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Caused by the fungal pathogen Erysiphe necator, powdery mildew is one of the most pervasive and damaging diseases in viticulture, affecting both the yield and the market quality of grapes. Once established, powdery mildew spreads rapidly, producing a characteristic white, powdery coating across leaves, shoots, and fruit. Beyond its visual symptoms, the disease ...
Fruit picking, a labor-intensive and time-sensitive task, presents unique challenges that have troubled farms and agribusinesses for a long time. However, the emergence of smart harvest scheduling promises to transform this age-old practice. By using advanced technologies, smart harvest scheduling offers a more efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable approach to fruit ...
Pest and disease control is a constant battle to protect trees and ensure high-quality fruit. Weather fluctuations, including extreme temperatures and storms, can harm tree health and productivity. ...
Approximately 75% of the world’s crops depend, to some degree, on pollinators to provide high yields of good quality fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and oils. In history, farms had no concerns about pollination thanks to high populations of pollinating insects such as bees in natural abundance. However, due to the increased population demanding more crops, ...
How do you achieve the highest yields with your lighting system? As we know, increasing light intensity up to a certain species-specific point, results in a corresponding increase in yield. And when light levels are not optimized for production, or the type of crop you are growing, you are going to have slower flowering, poor root development and plant structure, as well as reduced yields. There ...
2020 was a record year for strawberry yields at the Water Efficient Technology Centre (WET Centre), based at NIAB EMR in Kent, UK. The WET Centre is an extensive research and demonstration facility that features a portfolio of innovative growing techniques and smart irrigation systems for the soft fruit sector. It showcases the latest solutions to improve water use efficiency and local water ...
Poland is one of the leading European producers of berries. For over 40 years, the cultivation of currants, gooseberries, chokeberries, and raspberries has become the main source of income for many fruit growers in Poland. Soft fruit plantations became more popular. The manual harvest was laborious. It caused that growers had started to think about mechanical ...
PREAMBLE: Melons are members of the cucurbit family, which includes pumpkins, zucchini, cucumbers and squash, all of which have similar growth requirements. Melon quality is directly related to the sugar content of the fruit. High sugar content is achieved by avoiding all stress during the growing season. ...
Details: Kyminasi Plant Booster (KPB) technology was installed on a field of cherry trees in ...
Details: Kyminasi Plant Booster (KPB) technology was installed on 4 acres of their blueberries in December 2019 and harvested in August 2020. Post-harvest quality measurements were completed after 30 days of storage at ...
The need for efficiency is also growing with the increased frequency of extreme weather events (e.g. extreme heat, fluctuating rainfall, bushfires and droughts), which effect vine growth and fruit development. Dynamic irrigation scheduling (based on crop need, soil moisture and weather) optimises irrigation application to ensure fruit quality, ...
Adequate soil moisture is critical for ensuring fruit quality. Water stress and over-vigorous growing conditions can result in inferior fruit quality and reduce profitability. ...
Sprays keep your vines disease-free, which helps you always produce top-quality fruit. By producing the very best grapes with every harvest, you'll maximise your earnings each time. Both amateur and veteran viticulturists still suffer from inefficient spraying practices, which is not only a waste of resources, but can damage the quality of ...
Sebastian Braum, Ph.D., is WaterBit’s director of soil science and agronomy. He is writing a series of posts for our blog that delve into irrigation-related topics. In the piece below, he discusses deficit irrigation in wine grapes. Dr. Braum holds a doctorate in soil chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and he studied soil science, plant nutrition, agronomy and viticulture at ...
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The issue of the profitability of producing industrial apples has been widely talked over among fruit growers for several years. The matter of price, fruit quality, harvesting method and sales options are discussed. ...
Poland is one of the biggest world producers of raspberries. The increase of raspberries planting, in recent years, especially variety grown without supports, has resulted increased concern the subject of crop mechanization. The WEREMCZUK company take care of fruit growers needs and try to meet their expectations. For many months, we were working really intensive on the new face of harvester, ...
Way to Success Sour cherries and other stone fruit producers need high quality machines which above all affect on productivity growth. ...
The latest proposition in the WEREMCZUK Agromachines offer among fruit harvesters, which responding to needs of customers looking for machines adapted to work on all plantations in the country and abroad, guaranteeing efficient raspberry and blueberry harvesting and excellent fruit quality. Designed based on many years of experience in designing ...
They want to direct the vines to put most of their vigor into reproductive growth–producing quality fruit for winemaking. Traditionally, growers have balanced vegetative and reproductive growth and limited the size of the canopy through pruning and removal of fruit clusters. ...
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Foliar sprays of Inca®, the leading calcium mobility product, have been shown to improve both yield and shelf life of soft fruit. Biostimulants also have a role to play in maximising fruit yield and quality. ...