Horticulture is an important Australian industry
which contributed almost 20 per cent to the gross
value of agricultural production in 2009–10 (ABS
2011). The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
estimated that area of horticulture in 2007–08
was 480 000 hectares. Figure 1 shows the
location of horticulture.
Improving soil condition is important for
agricultural productivity and the quality of
ecosystem services provided to the community
from rural lands.
This project works with a group of vegetable growers in the Werribee Catchment primarily to improve their nutrient use efficiency with the aim of reducing nutrient loads to Port Phillip Bay. Utilizing benchmarking as the major extension tool the project engages with farmers aiming to improve fertilizer practices.
Learn about how the results of an organic blueberry production systems research study have provided insight on best planting methods, fertilization, irrigation, weed management, and economic considerations. Managing blueberries organically requires additional production considerations, but may offer potential marketing opportunities.
In this 8 Minute Dr. John demonstrates the proper pruning of Blueberries in Kentucky, USA
Gennaro delivers a 1 Hour presentation on "Apple Rootstocks and the Quest for Marker Assisted Breeding" at the March 14, 2011 Cornell University Department of Horticulture Seminar.
Michael speaks on Major genes affecting vegetable quality traits via phenylpropanoid-derived metabolites at the March 28 Department of Horticulture seminar.
The seminar focuses on the results of a 4-yr study on the impact of three groundcover management systems on soil erosion, runoff and water quality on an avocado hillside plantation in Chile, and their effects on tree growth, nutrition, fruit production and root growth.
The Cucurbitaceae family, including cucumbers, melons, squashes and pumpkins, is marked by extreme sexual plasticity and variation in fruit growth and morphology.
We are using molecular genetic and transcriptomic approaches to study factors underlying sex determination and fruit development in melons (Cucumis melo) and cucumbers (C. sativus).
We are particularly interested in understanding the role of ethylene production, perception, and signaling in regulation of unisexual flower development.
Our questions regarding fruit development focus on early stages of fruit growth and factors influencing fruit size, shape, and resistance to infection by Phytophtora capcisi.
Cornell University Department of Horticulture seminar series, Feb. 27, 2012
Take a grapevine, divide it into its essential parts, then pick, choose, and reassemble to develop new varieties and selections for grape growers and wine makers in New York, across the country, and around the world! Peter Cousins will discuss USDA ARS research in grape rootstock breeding, mutant dwarves, worm proofing, precocious flowering and remontant grapevines, gamma radiation, sex change--and phyllotaxy!
There is growing literature on the dual reputation structure in wine and food markets; the reputation for a product can be driven by firm-specific factors and by the collective reputation for all firms within a geographical area.
Here we extend the idea of collective reputation to also include reputation spillovers from more established regions.
We conduct a laboratory experiment that asks subjects to place bids on seven U.S. wines; different treatments are used to disentangle the effects of information related to American Viticultural Areas and information linking wines to more established regions in France.
Our results show that reputation spillover effects are significant for wines from emerging wine regions in the U.S., and most important among subjects that are relatively familiar with wine regions and wine varietals.