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Biocontrol of bacterial cancer of the cherry tree: perspectives from Chile

Crop protection

18 Jun 2024

Bacterial canker shows a wide variability, influenced by agro-climatic conditions and crop management practices. This variability is observed both in terms of incidence (1% to 30% or more) and symptom intensity in different locations and cultivars.

Ensuring authenticity: tracing the geographical origin of sweet cherry in China

Specialties

18 Jun 2024

A study attempted to trace the geographical origin of cherries. 153 cherry samples were collected from five provinces, together with corresponding soil and irrigation water samples. The analysis revealed distinct regional isotopic and elemental profiles.

Hungary: early harvest and good quantities with estimates around 12,000 tonnes

Production

18 Jun 2024

"The season is going well," says Peter Kelemen of the Medifruct cooperative, "we are at the beginning of the late harvest and there are still seven to ten days to go until the end of the harvest here in Hungary. The harvest has been much more abundant than in previous years'.

Pergola: a new cherry tree cultivation system

Tech management

18 Jun 2024

For the first time in Greece, the new cherry tree shaping system in Pergola is presented. The structure involves moving the production area to a height of approximately 1.80 m, with a suitable support structure similar to that used for kiwis.

Cherry market: a global analysis of harvest trends

Markets

17 Jun 2024

The cherry harvest in the northern hemisphere got off to a promising start, being 10-15 days earlier than in previous years in some European countries. This early start also led to an early end of the season for some varieties.

New methods to calculate cherry trees evapotranspiration in South Africa

Specialties

17 Jun 2024

In situ measurements were conducted in a sweet cherry orchard at the IONIA Sweet Cherry Farm, Ficksburg, South Africa. The study estimated evapotranspiration by combining a simple surface energy balance model with remote sensing data.

The cherry tree between physiology and management: Mundoagro's course on cherry growing development continues

Events

17 Jun 2024

With more than 500 students and led by Professor Walter Masman, the first lecture explained how new cultivation areas have opened up and how factors such as climate influence this development and even allow other locations to be explored for cultivation.

CITH, new bi-coloured cherry varieties from India

Varieties

17 Jun 2024

ICAR - Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture Kashmir (India) has identified and collected variability from the century-old varieties Biggareau Napoleon, Bigarreau Noir Grossa, Guigne Noir Hative. Currently, the institute has a germplasm bank with 30 genotypes of cherries.

Diagnostic and historical surveys of sweet cherry virus and virus-like diseases in Oregon

Crop protection

14 Jun 2024

Statewide surveys were conducted in Oregon sweet cherry orchards for virus and virus-like diversity and distribution. A subsequent survey was conducted in the Mid-Columbia production region for the presence of little cherry symptoms associated with little cherry and X-Diseases.

USDA allocates $300 million to improve global demand for US agriculture

Markets

14 Jun 2024

"This funding will go to over 60 partner organisations that will help create demand for US agricultural and food exports in high-potential markets around the world," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.