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Sustainability in Fruit Production and Core Collections with Special Regards to Climate Change

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Air, Climate Change and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 5145

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Géza Bujdosó

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NARIC Research Institute for Fruit Growing and Ornamentals, 1223 Budapest, Hungary
Interests: shell fruit species; persian walnut; walnut phenology; walnut genetics; walnut breeding; nut quality; sweet cherry growing; cherry rootstocks; rootstock-scion interactions; fruit quality
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Dr. Klara Cseke

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Forest Research Institute, University of Sopron, Várkerület 30/A, 9600 Sárvár, Hungary
Interests: DNA fingerprinting; tree genetics; plant breeding; forest genetics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change has complex effects on the fruit industry, because orchards are long-term investments that are located outside under special site conditions. For successful production year after year, the perennial fruit species must tolerate the local climate and soil conditions well. In an intensive orchard, the tree height is limited; however, their production and yield is much higher compared with traditional orchards. During the orchard maintenance period, some dedicated activities (e.g., irrigation, cover, special support system, special spraying technology, and planting local bred rootstocks/varieties) can be made to increase the “well-being” of the fruit trees, grafted on a rootstock or planted on their own roots, in order to increase their production, yield, and fruit/nut quality.

Another important issue is that intensive orchards are particularly labour intensive. However, manpower is limited today, so during the maintenance activities of an orchard, one must also take into consideration this phenomenon. Modern techniques (mechanical/chemical fruit thinning and the usage of drones) can help growers decrease labour costs during production.

This Special Issue invites breeders, climatologists, biologists, chemists, and scientists dealing with the evaluation of orchard systems and varieties ex situ, which are necessary for successful fruit growing, to publish their original research papers, perspectives, opinions, reviews, modelling approaches, and methods about their genetic and phenotypical studies, effects of the environment and climate on the yield and fruit/nut quality, chemical compounds, and adaptation strategies of the edible fruit species.

Dr. Géza Bujdosó
Dr. Klara Cseke
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainability
  • fruit species
  • climate change
  • orchard systems
  • rootstock-scion interactions
  • core collection
  • horticulture
  • green solutions
  • smart solutions

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Bulgarian Local Cherry Genetic Resources towards Sustainable Agriculture
by Svetoslav Malchev and Katya Vasileva
Sustainability 2023, 15(1), 174; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su15010174 - 22 Dec 2022
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In the conditions of global climate change and invasion of new diseases and pests, the utilisation of the local gene pool is a vital step towards sustainable agriculture. Local cultivars and forms are generally considered as better adapted to the conditions of the [...] Read more.
In the conditions of global climate change and invasion of new diseases and pests, the utilisation of the local gene pool is a vital step towards sustainable agriculture. Local cultivars and forms are generally considered as better adapted to the conditions of the originating region than widely spread commercial cultivars bred elsewhere. In order to collect, study, and preserve old and local fruit and vine cultivars and forms, a series of expeditions have been conducted throughout Bulgaria under the frame of project KP-06-N46/3 funded by the National Science Fund of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science. During these scientific expeditions, several local cherry forms were discovered without visual symptoms of brown rot Monilinia laxa (Aderh. and Ruhl.) Honey or cherry leaf spot Blumeriella jaapii (Rehm) Arx. To confirm the degree of resistance/low susceptibility of the specimens, laboratory tests with artificial inoculations of fruits and leaves were conducted. In the current study, two specimens found in Damyanovo region (a village in the municipality of Sevlievo, Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria) were included. They were compared to two old local cherry cultivars, ‘Volsko sartse’ and ‘Ranna cherna edra’, and two new selections of FGI-Plovdiv, ‘Asparukh’ (El.17-90) and ‘Kossara’, using ‘Bigarreau Burlat’ as reference cultivar for resistance to economically important diseases. The artificial inoculations confirmed the field observation of the cherry specimen with designation SM-58 with 0.00% of infected fruits. Therefore, it is recommended for use in the breeding programme of the Fruit Growing Institute, Plovdiv for the creation of new cultivars. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Fruit Production and Core Collections with Special Regards to Climate Change)
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Genetic Identification of Hybrid Walnuts (Juglans × intermedia Carr.) in Hungary, the Hidden Potential for Future Breeding
by Klára Cseke, Géza Bujdosó, Mátyás Báder, Tamás Mertl, Attila Benke and József Dezső Kámpel
Sustainability 2022, 14(8), 4782; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14084782 - 16 Apr 2022
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The question of the hybrid walnut (Juglans × intermedia Carr.) is still under debate in the Central European region. There is not simply just an underutilization, rather, even the existence of these hybrid forms is not broadly accepted. On the contrary, there [...] Read more.
The question of the hybrid walnut (Juglans × intermedia Carr.) is still under debate in the Central European region. There is not simply just an underutilization, rather, even the existence of these hybrid forms is not broadly accepted. On the contrary, there is an intensive cross-breeding activity in the western part of Europe resulting in commercially available hybrid clones. In Hungary, several individuals have been reported with intermediate morphology from different old black walnut plantations. Due to the lacking information, a preliminary study was conducted in order to prove the difference of these selected trees and to test the hybrid state. For this purpose, DNA fingerprinting was used by applying 13 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for the identification of 22 hybrid genotypes selected from one study plot. A comparative analysis with a reference sample set of the ‘parental’ species and other known hybrids was performed as well. The genetic analysis resulted distinct, unique genotypes for all of the samples. Based on the genetic pattern, the analyzed hybrid group was clearly distinguishable from the other two walnut groups. The result of this study also highlights the hidden potential in walnut breeding in the Central European region. Future concepts concerning hybrid walnut utilization in plantation forestry, agroforestry or as breeding material are also discussed. Full article
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Seed-Propagated Summer Apples: Great Morphological and Biochemical Diversity
by Neva Karatas, Sezai Ercisli, Mehmet Ramazan Bozhuyuk, Ozlem Cakir, Tomas Necas and Ivo Ondrasek
Sustainability 2021, 13(15), 8359; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13158359 - 27 Jul 2021
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The northeastern Anatolia region of Turkey is one of the richest plant biodiversity areas in Turkey. This study describes some important tree and fruit characteristics of 20 seed-propagated summer apple genotypes from northeastern Anatolia using morphological and biochemical markers. The genotypes were evaluated [...] Read more.
The northeastern Anatolia region of Turkey is one of the richest plant biodiversity areas in Turkey. This study describes some important tree and fruit characteristics of 20 seed-propagated summer apple genotypes from northeastern Anatolia using morphological and biochemical markers. The genotypes were evaluated morphologically for tree growth habit, ripening date, fruit weight, fruit firmness, fruit shape, fruit color, fruit taste, juiciness and aroma. The biochemical characteristics measured were organic acids, SSC (soluble solid content), titratable acidity, vitamin C, total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity. We found significant differences for most of the morphological and biochemical characteristics. The genotypes exhibited quite diverse harvest dates ranging from 4 July to 16 August. Summer apple genotypes had fruit weight between 101.9 g and 133.5 g. The genotypes had diverse fruit shapes, including round, conic and oblate, and over fruit colours such as pink, red, yellow and green. Genotypes GUM7 and GUM13 stood out for fruit weight, SSC, total phenolic and antioxidant capacity. GUM7 and GUM13 present dissimilarity from the other genotypes. While the first showed a lower average fruit weight, SSC, total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity, the second revealed higher average of fruit weight, total phenolic content, antioxidant capacity and higher SSC. Due to their favorable characteristics, GUM13 can be used for further crosses with genotypes of other groups, which also present favorable characteristics. Full article
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