Uniform Title Biologischer Obstbau. English Title Organic fruit growing / K. Lind [and others]

Published Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages) : illustrations Series Cabi Ser Cabi Ser Contents ORGANIC FRUIT GROWING; Contents; Authors; Preface; 1. Principles of organic fruit growing; 2. Planning and setting up an organic production unit; 3. Choice of rootstocks and cultivars in organic fruit production; 4. Cultural measures in organic fruit growing; 5 Plant protection; 6. Processing; 7. Marketing of organic products; Appendix Annex II to EU Regulation 2092/91 (last amended by EU Regulation 1488/97); Index Summary This book is an English translation of the work originally published in German (1998) as Biologischer Obstbau, which was the product of collaboration between authors in Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland. It brings together the knowledge and experience of organic fruit growing from a number of fruit-growing areas of Europe and will be of interest to fruit producers and growers, as well as horticultural students. The book comprises the following 7 chapters: (1) Principles of organic fruit growing, briefly covering the legal aspects and the conversion of a conventionally run production unit to organic fruit growing; (2) Planning and setting up an organic production unit - choice of site, planting stock and planting systems; (3) Choice of rootstocks and cultivars in organic fruit production, including dessert apples and pears, cherries, plums and small fruits; (4) Cultural measures in organic fruit growing - soil care, fertilizer application, thinning, and growth regulation by various means; (5) Plant protection, with sections on encouraging biodiversity in orchards, beneficial organisms, major diseases and pests of pome fruits, stone fruits, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries, and bilberries, and pesticides; (6) Processing - general requirements of fruit for processing, production of fruit juices, dried fruit, jellies and jams, vinegar, and labelling of products; and (7) Marketing of organic products. Appendices list permitted fertilizers and soil conditioners, and plant protection products (Annex II to EU Regulation 2092/91) Analysis Fruit cultivation fruitteelt fruit growing biologische landbouw organic farming eu regelingen eu regulations gewasbescherming plant protection marketing behandeling na de oogst postharvest treatment teelt cultivation Organic Farming Fruit Growing Ecologische landbouw Fruitteelt Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Translated from the German Print version record Subject Fruit-culture. Organic farming. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General. GARDENING -- Fruit. Fragaria. Fragaria ananassa. Malus. Malus pumila. Prunus. Prunus avium. Prunus domestica. Pyrus. Pyrus pyrifolia. Ribes. Ribes nigrum. Ribes rubrum. Ribes uva-crispa. Rubus. Rubus fruticosus. Rubus idaeus. Vaccinium. Vaccinium myrtillus. Apples. Beneficial organisms. Bilberries. Black currants. Blackberries. Cherries. Crop production. Cultivars. Cultural methods. Dried fruit. Fertilizers. Fruit juices. Fruit products. Gooseberries. Growth. Labelling. Legislation. Marketing. Orchards. Organic farming. Organic fertilizers. Pears. Pest control. Pesticides. Plant disease control. Plant diseases. Plant pathogens. Plant pests. Plant protection. Planting. Planting stock. Plums. Pome fruits. Processing. Raspberries. Red currants. Rootstock scion relationships. Rootstocks. Site factors. Soil conditioners. Soil management. Stone fruits. Strawberries. Temperate fruits. Temperate small fruits. Thinning. Vinegar. White currants. Fruit-culture Organic farming Form Electronic book Author Lind, K. (Karl) LC no. 2003002348 ISBN 9781845933401 1845933400 9781280833687 1280833688 9786610833689 6610833680 085199640X 9780851996400

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