Varietal change dominates adoption of technology in Spanish citrus production
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Miguel Gómez, María Dolores de; Caballero Villar, Pedro; Fernández Zamudio, María de los ÁngelesKnowledge Area
Economía, Sociología y Política Agraria; Producción VegetalSponsors
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Universidad Politécnica de CartagenaPublication date
2019-10-11Publisher
MDPIBibliographic Citation
de-Miguel MD, Caballero P, Fernández-Zamudio MA. Varietal Change Dominates Adoption of Technology in Spanish Citrus Production. Agronomy. 2019; 9(10):631. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9100631Peer review
SiKeywords
Varietal groupsHistorical evolution
Commercial condition
Varietal obsolescence
Categories of adopters
Varietal clubs
Abstract
After describing the technology adopted and its influence on production and yield, the importance of varietal change, which is essential to meet demand, is underscored. The choice of a variety by growers depends on the expected price it will fetch along with the commercial and crop characteristics and the quality. Survival of a variety in the marketplace depends on the performance as expected and on the existence of other more competitive varieties. First, in Spanish citrus farming, the navel group predominate, with 41.10% of orange production, in which the main varieties are "Navelina" and "Lanelate." The group of late white oranges is also important. The mandarin orange group includes clementines and mandarin hybrids; lemons also feature prominently. In sweet oranges, the navel group and late white group has often been renewed with varieties from the same group. In very early clementines varieties, the survival of which is usually short, the supply of new varieties is excessive. Because ...
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