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Agronomijas v stis - Latvijas Lauksaimniecības universitāte

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Results und DiscussionBerries were taken from the field at the end of October or in the beginning of November. For thefirst time berries were evaluated at the end of December and on average 12% of all berries wererotted. The assessment of rotted berries was continued for the next three months until the end ofMarch. Spread of berry rot made equal progress during all the storage time (Figure 2).10080%604020122840610end of December end of January end of February end of MarchFigure 2. Dynamics of fruit rot during storage, %.At the end of March berry rot was on average 61 % of all collected berries from the inspectedcranberry plantations in Latvia. This means, berries should be very quickly realized, before they aredamaged by storage rot. It is very difficult to store fresh cranberry in cold cameras withoutfreezing.All rotted berries at the end of each month were sorted and put on the pure culture (used PDA) forcausal agent detection.The spread of berry rot from different growing regions in Latvia where berries were collecteddiffered. Most of all of the rotted berries – 74 % were in the Riga district, but only 52 % of thedamaged berries were in Talsi district (Figure 3). Probably weather conditions and plantation agehad a significant influence on the spread of the berry rot. The cranberry plantation in the Talsidistrict was younger and the climate was optimal in comparison with the plantation in Riga district.%1009080706050403020100746658 566052Aluksne dist. Riga dist. Cesis dist. Kuldiga dist. Talsi dist. Liepaja dist.Figure 3. Berry rot spread from different cranberry growing districts during storage, %.Climate has a strong influence on berry rot caused by different fungi. The winter 2006 was thewarmest of the last 84 years in Latvia. In November, December and January the air temperatureexceeded +10 – 12 ° C and was 7 – 13 ° C above normal. Usually such temperatures are found inSeptember or May. February was the coldest month. In the Aluksne district the air temperature fell135

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