Yield and Economic Results of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on “Navel Foyos” Oranges in the Mediterranean Area
Pruning is one of the most manpower-consuming agricultural operations in citrus production. Mechanical pruning can help to reduce pruning time and costs. In order to obtain the knowledge of its effects on the important orange variety “Navel Foyos”, several pruning strategies that include manual prun...
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| author | Chueca, Patricia Mateu, Guillermo Garcerá, Cruz Fonte, Alberto Ortiz, Coral Torregrosa, Antonio |
| author_browse | Chueca, Patricia Fonte, Alberto Garcerá, Cruz Mateu, Guillermo Ortiz, Coral Torregrosa, Antonio |
| author_facet | Chueca, Patricia Mateu, Guillermo Garcerá, Cruz Fonte, Alberto Ortiz, Coral Torregrosa, Antonio |
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| description | Pruning is one of the most manpower-consuming agricultural operations in citrus production. Mechanical pruning can help to reduce pruning time and costs. In order to obtain the knowledge of its effects on the important orange variety “Navel Foyos”, several pruning strategies that include manual pruning and various intensities of mechanical pruning were tested for three years. The results showed that in “Navel Foyos” oranges, the mechanical pruning strategies did not affect the yield nor the size of the fruit in comparison with manual pruning. In conclusion, mechanical strategies are a potential alternative to manual pruning because they reduce the time necessary to prune and the pruning costs, thereby maintaining or even increasing the yield. |
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| spelling | ReDivia70812025-04-25T14:48:08Z Yield and Economic Results of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on “Navel Foyos” Oranges in the Mediterranean Area Chueca, Patricia Mateu, Guillermo Garcerá, Cruz Fonte, Alberto Ortiz, Coral Torregrosa, Antonio Canopy management Fruit diameter F01 Crop husbandry N20 Agricultural machinery and equipment Citrus Mechanization Pruning is one of the most manpower-consuming agricultural operations in citrus production. Mechanical pruning can help to reduce pruning time and costs. In order to obtain the knowledge of its effects on the important orange variety “Navel Foyos”, several pruning strategies that include manual pruning and various intensities of mechanical pruning were tested for three years. The results showed that in “Navel Foyos” oranges, the mechanical pruning strategies did not affect the yield nor the size of the fruit in comparison with manual pruning. In conclusion, mechanical strategies are a potential alternative to manual pruning because they reduce the time necessary to prune and the pruning costs, thereby maintaining or even increasing the yield. 2021-02-10T12:25:55Z 2021-02-10T12:25:55Z 2021 article publishedVersion Chueca, P., Mateu, G., Garcerá, C., Fonte, A., Ortiz, C. & Torregrosa, A. (2021). "Yield and Economic Results of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on “Navel Foyos” Oranges in the Mediterranean Area". Agriculture 11, no. 1: 82. 2077-0472 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7081 10.3390/agriculture11010082 https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/1/82 en Info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Programa Estatal de I+D+I Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad/RTA2014-00025-C05-00 CITRUSREC - Funded by INIA, and MINECO (project RTA2014-00025-C05-00, cofunded by ERDF) GO CITRUSTECH- cofunded by the EAFRD (80%) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (20%) “Engineering developments to ensure profitable, sustainable and competitive agriculture from farm to fork” cofinanced by IVIA and by the ERDF. Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess MDPI electronico |
| spellingShingle | Canopy management Fruit diameter F01 Crop husbandry N20 Agricultural machinery and equipment Citrus Mechanization Chueca, Patricia Mateu, Guillermo Garcerá, Cruz Fonte, Alberto Ortiz, Coral Torregrosa, Antonio Yield and Economic Results of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on “Navel Foyos” Oranges in the Mediterranean Area |
| title | Yield and Economic Results of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on “Navel Foyos” Oranges in the Mediterranean Area |
| title_full | Yield and Economic Results of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on “Navel Foyos” Oranges in the Mediterranean Area |
| title_fullStr | Yield and Economic Results of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on “Navel Foyos” Oranges in the Mediterranean Area |
| title_full_unstemmed | Yield and Economic Results of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on “Navel Foyos” Oranges in the Mediterranean Area |
| title_short | Yield and Economic Results of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on “Navel Foyos” Oranges in the Mediterranean Area |
| title_sort | yield and economic results of different mechanical pruning strategies on navel foyos oranges in the mediterranean area |
| topic | Canopy management Fruit diameter F01 Crop husbandry N20 Agricultural machinery and equipment Citrus Mechanization |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7081 https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/1/82 |
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