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the same for all tart cherry questions and included: fruit color, fruit firmness, fruit uniformity, sweetness/soluble solids, pit removal, machine harvest ability, productivity, disease resistance, and other traits. The answer options for all sweet

color than surrounding productive areas. The presence of light-colored soils in the areas of low productivity indicates that these soils are devoid of coatings on sand particles, because an absence of coatings is indicated by light gray or white colors

productivity ( Kamemoto et al., 1986 ; Kamemoto and Kuehnle, 1996 ). Productivity is particularly important because it determines the profitability of an anthurium farm and hence is an important selection criterion in anthurium breeding ( Elibox and Umaharan

higher sale price for lettuce, profits during the winter can be lower due to high operational costs. Therefore, productivity during the winter should increase to offset higher operational costs and to maintain profits in hydroponic lettuce production

, 1950 ; Masmoudi-Charfi and Mechlia, 2008 ). Studies have shown that irrigation during summer and autumn in a Mediterranean climate is an effective way to increase olive productivity ( Hijazi et al., 2014 ; Proietti and Antognozzi, 1996 ; Sanz

Irrigated horticulture is essential for human health and welfare. Improved human nutrition can be achieved through improved horticultural productivity and quality, which in turn is often related to irrigation practices. Fresh water for horticulture

influence on employee satisfaction and productivity ( Gifford, 2002 ). Particular levels and characteristics of sound, lighting, temperature, and air quality can contribute to negative appraisals of demands from the environment and in turn stress ( Sundstrom

, 2016 ). However, for PPSLs, there is little information based on a work analysis including the evaluation of labor productivity. The objective of this study was to evaluate labor productivity in terms of material value for a PPSL, which is defined in

) used for grading citrus in the trial conditions (New Caledonia) and European Union marketing standards. Financial analyses. The aim of this trial is to increase productivity, and thus profitability, for New Caledonia's citrus growers by using a new

addition, to evaluate carryover effects of amendments in the year after application, weed, crop productivity, and berry quality parameters were also measured in Trial 1 in 2006 (referred to as Trial 1 R ). Soil and amendment characterization. Before