Open AccessTehnologija ekološke gnojidbe aronije (Aronia melanocarpa)
Author(s) -
David Gluhić
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
glasnik zaštite bilja
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2584-3265
pISSN - 0350-9664
DOI - 10.31727/gzb.41.5.7
Subject(s) - adaptability , agricultural science , production (economics) , productivity , certification , geography , business , biology , ecology , economics , management , macroeconomics
Over the last decade, in Croatia are growing a lot of new plantations of chokeberry ( Aronia melanocarpa ). While it was a plant species that was mostly planted on the home grounds, today is more intensive cultivation plants and have been growing more than 200 family farms in Croatia now. Although there is no official data on the total area of chokeberry in Croatia, according to the data from the other source, it can be said that the production is about 100 ha total. Due to good adaptability to different agro-ecological conditions, most of the new and intensive plantations in Croatia are certified for ecological/organic production. Namely, due to their nutritional value, high content of polyphenols and strong antioxidant activity, fruits and their products (juice, syrup, tea, jam, etc.) are highly demand products on the market of healthy and ecological foods. Therefore, knowledge of ecological fertilization technology is very important in the production of this fruit