FOREWORD TO THE SPECIAL MINIREVIEWS JPP ISSUE ON ‘BACTERIAL DISEASES OF STONE FRUITS AND NUTS’

doi: 10.4454/jpp.v92i1sup.2500
Abstract:
Stone fruits (cherry, plum, prune, peach, nectarine, apricot), with a surface given over of some 1,289,500 ha and a production of 9,359,000 Mt (of which 500,000 Mt of cherries and 522,00 Mt of peaches and nectarines produced in Turkey in 2009) and nuts (walnut, hazelnut, almond, pecan, pistachio) with some 840,000 ha planted in EU-27 and 303,000 Mt produced, plus 574,000 Mt produced in Turkey in 2009/2010 (http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eu rostat/home/) are of great economic importance for the agricultural sector across Europe and the Mediterranean basin.
Vol. 92, N° 1sup (2010)
Indietro