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Organic Blackcurrant Production: Fertility Amendments and Weed Control
[PDF - 165 kB]
OACC. 2010
Organic Black Currant Production Manual
[PDF - 1.4 MB]
Anne’s PEI Farm and the PEI Horticulture Association
Scientific Results
Cover crops in black currant (
Ribes nigrum
)
Acta Horticulturae (2002) 585: 633-638
Effects of mulching and cover cropping on soil microbial parameters in the organic growing of black currant
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (1997) 28: 913-925
Evaluation of mulching in organically grown black currant in terms of its effect on the crop and the environment
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae. Agraria (1997)
Yield and fruit quality of organically cultivated blackcurrant cultivars
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant Soil Science (2009) 59: 63-69
For more information about Organic Science Cluster research on organic black currant production, please see the following Research Activities:
Activity F.1: Organic Management of Black Currant During Early Establishment and Production for an Export Market
