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Chile exports: first 80 boxes land in China

Markets

16 Oct 2024

Riverking stated to Asiafruit that 80 boxes of Río King cherries landed at Shanghai Pudong Airport on October 12 and were transferred to the Shanghai Huizhan market on October 14. The delivery included a range of extra-large and jumbo cherries of the Cheery Crunch variety.

Argentina: great opportunity in the Chinese window, but the competition is with Chile

Markets

16 Oct 2024

In these key early weeks an offer ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 tons is expected. Although a small percentage (3%) of Chile's total volume, it is important in terms of potential competition from other countries looking to take advantage of this commercial window with high prices.

Detecting pesticide residues by electronic nose

Quality

16 Oct 2024

The purpose of the study conducted at Hitit University, Turkey, was to determine whether treated and untreated cherries could be distinguished from one another based on their odour clues, also investigating whether it was possible to recognize the excessive presence of pesticide.

Cherries and climate: how new varieties are helping Australian farmers

Varieties

16 Oct 2024

Developed by the international breeding company Bloom Fresh, the low-temperature varieties have been planted with the hope of increasing supply to meet the appetite of Australians and exports for these festive fruits.

Australian season kicks off, the shadow of some overnight frost does not sweep away the good omens

Production

15 Oct 2024

Cherry Growers Australia, an association that gathers Australian producers from all six cherry-growing areas of the country, organized a webinar to discuss the season, as Queensland, New South Wales, and Australia in October, and soon after, Victoria, prepare to harvest.

Autumn leaf fall of cherry trees

Tech management

15 Oct 2024

In studies of investigating the mechanism by which leaf development affects the onset of leaf senescence, reverse genetic approaches offer the mechanistic understanding of genes and proteins that link leaf development to senescence.

Cherry trees and fruit set: Mundoagro Capacita's course on maximising production

Quality

15 Oct 2024

The course instructor, Christian Gallegos, a consultant specializing in blueberries and cherries, founder of Berrycherry and technical director of CropSolutions, addressed the topic of using hormonal regulators to improve fruit set and size.

Global Cherry Summit expands and grows towards 2025

Events

14 Oct 2024

The sixth Global Cherry Summit will be held on April 22, 2025, at the Monticello Conference Center in San Francisco de Mostazal, Chile. The 2025 event marks a milestone in the history of the meeting with an expanded format and demand for participation growing.

Regulating fruit load to improve sweet cherry quality under plastic covers

Tech management

14 Oct 2024

A Chilean study examined four levels of fruit load over two consecutive seasons. The results showed that reducing the fruit load, especially in the 60% and 40% treatments, significantly improved cherries weight, size, and firmness. However, the yield was unaffected.

Chile: Ñuble farmers and INIA collaborate to improve post-harvest conditions

Post-harvest​

14 Oct 2024

The Ñuble Farmers' Association turned to the regional government to ask researchers from the INIA to work on identifying conditions that ensure the quality of the fruit, giving rise to the project “Optimization of cherry harvest management.”