The tests of effectiveness of Frostbuster under excessive weather conditions in an apricot plantation

dc.contributor.authorLakatos, L.
dc.contributor.authorAncza, E.
dc.contributor.authorSzél, J.
dc.contributor.authorSoltész, M.
dc.contributor.authorSzabó, Z.
dc.contributor.authorNyéki, J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-28T10:01:57Z
dc.date.available2021-06-28T10:01:57Z
dc.date.issued2011-12-04
dc.description.abstractFrostbuster is a new system, engine and technology, developed to protect fruit plantations from the frost damage. In order to raise domestic experiences and measurements, experimental approach has been initiated to prove the utility of the system under excessively low temperature in the plantation of the Siófoki Gyümölcstermesztési Zrt (Fruit Growing Co. Siófok). The first opportunity ensued in the night of February 23-24, 2011, when the temperature sank to 12°C below zero. The question was to see whether we could prevent the drop of temperature by the frostbuster technique. The margin of an anticyclone staying on East Europe secured a stable condition to make tests. The only difference from the imaginable conditions of dangerous frosts was the heat keeping capacity of trees was weak, much inferior than compared with trees in full boom. As a consequence, the tree rows represented much lower heat-capacity and cooled down much quicker than blooming trees in springtime, i.e. their temperature was more variable. The other difference was, compared with an episode in spring that the hard frost lasted much longer than usually in spring. For testing the system, those conditions had even more advantage. Six meteorological stations helped us in measurement. Data-collectors were timed to 1 minute distances and the bulk of data proved to be beneficial for testing the Frostbuster. The results prove that the system is adequate to keep the temperature continuously higher than the surrounding field under excessively low temperatures. Further measurements are still needed to find the optimal solutions fitting to the growing site and its microclimate. Results presented offer a basis of further proofs.en
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dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Horticultural Science, Vol. 17 No. 4-5 (2011) , 87-91.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.31421/IJHS/17/4-5/976
dc.identifier.eissn2676-931X
dc.identifier.issn1585-0404
dc.identifier.issue4-5
dc.identifier.jatitleInt. j. hortic. sci.
dc.identifier.jtitleInternational Journal of Horticultural Science
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/314685en
dc.identifier.volume17
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/IJHS/article/view/976
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerInternational Journal of Horticultural Science
dc.subjectFrostbusteren
dc.subjectprevention of frost damageen
dc.subjectfrost protectionen
dc.titleThe tests of effectiveness of Frostbuster under excessive weather conditions in an apricot plantationen
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