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Changes in the environmental conditions of an 'Arisoo' apple orchard with a shading net system

  • Jingi, Yoo (Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Washington State University) ;
  • Nay Myo, Win (Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA) ;
  • In-Kyu, Kang (Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2022.05.31
  • Accepted : 2022.08.08
  • Published : 2022.09.01

Abstract

This study investigated the changes in planting environment and growing conditions of 'Arisoo' apple trees under shading net treatments. Apple tree canopies were fully covered with Blue (blue color net, mesh size: 4 mm × 5 mm), Black-A (black color net, mesh size: 4 mm × 5 mm), Black-B (black color net, mesh size: 5 mm × 6 mm), and uncovered trees were used as the control. Inside the tree canopies, the illuminance was observed as 100% (85.0 Klux) in the control, but it decreased to 75% (64.3 Klux) in the Blue, 73% (63.0 Klux) in the Black-A, and 77% (65.9 Klux) in the Black-B nets, respectively. The solar irradiance was observed as 755 w·m-3 in the control, but it was decreased to 715 w·m-3 in the Blue, 624 w·m-3 in the Black-A, and 647 w·m-3 in the Black-B nets, respectively. The average daily temperature was observed to be the highest in the Black-A net (31.8℃) while it was observed to be around 30.0℃ in the control, Blue, and Black-B nets. In addition, the average fruit surface temperature was observed to be the highest (39.4℃) in the control, but it was decreased to 38.1℃ in the Blue, 37.3℃ in the Black-A, and 39.0℃ in the Black-B nets. However, the average soil temperature, the shoot growth rate, and leaf SPAD values were not different in all the treatments. Fruit sunburn disorders were the highest in the control while it was observed to be lower in the fruits from trees covered with the shading nets. However, at harvest, the fruit quality parameters were not different in all the treatments. Overall, this study suggests that the apple trees covered with the shading nets reduced the illuminance, solar irradiance, fruit surface temperature, and fruit sunburn disorders. However, the shading nets did not affect tree growth and apple fruit quality.

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Acknowledgement

This work is supported by the 2021 research fund (PJ01593401) of the Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

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