Improvement of fruit production and precision horticulture oportunities in Romania

Abstract

One of the aim is to improve the fruit growing management, to introduce a series of theoretical, methodological and, most important, practical aspects and aims for the maximization of fruit growing activity by using management activities which are specific to this field along with their impact in the economical and ecological performances. The principal aim of specialists in Romania is to develop the harvesting machinery, initiate statistical and mapping methodologies to allow growers, to view and interpret the annual productivity of each tree in their orchards. In secondary, it’s important to develop the research of new resistant apples varieties and to develop an integrated fruit growing system. Regarding to the first point, the specific objective of precision horticulture must be understand by the specialists: to create a precision horticulture management available for Romanian growers; to develop an informational system. Information requirements include spatial and temporal data on the crop, soil, pests, topography, and weather during the field production phase; to develop technology to allow large-scale, tree-to-tree yield analysis; to utilize this technology to determine the factors that contribute to yield variability including development of statistical, mapping, and biological interpretations; to conduct a demonstration research project utilizing these technologies; to develop the dissemination workshops to demonstrate the technology. The start of the new varieties research, in special for apples, was made in Voinesti for Generos, Voinea, Pioenier, Florina with genetically resistance at diseases. It is important to promote all these varieties on international markets in special for the low number of chemical treatments and second for quality of fruits.