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Cornelian cherry is a little-known plant that can be grown in Poland both on a commercial and amateur scale. The commercial cornelian cherry plantations should be established using selected cultivars or vegetatively propagated valuable ecotypes, as only this guarantees a uniform yield, maturation and standardization of fruit quality. The experiment was carried out in 2014 and 2015 in the private plantation...
Background. The World Health Organization considers an unhealthy diet to be related to the risk of cardiovascular diseases development. Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate dietary habits among Wroclaw Medical University students with a view towards the nutritional risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Material and Methods. The study was conducted between the years 2004-2012. The...
The abandonment of agricultural use of drained fen peatlands contributes to intensified moorshing process and, consequently, faster of wetlands areas degradation. Peat mineralization causes the eutrophication of the habitat which, along with changing humidity, enables the presence of so-called non peat-forming plants. Among the seeds and fruit present in the top layer of degraded marshy soils, there...
The study evaluated three biotypes of cherry silverberry (obtained from the Institute for Fruit Growing in Samokhvalovitchy in Belarus) for cultivation under the conditions of north-eastern Poland in comparison to the form reproduced and cultivated at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. It was demonstrated that the natural conditions of Olsztyn permit cultivation of the examined cherry...
Background. Fruit and vegetables have health and nutritional value, but can also be a source of toxic contaminants such as pesticide residues. Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate presence of pesticide residues in fruit and vegetable crops from the central and eastern region of Poland in order to check the compliance of these products with the maximum residue levels’ (MRLs) requirements...
The study examines the recent changes in per capita consumption of apples and exotic fruits focusing on the competition between the two fruit categories. In particular, the per capita consumption of apples declined from about 21 kg in 2004 to about 15 kg in 2012, while the consumption of exotic fruit increased from about 9 kg to kg in 2005 to 12.5 kg in 2012. The examination stresses the inadequacy...
Sooty blotch is a disease of apple and pear caused by a complex of fungi that blemish the fruit surface. Results of molecular studies indicated approximately 30 different fungi species associated with this disease. Apples and pears with symptoms of sooty blotch were collected in summer and early autumn 2006–2010 from trees grown in fungicide non-treated orchards and small gardens located in various...
This paper analyses the competitiveness of fruit and vegetable producers. Research was carried out as an attempt to identify the variables that determine companies’ ability to achieve a competitive advantage. The results of qualitative research are presented in the paper. Interdependence of entrepreneurs’ opinions for both domestic and foreign markets was examined by means of ordinal correlation measures...
The Common Agriculture Policy’s Fruit Scheme and School Milk Program are EU-wide institutional attempts to encourage consumption of selected food products among children by increasing their availability in schools. The number of pupils participating in both schemes in Poland has reached more than 67% and 38% of the appropriate target groups. Pilot studies, carried out in 2010 and 2011, indicate what...
This paper analyses the competitive advantages and strategies of fruit and vegetable producers. The convergence of domestic and international markets and equalization of competitive conditions reduce the competitive potential of Polish fruit and vegetable producers and force them to make qualitative and innovative improvements. Quantitative and qualitative research was undertaken to prove this thesis...
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