Chair Name: Guglielmo Costa (Address: University of Bologna, Via G. Fanin 46, 40127 Bologna , Italy)
Secretary Name: Dr. Matej Stopar (Fruit and Vine Growing Dept., Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Hacquetova ulica 17, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, Tel: 38 61 28 05 237)
Focus of Working Group
Fruit thinning WG deals with an applied and basic research related to fruit abscission, fruit quality and regular flowering of fruit trees. Most of the researches presented in the Fruit Thinning WG are related to efficacy of different chemical thinners, on chemical and mechanical thinning methods allowed in standard and organic fruit production, and on study of the environmental factors important for fruitlet abscission. Study of other plant bioregulators beside thinners is also the focus of this group.
Planned activities
2015
Meeting: Programmed to be held in Ahrweiler, Germany from 19-21 February, 2015 - organised jointly by DLR and Bonn University. Hans-Josef Weber, Lutz Damerow and Michael Blanke
Documents: List the documents to be uploaded here from WG meetings
Outputs: A joint research projects carried out by some WG memebers concern the exploitment of the Brevis (Metamitron)/ trials, joint papers, joint…
2014
Meeting: Einsieden, Ch, Convener A. Widmer
Documents: Handout on the trials carried out by all the members
Outputs: Trials did concentrate on the new molecule , Brevis, ABA and ACC and on mechanical thinning.
2013
Meeting: Portugal, Lisboa. Convener: Carla Fernandez
Documents: Trials report distributed by the WG members
Outputs: Trials did concentrate on the new molecule , Brevis, ABA and ACC and on mechanical thinning.