Risk-reducing cultivation technologies for blueberry and/or cranberry in bog and mineral soils Project leader Dace Siliņa Duration 2018 - 2022 Research focus 4. Development and adaptation of technologies for obtaining high-value agricultural and forest products, as well as in veterinary medicine Source of funding Knowledge transfer Project partners SIA Latvijas lauku konsultāciju un izglītības centrs Latvijas Augļkopju asociācijaOther project team members:Līga VilkaJūlija Vilcāne Description of project The aim of research To compare plant protection schemes for controlling the most important diseases of large-berry cranberries and blueberry bushes, using both chemical and biological plant protection products, thus reducing cultivation risks (yield losses).The tasks of project: - To establish demonstration sites in two regions of Latvia to assess the impact of agro-meteorological conditions on the development of the most important diseases of large-berry cranberries and blueberry bushes;- To assess the impact of chemical and biological plant protection products and mulching on the development of diseases;- To conduct observations and records during the vegetation period of plants;- To assess the impact of disease control measures on the yield and its quality; Results To summarize and analyze the obtained results, reflecting them in reports, and to provide recommendations to growers;To present the results to cranberry and blueberry growers at field days and public seminars.Pocket book "Blueberries and large cranberries: parasitic and non-parasitic diseases": https://fruittechcentre.eu/lv/citi-izdevumi
