cherry Articles
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UNITEC technology at the side of the Rivoira Group in its first cherry season
Michelangelo Rivoira, President of the Rivoira Group, has no doubts about his choice. After travelling the world searching for the best solutions for sorting cherries and selecting their quality, he chose UNITEC. And he is very pleased with his decision. The company from Cuneo, which is already a leader in the apple, kiwifruit and stone fruit sector, has invested in an ambitious cherry project, ...
By Eltete
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UNITEC Cherry Vision 3.0, an ally to the Spanish packing houses dealing with a unique cherry campaign
For Frutas Mifra – said its General Manager and Owner Miguel Vicente Juan – Cherry Vision 3.0 technology has been a great ally throughout the cherry harvesting and packing season. A complicated year due to the weather conditions of the season and the exceptional situation of the Coronavirus pandemic. The reference to the unfavorable weather conditions is always present in the ...
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TuffTrak Cherry Picker Platform
Our rental partners often have crews on Lay, wait and recover projects for various clients, which in essence is for a days hire for a set amount of TuffTrak panels to enable special works being carried out in a matter of hours, then the TuffTrak mats are returned the same day. This Lay, Wait and Recover project required heavy duty TuffTrak ST system as a supporting pad for a cherry picker lift in ...
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Cherry Peak Ski Resort - Case Study
The Cherry Peak weather station is mounted on a light pole about mid-slope. The station is fully autonomous and functional on solar power, even though it is completely shaded during the winter. The weather station provides wind conditions for chair lift operation and wet-bulb temperature for snow-making. It can be accessed by resort staff using a simple text ...
By Dyacon, Inc.
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Hardwood tree survival in heavy ground cover on reclaimed land in west Virginia: mowing and ripping effects
Current West Virginia coal mining regulations emphasize reforestation as a preferred postmining land use on surface mined areas. Some mined sites reclaimed to pasture are being converted to forests. In the spring of 2001, we compared the establishment and growth of five hardwood tree species on a reclaimed West Virginaia surface mine with compacted soils and a heavy grass groundcover. We planted ...
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Sour cherries harvester FELIX-Z again presents its capabilities
At the end of July, we had the pleasure to host in Poland and Weremczuk FMR’s company our Hungarian dealer- together with a quite large group of cherries producers from this country. The main purpose of their visit was the opportunity to see the harvester FELIX-Z during work in cherries orchard. Taking advantage of one of ours customer’s kindness, who deals, among other things, ...
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Top 5 Methods to Protecting Cherries from Birds
Not only do humans like to snack on cherries, but birds do, too! Birds love cherries as a food source, even before they are ripe. A mixture of preventative methods should be implemented to keep pesky birds away from your precious cherries. Follow these tips for the best ways to protect your cherry crops or trees from birds: 1. Install Netting One effective way to keep birds away from your ...
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An automated laser bird repellent protects 7 ha of cherry trees in Chile - Case Study
Location: San Carlos, Chillán, Región del Ñuble, Chile Application context: Agriculture, Cherry farm Problem definition: Bird destroying and eating cherries Pest bird species: Sparrows (Passeridae), thrushes (Turdidae) and turtle doves (Columbidae) Time of the year with bird problems: November – January Time of the day with bird problems: All day Number of ...
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AFE is avoiding damage to cherries with laser bird repellent - Case Study
Location: San Carlos, Chillán, Maule Region, Chile Application context: Agriculture, Cherry farm Problem definition: Birds destroying and eating cherries Bird species: Sparrows (passeridae) and thrushes (Turdidae) Time of the year with bird problems: November 15 – January 5 Time of the day with bird problems: All day Number of systems: 1x Agrilaser Autonomic with solar panel ...
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Maja Automatic – Cherry on top
Poland is one of the main sour cherry producer in Europe and on the world. What do you have to do if want to be successful? Experience, knowledge and appropriate atmospheric conditions is the basis. Innovative approach to carrying out intense cherry orchards and the mechanization of the harvest is also important (cherry harvesters). Way to Success Sour cherries and other stone fruit producers ...
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Agricola EU uses Automatic bird deterrent to avoid cherry crop loss - Case Study
Location: Fundo la Mina, Puente Negro, San Fernando Application context: Agriculture, Cherry farm Problem definition: Birds eating the cherries Pest bird species: Doves (Columbidae) and thrushes (Turdidae) Time of the year with bird problems: September – December Time of the day with bird problems: All day Number of systems: 2 x Agrilaser Autonomic 500 with solar panel In use ...
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Coffee cherry husk - a potential feed stock for alcohol production
Coffee cherry husk (CCH) a toxic agro waste was tested for alcohol production by native yeast isolates. Out of five isolated yeasts, two produced acceptable amount of alcohol production from CCH extract. Pichia CJ isolated from rotten carrot and Clavispora CI isolated from coffee effluent produced maximum yield of 9.2 and 8.0%, respectively. Solid substrate fermentation (SSF) using CCH supported ...
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Netting Alternatives for Cherry Trees & Wine Grapes
Scare away unwanted birds Give birds something else to eat Implement liquid bird repellent Your cherry trees and wine grapes are more than just tasty for you and your family, they’re also delicious snacks for hungry birds. Don’t waste your time and money with ineffective nets to protect your fruit. Instead, try these effective alternatives to bird netting. Scare Tactics ...
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Increase greenhouse efficiency with boom lighting
As a leader in greenhouse automation equipment, we are always looking to bring our growers new ideas on how to best utilize our equipment within their greenhouse. With the release of our highly coveted Universal Attachment, we are able to bring you new ideas on how to do more with less. The Universal Attachment is highly effective for attaching fans, insect mats, fans and lights. Boom lighting ...
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An optimal harvest date prediction tool for long–term storage of red currants
Harvesting at the optimal time is critical for a high quality product destined for long–term storage. Still, there are insufficient tools to determine optimal harvest date. In this work, we present a very practical optimal harvest date tool based on a model developed several years ago and tested with several crops such as cherries, peaches, and nectarines. We have developed and validated ...
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Are endophyte-mediated effects on herbivores conditional on soil nutrients?
Neotyphodium endophytes are assumed to have mutualistic relationship with their grass hosts, mainly resulting from mycotoxin production increasing plant resistance to herbivores by the fungus that subsists on the plant. To study importance of often ignored environmental effects on these associations, we performed a greenhouse experiment to examine the significance of endophyte infection and ...
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The Use of Ceramic Membranes in the Fruit-Juice Industry to produce intensely coloured, brilliant and stable juices
1 Introduction The production of high quality juices or juice concentrates from coloured fruits is a complex task with a multiplicity of parameters which have an effect on the final quality. atech innovations gmbh, a German manufacturer of ceramic membranes, and the Swiss engineering company Unipektin AG have developed a filtration process by which intensely coloured juice concentrates with ...
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Plum Harvest With Maja Automatic - With a Visit in the Orchard
September is the time of intensive harvesting in orchards and on plantations. We recently visited our customer while harvesting plums with the MAJA AUTOMATIC LK machine. Fruit grower – Wojtek produces mainly plums, sour cherries and black currants on his farm. He has picked up fruit in his orchard by hand so far. He worked alone with his wife and daughters and hired additional staff. ...
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Vibration of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
During Refrigerated Truck TransportSummary: In transportation tests with fresh fruits and vegetables, refrigerated trailers equipped with steel - spring suspension systems had highest Power Spectral Density levels at about 3.5 Hz. Other frequencies with high PSD levels were 9, 18, and 25. However, in trailers equipped with an air-ride suspension system, the PSD levels were attenuated at 3.5 Hz ...
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Greenhouse based desalination for brackish water management using bittern evaporative cooling technique
The Arab region is characterized by arid and semi-arid conditions with very limited renewable water resources. Most of the surface water comes from transboundary streams and most of the groundwater resources are fossil in nature. Water quality degradation and excessive use of pesticides and herbicides in agriculture pose severe environmental and health risks. The underlying research is a joint ...
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