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Efficiency and Technology Gap in European Apple Production—A Metafrontier Model for Germany, Italy, and Poland

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
wiley   +1 more source

The Development of Seedless Fruits by Breeding

Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, 1929
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Resistance Breeding in Apple at Dresden-Pillnitz

, 2014
Resistance breeding in apple has a long tradition at the Institute of Fruit Breeding now Julius Kuehn-institute in Dresden-Pillnitz. The breeding was aimed at the production of multiple resistance cultivars to allow a more sustainable and environmentally
Dunemann, F., Richter, K., Flachowsky, H., Höfer, M., Hanke, M.-V., Király, I., Peil, A.   +6 more
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð, Anna Magnea Hreinsdóttir, Adrijana Visnjic‐Jevtic, Alison Clark   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of some biochemical parameters of apples on the organoleptic properties of apple jam

Siberian Journal of Life Sciences and Agriculture
Background. The content of dietary fiber, sugars, organic acids, and calcium in apples are important technological indicators that affect the quality of apple jam.
Elena S. Salina, Mikhail Yu. Akimov, Nadezhda S. Levgerova, Irina A. Sidorova   +3 more
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Small fruit breeding in Finland

Agricultural and Food Science, 1988
In Finland, the breeding of small fruits has been focused on species belonging to the Ribes, Fragaria, Rubus, Vaccinium and Hippophaë genera. Of the blackcurrant, many local varieties have been brought under cultivation during this century, the most significant being ‘Brödtorp’ and ‘Melalahti’.
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Metabolic engineering of flavonoid biosynthesis in apple ( Malus domestica Borkh.)

, 2009
Flavonoids are a large family of polyphenolic compounds with manifold functions in plants including pathogen defence. Present in a wide range of vegetables and fruits, flavonoids form an integral part of the human diet and confer multiple health benefits.
Hanke, Magda-Viola, Hoffmann, T., Fischer, T., Treutter, D., Li, H., Szankowski, I., Flachowsky, Henryk, Höfer, Monika, Forkmann, G., Schwab, W.   +9 more
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

QTL analysis of Malus baccata ‘Jackii’-derived offspring reveals a polygenic inheritance pattern of apple blotch resistance

Frontiers in Plant Science
Apple blotch, caused by Diplocarpon coronariae, is an increasingly important fungal disease that leads to premature leaf fall and significant yield losses in apple orchards.
Matthias Pfeifer, Matthias Pfeifer, Andreas Peil, Henryk Flachowsky, Ofere Francis Emeriewen, Thomas Wolfgang Wöhner   +5 more
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