Evaluation of innovative and environmentally safe growing practice suitable for sustainable management of plum orchards

Dragutin Đukić,Jelena Tomić,Žaklina Karaklajić-Stajić,Leka Mandić,Boris Rilak,Ivana Glišić,Marijana Pešaković

doi:10.5937/aaser2049077p

Abstract

Evaluation of innovative and environmentally safe growing practice suitable for sustainable management of plum orchards

Highlights

The plum (Prunus domestica L.) is the most widespread fruit crop in the Republic of Serbia of high economic and social importance
A comparative study was conducted to evaluate the effects of biofertilizer and chemical fertilizeronČačanska Lepoticaand ‘Stanley’ plum cultivars
The present study revealed that fertilizer type and cultivar are important factors that significantly affect the morphometric traits of plum fruits, with the exception of the influence of cultivar on fruit width (Table 1)

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Introduction

The plum (Prunus domestica L.) is the most widespread fruit crop in the Republic of Serbia of high economic and social importance. The leading place is occupied by cultivars developed at the Fruit Research Institute Čačak (Republic of Serbia) such as ‘Čačanska Lepotica’ and ‘Čačanska Rodna’. The Republic of Serbia is the third largest producer of plums in the world, just behind China and Romania, accounting for 4.1% of global production (Vlahović and Zdravković 2016). In Serbia, the plum is mostly used for processing into a traditional plum alcoholic drink called ‘Šljivovica’ (Milošević et al 2010), while its use for fresh consumption is quite small. Since consumers’ requests for fresh plum fruits are constantly increasing due to their health-promoting effects, recent trends have encouraged the development of new growing technologies associated with an increased synthesis of phenolic compounds, as well as with obtaining fruits rich in phytochemicals

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