Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
XI. International Symposium on Kiwifruit, Tauranga, Yeni Zelanda, 20 Şubat 2024, cilt.1431, ss.559-564, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
Climate change causes many negative effects on horticultural crops and especially on species that need more water, such as kiwifruit, as in all branches of agriculture. Growers are in a difficult situation especially in the face of increasing temperatures, scarce water resources and sudden climatic events. One of the most important protection methods applied today to protect from these negative effects is to cover the orchards/vineyards with different plastic materials. Different plastic covers developed for this purpose have the potential to contribute to the increase in quality as well as protect the kiwifruit plant from the negative effects of the climate. Using the covering systems is gradually increasing in response to the increasing high costs in kiwifruit growers in different countries around the world. Although these practices increase the establishment costs of the orchards, it is also due to the fact that they oblige the growers to use these covering systems in increasingly risky conditions. However, it is possible to reduce these high costs in favor of growers by increasing fruit yield and fruit quality. For this purpose, cultivating the new yellow and red fleshed kiwifruit cultivars using covered systems not only can help to protect from the negative effects of the climate, but also can help to increase their quality. Covered or closed kiwifruit production systems, which are common in the Far East, are increasing in Europe, especially in Italy. Even in the south of Italy, which is very hot in summer, kiwifruit production has become possible with the help of covered system production. Research on the effects of these systems on fruit quality is ongoing and more precise information on this subject will be obtained in the near future. These results show us that it will be possible to grow kiwifruit in marginal areas thanks to the use of covered systems, despite the negative effects of climate change in the coming years.