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R&D manufacturer, BASF, is previewing two new products for the fruit industry, Revysol® and Nemaslug® 2.0, at this year’s Fruit Focus taking place at NIAB EMR, Kent on 13th July 2022. ...
More specifically, trail parapheromones can improve the efficiency of pollination, increase the yield and quality of fruits, control the separation of bees, and increase the yield of the colony. ...
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 security, reduce costs and achieve industry leading yields and financial returns. ...
The all new Kiwi Quality Meter, designed and manufactured by US-based Felix Instruments, promises to be a game-changer for kiwi fruit producers worldwide. ...
Despite picking season this year started already at the beginning of June, fruit growers have still a lot of work. Our latest raspberry harvester also harvests its first crops. ...
On plantations belonging to Mr. Zbigniew, fruits have already been harvested from trees, but nevertheless, the owner invited us to look at their orchards. ...
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 ...
Way to success Sour cherries and other stone fruit producers need high quality machines which above all affect on productivity growth. ...
Thanks to our Italian partner Graziani Packaging, Bioconservacion was present at Macfrut 2017, the International Trade Fair for the Fruit and Vegetable Sector held by CESENA FIERA from 10 to 12 May 2017 at the Rimini Expo Centre in Rimini (Italy). ...
“Calcium is a very important part of the growth process for plants and the proper development of high quality, tasty fruit as it contributes to healthy cell wall growth, insect resistance and helps to regulate many cell processes. Calcium is non-mobile in the plant once it is imported, meaning the plant can’t move it from one part of itself into the ...
Such as non-climacteric fruits, ethylene exposure does not hasten fruit ripening but accelerates fruit senescence. ...
South Africa BioBee South Africa was established in order to assist South African farmers in growing quality fruits, vegetables and flowers that are free of chemical residues. ...
“With more and more consumers favoring healthy fruits, and research continually revealing the benefits of muscadine grapes, these grapes should have excellent market potential, not only in the U.S., but throughout the world.” In addition to consumers, grape breeders could use this information to select which varieties offer the best fruit ...
Another important focus for the research was to screen avocado hybrids for resistance to a disease called laurel wilt, spread by the redbay ambrosia beetle and its fungal symbiont Raffaelea lauricola, which kills avocado trees and threatens the crop nationwide. “We used fruit from a half-sibling population of families that originated from the National Clonal Germplasm ...
The measures financed can consist of different types of promotional campaigns highlighting the advantages of EU products, especially in terms of quality, food safety and hygiene, nutrition, labelling, animal welfare or environmentally-friendly production methods. ...
The authors of a report in the September 2015 issue of HortScience say that to keep up with high consumer demand, organic tomato growers need to identify cultivars that are well-adapted to local conditions, are viable under organic management practices, and have the quality characteristics that consumers want. Purdue University's Lori Hoagland is the corresponding author of the ...
More than ever, they demand high-quality fruits and vegetables that are affordable, sustainably produced and available year-round. ...
When a Valencia orange or Marsh grapefruit is grafted to the rootstock seedling, such things as tree size, fruit quantity and quality are usually improved by the rootstock. ...
"There are several challenges to sandwich systems, such as choosing living mulch mixtures that have minimal competition, avoiding rodent problems, and adjusting vegetation growth without any negative effects on apple yield, fruit quality, and storability." For their research the scientists compared standard mechanical cultivation with four different orchard ...
The authors of a new study say that there has been limited information available about the influence of fertilizer sources of nitrogen that can be injected and fertigated on fruit yield and quality in organic blackberry. Their study revealed two organic fertilizers that the scientists say are "good options" for these crops. ...