In 2018, 23.2 Mt of pears were produced in the world across 1.3 million hectares (ha) cultivated land. This review analyzes different training systems and management styles that have been adopted worldwide, emphasizing European pear’s economic environmental sustainability for Mediterranean area cultivation. Despite a reduced number cultivars utilized around world, pear presents plethora innovat...

Flesh firmness is closely related to fruit ripeness and typically a reliable indicator of shelf-life potential so it could be considered crucial quality index for the determination pear quality. softening after cutting considerably affect consumer acceptance fresh-cut pears (Pyrus communis L.). Indeed, mechanical stress (cutting, peeling, etc.) lead ethylene production that results in hydrolysi...

Electroimpedance spectroscopy technology can be used to accelerate the healing of complete trees and estimate plant condition after grafting. This approach will allow sorting out low-vigor plants at early stages their development save time resources. Still, in some cases, use electrical impedance difficult due complexity equipment special measurement conditions. In this paper, we attempt overco...

Abstract Studies were conducted in apple, Malus domestica Borkhausen and pear, Pyrus communis L. (Rosales: Rosaceae), orchards to evaluate the attractiveness of grey halobutyl septa loaded with 1 (L2) and 10 (Mega) mg of codlemone, 8E, 10E-dodecadien-1-ol, 3 mg of pear ester, ethyl (E,Z)-2,4-decadienoate (DA2313), and 3 mg of pear ester plus 3 mg of codlemone (Combo) to adult codling moth, Cydi...

Grafting is a technique that may affect plant tolerance to iron chlorosis in plants cultivated for their fruit. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the tolerance of non-grafted quince seedlings and pear grafted onto quince plants cultivated in pots with alkaline soil. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse at the University of Cordoba, Spain, in pots (3 L) filled with a...