ISHS Acta Horticulturae 794: II International Symposium on Improving the Performance of Supply Chains in the Transitional Economies
HOMOLOGUE AND AVOCADOS: WHAT WILL GROW ON MY FARM? |
| Authors: | J.H. Cock, P. Jones, T. Oberthür |
| Keywords: | climate, crop adaptation, software |
| Abstract:
In horticulture one of the foremost questions is “What can be grown on a specific site?” Homologue was developed to answer this question. The hypothesis supporting the development of Homologue is that if similar sites to those where a particular crop grows well can be identified, these sites are also likely to be suitable for that crop. The Homologue software package was developed to determine the similarity of sites in terms of climate. A particular feature of Homologue is that it does not require a large number of sites - with just one site it is possible to determine other similar sites on a global basis. Avocado (Persea Americana) was used as a test crop to determine whether Homologue was capable of identifying sites suitable for a crop and also for individual crop cultivars. We conclude that Homologue is capable of identifying not only suitable sites for a crop, but that it may also be used to determine suitable sites for a particular cultivar. | |
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