quality and short transport distances are trump cards for the Swiss cider industry in facing competitors.[...] In total fifty promising varieties have been tested for their processing ability and chemical as well as sensory juice quality. Out of all the varieties tested, seventeen fulfilled the high requirements for juice quality, while showing low susceptibility to fire blight.
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