DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE

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• Estonian Agricultural University
• Institute of Agricultural and Environmental
  Sciences

DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE
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RESEARCH AREAS

• FRUIT PRODUCTION
• VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
• FLORICULTURE AND
• URBAN HORTICULTURE
• POST-HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES

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• RESEARCH PROJECTS
• Estonian Science Foundation grants
• Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia
• Ministry of Agriculture
• Ministry of Environment

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FRUIT PRODUCTION

• RESEARCH PROJECTS
• BLUEBERRY
• ARCTIC BRAMBLE
• BLACK BERRY
• STRAWBERRY

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• BLUEBERRY
• FIRST EXPERIMENTS IN
• ESTONIA
• GROWING TECHNOLOGY
• QUALITY OF BERRIES
• SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
• WITHOUT CHEMICALS

EXPERIMENTS IN FIELDS
LABORATORY
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RUBUS ARCTICUS

• GROWING TECHNOLOGY
• QUALITY OF BERRIES
• SPREAD IN NATURE
• (ENDAGERED PLANT)

EXPERIMENTS IN NATURE AND IN
FIELDS
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RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTS http//www.eau.ee/7E
agt/mustikas/index.html http//www.eau.ee/7Eaiand
us/index.html
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VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
The possibilities to use semi-coke of oil shale
in horticulture

• Head cabbage
• Red beet
• Turnip
• Cucumber

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VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
Influence of Trichoderma viride on the growth and
yield of vegetables

• Lettuce
• Head cabbage
• Cucumber
• Onion
• French bean

w/o T.viride
w T.viride
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VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
Production technologies of Allium - vegetables

• Sowing/planting time
• Fertilization
• Herbicides
• Storage

• Onion
• Garlic
• Leek

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POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGIES
Improving Postharvest Technologies of Fruits,
Vegetables and Ornamentals

• Strawberries
• Apples
• Roses

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• EXPERIMENTAL SITES
• Farms
• Rõhu Experimental Station
• Experimental greenhouse

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OUR COMPETENCY IN PLANT ANALYSES

• Leaf chlorophyll content ( SPAD value)
• Fruit firmness
• Fruit and flower colour
• Juice pH

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• Soluble solids
• Organic acids
• Vitamin C
• Anthocyanins
• Pungency pyruvate acid content of Alliums

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FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

• Organic vs. intensive production technologies,
  influence on product quality
• Container experiments together with field
  experiments
• Sustainable postharvest technologies (controlled
  and modiphied atmosphere)

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DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE