OVERVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL LECTURES
CONTENTS PART 1 STONE AND POME FRUITS ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN PEACH BREEDING 1 INTRODUCTION 2 HISTORY OF THE COOPERATIVE REGIONAL MODERATE CHILL PEACH VARIETY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 3 CASE STUDY: BREEDING FOR RESISTANCE TO PFG 4 FUTURE TRENDS AND CONCLUSION 5 WHERE TO LOOK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 6 REFERENCES ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLE PEACH PRODUCTION 2 PEACH FRUIT GROWTH AND VASCULAR FLOWS 3 PHOTOSYNTHESIS: THE ENGINE OF PRODUCTIVITY 4 PRECISION FRUIT GROWING APPLICATIONS 5 CASE STUDY 6 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE TRENDS 7 WHERE TO LOOK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 8 REFERENCES ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN CHERRY BREEDING 2 MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS IN CONVENTIONAL BREEDING 3 METHODOLOGIES 4 ADVANCES AND KEY CULTIVARS 5 NEW APPROACHES 6 PHENOTYPING PROTOCOLS 7 FUTURE TRENDS AND CONCLUSION SUSTAINABLE SWEET CHERRY CULTIVATION: A CASE STUDY FOR DESIGNING OPTIMIZED ORCHARD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS 1 INTRODUCTION – OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES 2 MORPHOLOGY, GROWTH, AND FRUITING 3 PLANT MATERIALS FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION 4 TOOLS FOR OPTIMIZING ORCHARD TREE DEVELOPMENT 5 DESIGNING OPTIMIZED ORCHARD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS 6 MITIGATING ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC RISKS TO SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION 7 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS 8 WHERE TO LOOK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 9 REFERENCES CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN PEAR BREEDING 2 PEAR CULTIVARS 3 PEAR ROOTSTOCKS 4 GERMPLASM RESOURCES 5 PEAR BREEDING TECHNIQUES 6 IMPROVING PARTICULAR TRAITS 7 FUTURE TRENDS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN PEAR CULTIVATION 2 MECHANISMS OF FLOWERING AND POLLINATION 3 CHEMICAL MANIPULATION OF FLOWERING 4 CHEMICAL MANIPULATION OF FRUIT SET 5 CHEMICAL MANIPULATION OF VEGETATIVE GROWTH 6 PHYSICAL MANIPULATION OF FLOWERING AND FRUIT SET 7 ROOTSTOCKS FOR HIGH-DENSITY ORCHARDS 8 CANOPY TRAINING IN HIGH-DENSITY ORCHARD SYSTEMS 9 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT AFFECT FLOWERING, FRUIT SET, AND YIELDS 10 SUMMARY AND FUTURE TRENDS 11 WHERE TO LOOK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 12 REFERENCES ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN APPLE BREEDING 2 SHORTENING THE BREEDING CYCLE AND IMPROVING SELECTION 3 INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION 4 MITIGATING PRODUCTION LOSSES AND WASTE 5 SUMMARY 6 FUTURE CHALLENGES ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLE APPLE CULTIVATION 2 APPLE TREE GROWTH AND FRUITING 3 BASES FOR SUSTAINABLE APPLE TRAINING AND PRUNING MANAGEMENT 4 CHALLENGING THE APPLE PRODUCTION AGROECOSYSTEM 5 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE TRENDS 6 WHERE TO LOOK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 7 REFERENCES SUSTAINABLE PLUM AND APRICOT CULTIVATION 2 PLUM AND APRICOT PRODUCTION 3 GENETIC RESOURCES 4 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AFFECTING PLUM AND APRICOT CULTIVATION 5 PLUM CULTIVATION 6 PRUNE AND APRICOT CULTIVATION 7 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE TRENDS PART 2 BERRY FRUITS ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN STRAWBERRY GENETIC IMPROVEMENT 2 THREATS AND SOLUTIONS TO SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION 3 POST-HARVEST QUALITY 4 NEXT STEPS IN GENETICS 5 HIGH-THROUGHPUT PHENOTYPING 6 FUTURE TRENDS IN RESEARCH STRAWBERRIES: A CASE STUDY OF HOW EVOLVING MARKET EXPECTATIONS IMPACT SUSTAINABILITY 2 DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANNUAL STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION SYSTEM 3 SHIFTING MARKETS 4 INCREASING INPUTS WITH EXPANSION OF ANNUAL PRODUCTION IN FAVOURABLE LOCATIONS 5 SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CURRENT MODEL OF STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION 6 FUTURE TRENDS AND CONCLUSION ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY BREEDING 2 RUBUS TRAITS FOR SUSTAINABILITY 3 MOLECULAR TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR RUBUS ? 4 FUTURE TRENDS AND CONCLUSION ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN SUSTAINABLE RASPBERRY/ BLACKBERRY CULTIVATION 2 MAJOR PEST AND DISEASE STRESSES THAT AFFECT RUBUS PRODUCTION 3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON CROP DEVELOPMENT 4 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON BRAMBLE CROP MANAGEMENT AND PHENOLOGY 5 ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN BLUEBERRY BREEDING 2 BREEDING CHALLENGES TODAY 3 GENETIC MATERIAL AND THEIR USES IN BREEDING PROGRAMMES 4 ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY TO AID PHENOTYPING 5 MARKER-ASSISTED BREEDING 6 REVIEW OF HOW RESEARCH CAN IMPROVE BLUEBERRY FLAVOUR 7 SUMMARY 8 FUTURE TRENDS IN RESEARCH 9 WHERE TO LOOK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 10 REFERENCES