Activity of antioxidant enzymes and malondialdehyde content in sweet cherry fruits under living mulch conditions
Journal: Zemdirbyste-Agriculture
Year: 2023

Living mulch is the most natural soil cover in the orchard; however, competition with grasses creates stressful conditions for fruit crops.The reaction of plants to stress can be determined by the activity of antioxidant enzymes and the content of lipid peroxidation products in plant tissues.The reaction of trees to coexistence with living mulch (natural grasses that were mowed four times during the growing season) was studied in an organic sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) orchard with chestnut, s