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2017

Sammendrag

Rapporten gir en beskrivelse av skjøtselstiltak på Skarvøya i Alstahaug kommune som brukes til beite med norsk hvitsau. Vurdering av tiltak baserer seg på kartlegging av nasjonal verdifull kystlynghei i 2013 og befaringen i 2017. I skjøtselsplanen blir tiltak som beiting og sviing anbefalt for å ta vare på naturverdiene. Skjøtselsplanen tar hensyn til nåværende drift og skisserer muligheter framover.

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Skjøtselsplanen gir en beskrivelse av naturtypeverdier og skjøtselstiltak for tre slåttemarkslokaliteter på Grønfjellet i Rana kommune. Skjøtselsplanen baserer seg på vegetasjonskartlegging og intervju med grunneieren sommeren 2017. Tilstand av slåttemarkene og potensiale for restaurering og skjøtsel blir vurdert og muligheter for framtidig skjøtsel drøftet sammen med grunneieren. Målet er å ta opp skjøtselen på deler av innmarksarealet på Grønfjellet.

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Rapporten er en revidering av skjøtselsplanen fra 2010 og gir en beskrivelse av skjøtselstiltak på to slåttemarkslokaliteter på Holmstrand i Hemnes kommune. Anbefaling av tiltak baserer seg på befaring av Holmstrand og intervju med grunneieren sommeren 2017 hvor tilstand av slåttemarkene og gjennomført restaurering og skjøtsel blir vurdert og muligheter framover diskutert.

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Intensive sweet cherry production in tunnel covered orchard systems offer an advantage of reducing rain-induced fruit cracking. In May 2005 four Haygrove multibay tunnel systems were installed on a gentle slope at the experimental farm at Bioforsk Ullensvang, western Norway. In these tunnels, feathered 1-year-old sweet cherry ‘Sweetheart’/Colt trees were planted with two rows at a spacing of 2×4 m in each tunnel. Each tunnel was split into two halves and covered from the end of April to beginning of September with one of two different plastic covers, having different light spectral transmittance; Luminance THB film (absorbing infrared light) and traditional Visqueen clear UV polythene film. Climatic parameters were monitored inside and outside the tunnels from the beginning of May to the beginning of September each year and yield data and fruit quality parameters were recorded. In 2009, from May 7 to September 16 the average temperature measured outside the tunnels was 14.3°C. Temperatures exceed 25°C only on two days. Temperatures inside the tunnels were 0.3°C higher on average during the entire season but exceeded 30°C on the same two hot days. Temperatures under the Luminance film were slightly lower compared to the clear film and especially reduced the temperature build up on sunny days. The harvest period was the second half of August. Average yield tree-1 was 8.8 kg (11 t ha-1) in the fourth leaf and 18.8 kg (23.5 t ha-1) fifth leaf. There were no yield differences between the two different films. Fruit size measurements found that 80% of the fruits were larger than 30 mm in diameter in the fourth leaf and 51% in the fifth leaf. Total soluble solid content was generally high (17-18%) and no significant differences were found between the different films.

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Phenological observations are considered to be sensitive tools for identifying plant responses to climatic changes. Over the last 10 years, the onset of the phenophases of sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) during spring tended to be earlier than the previous two decades in Ullensvang, western Norway. The effects of air temperature during the winter and spring months were evaluated during two quinquennia (5-year periods), 1996-2000 (Q1) and 2003-2007 (Q2) selected due to similar mean winter and early summer temperatures, but markedly different spring temperatures. Average January-February temperatures were similar (3.3°C) in both of these two 5-year periods. However, average March and April temperatures were slightly warmer (4.0 vs. 3.2°C) and (7.3 vs. 6.9°C), respectively, in Q2 vs. Q1. These increases resulted in significantly earlier flower development. Average temperatures during the first half of May were similar for both quinquennia (10.2 vs. 10.1°C). The start of flowering (first bloom) of early maturing ‘Burlat’ and mid-season ‘Van’ were significantly different. Timing of flowering phenophases were statistically different between Q1 and Q2 for both cultivars. Mean data for ‘Burlat’ and ‘Van’ first bloom were 8 days earlier during Q2, May 2 for ‘Burlat’ and May 1 for ‘Van’. Full bloom occurred 3 days after first bloom and flowering ended 14 days after first bloom. First bloom during Q2 required 221 Baskerville-Emin Growing degree days (GDD) using a base temperature of 2°C. For the same time period in Q1, only 197 GDD were accumulated, which supports the observed temperature differences. Furthermore, we propose a flowering model for full bloom of both ‘Burlat’ and ‘Van’ in Ullensvang, which requires 254 Baskerville-Emin GDD using a base of 2°C starting on March 1.