Perspectives for commercial fruit crops - environmentally friendly cultivation of quince (Chaenomeles japonica) and residue-free processing technologies Project leader Jānis Gailis Team of project Ineta Salmane Jānis Gailis Laura Ozoliņa-Pole Regīna Rancāne Inta Jakobija Duration 2019 - 2020 Research focus 1. Implementation of the "One Health" concept and species interaction studies in the context of climate change Source of funding National grant Project partners Institute of Horticulture"Cooperative" Ltd. Description of project The aim of research To develop environmentally friendly breeding, plant protection, storage and neutral processing technologies for Japanese quince, exploring the formation of hydrophilic and lipophilic compounds in the various stages of fruit development, undertaking an economic assessment of production, promoting a more rapid development of the crop and food sector and increasing export capacity. The tasks of project: To clarify quince cultivation technologies using integrated and biological methodsTo identify quince pathogens and invertebrates and to test potential plant protection methodsTo expanding the use of quinces, bioactive compounds in fruits and by-productsTo evaluate economic aspects cultivation and processing technologies Results The diversity of fungi involved in damage to Japanese quince // Plants. Vol. 11(19) (2022), article number 2572. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11192572 Studies on Potential Pests of Japanese Quince (Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach) in Latvia // Rural Sustainability Research, vol. 50, no. 345, Sciendo, 2023, pp. 16-30. https://doi.org/10.2478/plua-2023-0012 Morphological variability of Botrytis cinerea – causal agent of Japanese quince grey mould / I. Jakobija, B. Bankina, A. Klūga // Agronomy Research. Vol. 18(1) (2020), 127.–136.lpp. https://doi.org/10.15159/AR.20.045
