TY - JOUR 
A1 - Chueca, Patricia
AU - Mateu, Guillermo
AU - Garcerá, Cruz
AU - Fonte, Alberto
AU - Ortiz, Coral
AU - Torregrosa, Antonio
T1 - Yield and Economic Results of Different Mechanical Pruning Strategies on “Navel Foyos” Oranges in the Mediterranean Area
Y1 - 2021
SN - 2077-0472
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7081
AB - Pruning is one of the most manpower-consuming agricultural operations in citrus production. Mechanical pruning can help to reduce pruning time and costs. In order to obtain the knowledge of its effects on the important orange variety “Navel Foyos”, several pruning strategies that include manual pruning and various intensities of mechanical pruning were tested for three years. The results showed that in “Navel Foyos” oranges, the mechanical pruning strategies did not affect the yield nor the size of the fruit in comparison with manual pruning. In conclusion, mechanical strategies are a potential alternative to manual pruning because they reduce the time necessary to prune and the pruning costs, thereby maintaining or even increasing the yield.
KW - Canopy management
KW - Fruit diameter
KW - F01  Crop husbandry
KW - N20  Agricultural machinery and equipment
KW - Citrus
KW - Mechanization
LA - en
PB - MDPI
ER -