New Zealand Pipfruit and Climate Change

摘要

Water and biosecurity are the two major climate change -related concerns for New Zealand pome-fruit growers, according to grower organisation Pipfruit New Zealand. Average temperatures are expected to rise in the country's main apple-producing regionsby around 2°C in the next 50-100 years.. Rainfall is expected to fall in the North Island, while levels in the South Island may rise slightly. Dr Mike Butcher, Pipfruit New Zealand's technical manager, warns the increase in temperature is likely to see a southward movement of insects and the altered conditions allow for rapid rises in their populations to occur.