Local Weather Have Direct and Indirect Influence on Apple Quality

Autores
Andersson, Georg K.S.; Garibaldi, Lucas A.
Año de publicación
2016
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inglés
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In a changing climate, altered temperature and precipitation patterns can affect the production and quality of various crops, such as fruits. However, crop production could also be modified indirectly by weather changes through modifying ecological communities and in turn ecosystem functions. These ecosystem functions, including biomass decomposition, biological control of pests and pollination, can influence food production and crop quality. Therefore, fruit and seed set can be affected, both directly through temperature- induced effects on crops, and indirectly, through e.g. changes in pollination success. Apple is a pollination dependent crop sensitive to low temperatures. We evaluated effects of local weather on pollinator visits and pollination success of apples. This was done by observing flower visiting insects and temperature logging in apple orchards in Sweden and Argentina. We found both direct and indirect effects of local temperatures on apple quality. For example, pollination success increased with temperature at flowering, which was correlated with higher sugar content in ripe fruit. Furthermore, fruits at harvest were heavier had they developed in higher temperature. We conclude that temperature variations may have several effects on apple production and quality. Both direct effects of temperatures and responses mediated through changes in pollinator behaviour are of importance. This is important to consider in management decisions related to apple production in a changing climate.
Trabajo publicado en Acta Bioquímica Clínica Latinoamericana; no. 52, supl. 2, parte II, diciembre de 2018.
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Materia
Ecología
Local Weather
Apple Quality
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title Local Weather Have Direct and Indirect Influence on Apple Quality
spellingShingle Local Weather Have Direct and Indirect Influence on Apple Quality
Andersson, Georg K.S.
Ecología
Local Weather
Apple Quality
title_short Local Weather Have Direct and Indirect Influence on Apple Quality
title_full Local Weather Have Direct and Indirect Influence on Apple Quality
title_fullStr Local Weather Have Direct and Indirect Influence on Apple Quality
title_full_unstemmed Local Weather Have Direct and Indirect Influence on Apple Quality
title_sort Local Weather Have Direct and Indirect Influence on Apple Quality
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Andersson, Georg K.S.
Garibaldi, Lucas A.
author Andersson, Georg K.S.
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Garibaldi, Lucas A.
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author2 Garibaldi, Lucas A.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecología
Local Weather
Apple Quality
topic Ecología
Local Weather
Apple Quality
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In a changing climate, altered temperature and precipitation patterns can affect the production and quality of various crops, such as fruits. However, crop production could also be modified indirectly by weather changes through modifying ecological communities and in turn ecosystem functions. These ecosystem functions, including biomass decomposition, biological control of pests and pollination, can influence food production and crop quality. Therefore, fruit and seed set can be affected, both directly through temperature- induced effects on crops, and indirectly, through e.g. changes in pollination success. Apple is a pollination dependent crop sensitive to low temperatures. We evaluated effects of local weather on pollinator visits and pollination success of apples. This was done by observing flower visiting insects and temperature logging in apple orchards in Sweden and Argentina. We found both direct and indirect effects of local temperatures on apple quality. For example, pollination success increased with temperature at flowering, which was correlated with higher sugar content in ripe fruit. Furthermore, fruits at harvest were heavier had they developed in higher temperature. We conclude that temperature variations may have several effects on apple production and quality. Both direct effects of temperatures and responses mediated through changes in pollinator behaviour are of importance. This is important to consider in management decisions related to apple production in a changing climate.
Trabajo publicado en <i>Acta Bioquímica Clínica Latinoamericana</i>; no. 52, supl. 2, parte II, diciembre de 2018.
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
description In a changing climate, altered temperature and precipitation patterns can affect the production and quality of various crops, such as fruits. However, crop production could also be modified indirectly by weather changes through modifying ecological communities and in turn ecosystem functions. These ecosystem functions, including biomass decomposition, biological control of pests and pollination, can influence food production and crop quality. Therefore, fruit and seed set can be affected, both directly through temperature- induced effects on crops, and indirectly, through e.g. changes in pollination success. Apple is a pollination dependent crop sensitive to low temperatures. We evaluated effects of local weather on pollinator visits and pollination success of apples. This was done by observing flower visiting insects and temperature logging in apple orchards in Sweden and Argentina. We found both direct and indirect effects of local temperatures on apple quality. For example, pollination success increased with temperature at flowering, which was correlated with higher sugar content in ripe fruit. Furthermore, fruits at harvest were heavier had they developed in higher temperature. We conclude that temperature variations may have several effects on apple production and quality. Both direct effects of temperatures and responses mediated through changes in pollinator behaviour are of importance. This is important to consider in management decisions related to apple production in a changing climate.
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