La coltivazione protetta nell’Italia centro-meridionale

The technique of growing cherry under protected cultivation, proposed experimentally in the ‘70s and ‘80s, is attracting new interest because of the need to extend the marketing periods and to improve the quality of the product. In the last years, the CRA–Tree Fruit Research Center has developed an intense experimental activity aimed at evaluating the most innovative plastic films suitable for early cultivation in the “cold greenhouse”, the study of photoselective nets for higher efficiency in the management of plants, the protection of plants against biotic and abiotic adversity, and the improvement of fruit quality