1.18. Phenological development forecasting of cherry trees (Prunus avium L.) in Bulgaria

Author: V. Kazandjiev, P. Sredkova

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The Cherry trees are one of highly widespread orchards in Bulgaria. They grows in the most regions of the country, but the optimum conditions are got in the Kyustendil, Plovdiv, Pazardjik, Sliven, Stara Zagora and Burgas. Investigation of relationship between main stages of development of the cherry and sum of active temperatures (ΣTa>0) collected during these periods are present for eight station – Blagoevgrad, Dupnitsa, Kyustendil, Chirpan, Karnobat Dobrich, Targovishte and Lovech for the period 1992-2006. Finding of empirical relationships for long-range forecasts of the occur different stages from the Cherry orchards development during vegetative season in dependence of temperature conditions.