Year 2020 - Volume 27 - Issue 1
30 April 2020

8 articles found

Ushering horticulture into a new era of research-based novelty

Boris Basile et al.

Horticulture, as one of the main agricultural pillars, plays a leading role in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development currently adopted by the United Nations. Well-balanced but creative and far-s...

Feasibility of FT-NIR spectroscopy and Vis/NIR hyperspectral imaging for sorting unsound chestnuts

Giacomo Bedini et al.

Authors explored the potential use of Vis/NIR hyperspectral imaging (HSI) and Fourier-transform Near-Infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy to be used as in-line tools for the detection of unsound chestnut fr...

Phytochemicals from Castanea spp. buds and green extraction technologies: the Finnover project

Dario Donno et al.

Green economy is a sustainable development tool based on the valorization of economic, natural and social resources. It is recognized as a tool to be applied to all the production sectors (goods and s...

Growth analysis of sweet chestnut burr in two seasons with differing weather conditions

Giulio Demetrio Perulli et al.

In Italy, most of the traditional sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) orchards are still non-irrigated since they are located in mountain-hill areas with climate conditions that used to be o...

Effect of biodegradable nonwoven covers on yield and chemical composition of overwintering onion

Andrzej Kalisz et al.

Floating row covers are important pre-harvest factors for maximizing the yield of vegetable crops grown under open-field conditions. It is necessary to replace oil-based nonwoven covers with biodegrad...

The potential of greenhouse diffusing cover material on yield and nutritive values of lamb’s lettuce grown under diverse nitrogen regimes

Eugenio Cozzolino et al.

Light and nitrogen are the main factors commanding horticulture production. Therefore, this study aims at evaluating the effects of two different greenhouse cover films (clear-Film A and diffuse light...

Total and diffuse light distribution within the canopy of an apple orchard as affected by reflective ground covers

Walaa Shtai et al.

In recent years, anti-hail nets have been increasingly used to protect apple orchards. As they reduce the light intensity at canopy level, reflective ground covers are frequently placed on the soil su...

Yield and quality performances of organic tomato as affected by genotype and industrial processing in southern Italy

Francesco De Sio et al.

Identifying new tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) genotypes with improved technological performances is an important requisite for achieving high yield and quality of industrial produce. An open...

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