Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIV, Issue 1
Written by Zsolt JAKAB-ILYEFALVI
The study of specific microclimate in apple fruit orchards is very important, thus micrometeorological measurements give valuable information on how the plants will react on different weather changes. Modelling the variations of environmental factors in apple orchard, specialist can give directions on critical periods and points when is an urgent demand of technological intervention (irrigation and other orchard management). In the plant-air interaction system critical parameters such as air maximum and minimum temperature, relative humidity, rainfall directly influences the crop physiological responses. A series of micrometeorological parameters were evaluated in an intensive apple orchard in Northern Transylvania, Bistrita fruit region from Romania with the objective of defining the interactions between trees and the aerial environment. An important objective was the study of daily meteorological observations in the flowering period in spring with implications on floral development and specific summer drought periods.
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