MOUNTAIN
RESEARCH
CENTER
Polytechnic Institute
of Bragança
FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.
Introduction of anti-hail screens on apple orchards: evaluation of side effects and economic impact
- Project Type
- Internacional / Público
- Financial Program
- PRODER - Medida 4.1
- IPB Funding Value
- 87167.56 €
- Type of project
- Research Project
- Principal Investigator
- Manuel Ângelo Rosa Rodrigues
- Start
- 2014-12-01
- End
- 2017-10-31
- Description
- The project consists in the introduction of anti-hail screens in apple orchards. The introduction of screens to protect the trees and fruit induces changes in the orchard microclimate whose indirect effects on plants needs to be assessed.
Project Team
-
Albino António Bento
António Castro Ribeiro
Elsa Cristina Dantas Ramalhosa
José Alberto Cardoso Pereira
Manuel Ângelo Rosa Rodrigues
Margarida Maria Pereira Arrobas Rodrigues
Maria Eugénia Madureira Gouveia
Paula Sofia Alves do Cabo
Project Partners
- Gagest - Centro Agrícola de Gestão
- Mallus, Soc. Agrícola Unipessoal, Lda.
- UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro