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” Specific targets within the research programme include understanding genetics of improved tolerance to pests and diseases and increased water and nutrient use efficiency in strawberry and raspberry. It will also develop genetic tools and resources for two underutilised soft fruit crops – blackberry and honeyberry – to assess whether there is potential to ...
Western flower thrips (WFT) and several other thrips species, are the nemesis of strawberry growers. No more so than at Bellis Brothers near Wrexham, where thrips wiped out a crop worth £25,000 three years ago. Even when using chemical controls, the business will lose an average of 5-10% of its outdoor-grown strawberry fruit to thrips in any given ...
Here three European growers report back on their experiences using Micromus-System in a variety of protected crops. Belgian strawberries Gert Menten founded his 0.5ha strawberry growing company at Westerlo, in Belgium, in 1988 and has worked with Biobest from the outset. ...
With a variety of flavors such as strawberry, blueberry, banana, watermelon, lemon, and orange, Alfa Chemistry's Fruit Juice Powder allows customers to enjoy the goodness of fruits in a convenient and versatile form. ...
With our innovative – automatic – solution PerfoTec can extend the shelf-life of strawberries with 2 – 8 days (depending on the variety). The extension of shelf-life with raspberries is 2 days and for blue berries the extension is 2 weeks. ...
Nemaslug® 2.0 offers flexibility. For strawberry growers, for example, Nemaslug® 2.0 eliminates the risk of accidentally picking up pellets during harvest, yet enables applications to table tops, around housing and between beds. ...
Our second video featuring Dr Mark Else (NIAB EMR’s Head of Crop Science) looks in detail at how the NIAB EMR research teams use the Delta-T Devices WET-2 and SM150T Sensors to monitor soil moisture, temperature and pore EC (electrical conductivity) within their WET Centre strawberry ...
Through the efficacy comparison of seaweed extract liquid fertilizer in different crops such as oranges, strawberry, mango, rice, it approved the effect of algae extract formulation with NPK, polypeptide amino acid, and yellow rot can play significantly improved effect of fertility. ...
Increasingly impressive results The evolving irrigation technology developed at the WET Centre has shown increasingly impressive results. 2020 saw yield equivalents of up to 72t/ha for class one strawberries (up notably from the previous year). For historical comparison, industry average marketable strawberry yields for the years 2011 – 2013 were 45 t/ha. ...
Following a broader interest in controlled environment farming systems, Beeswax Dyson Farms enabled the Cool Farm Alliance to advance relevant research by funding a preliminary desk study for glasshouse grown strawberries. Dr. Alicia Ledo carried out this study with the goal to Understand the carbon fluxes associated with glasshouse growing of strawberries ...
They help us track the seasons and provide us with iconic symbols of change: strawberries for spring, s’mores for summer, and pumpkins for fall. ...
"While I welcome the work that my friends in the hydroponic industry are doing, hydroponic production does not conform to the soil-building precepts of organic farming," said Jim Cochran, owner of plaintiff Swanton Berry Farm, one of the oldest certified organic strawberry farms in California. "I would be perfectly happy to have my strawberries compete with ...
This is the first symposium specialized in strawberry held on China. The area around the city of Jinan – with 9 million citizens and 100 million in the total of the region – is well-known in the country for agricultural production and more specifically for its strawberry production. ...
“Plant tissue culture has already solved the propagation challenge for hundreds of other crops ranging from strawberries to ferns. By adopting tissue culture these crops significantly reduced pathogen risks and crop failure, while at the same time increasing yield and biochemical expression. ...
Working along with global leading farmers, the Agrobot has successfully developed the first robot for gently harvest strawberries, no matter where and how they are grown. From a flexible mobile platform, up to 24 robotics manipulators work together to pick contact-less just the fruit which meet the farmer’s quality standard. Thanks to this smart and innovative approach, ...
(Nutrient Film Technique) Drip System Ebb & Flow (also known as Flood & Drain) Wick Water Culture (also known as Deep Water Culture) Crops grown using this method include microgreens, leafy greens, tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, herbs and medicinal cannabis. NOTE: The global hydroponics market was valued at USD 6.9b in 2016 and forecasted to grow to 12bn by ...
If you are a fan of strawberries then you have probably experienced opening a recently purchased container only to find that several berries have burst into a plume of velvety gray mold. Unfortunately, your berries have fallen prey to gray mold disease, caused by the fungus Botrytis cinerea. Botrytis infects strawberry blossoms and causes onset fruit rot ...
This day will focus on greenhouse innovations, and the production of tomatoes, strawberries and cucumbers. It will be an opportunity to meet you and to talk about our software Hortinergy and bioclimatic greenhouses. ...
The CTIFL day “greenhouse innovations – tomato, strawberry and cucumber” on 4th of october will provide an overview of the lastest techniques to improve the management and the quality of the production. ...
Beekenkamp has developed a new 18-hole breeding tray for the strawberry breeder. In addition to the success of our existing 18-hole strawberry tray Model 7313 and 7314, we are now introducing a redesigned, narrow version, which is furthermore available in three planting heights. 12% more plant production in the same area This narrow strawberry ...