13 Aug 2026
Effective sweet cherry postharvest management protects the canopy, reduces heat stress and restores tree reserves. Balanced irrigation, selective summer pruning and targeted nutrition prepare trees for dormancy while supporting bloom, fruit set and next season’s crop.
12 Aug 2026
In Chile, effective cherry tree branching can accelerate fruit production and improve yield potential. Hydrogen cyanamide, Promalin, gibberellic acid and targeted bud treatments help stimulate healthy, uniform lateral branches and support efficient orchard development.
10 Aug 2026
In cherry trees, adequate chill accumulation is essential for uniform bud break and flowering. Hydrogen cyanamide and bud-break agents help manage dormancy, advance harvest timing and improve fruit quality, pollination, fruit set and overall orchard performance.
06 Aug 2026
A Tasmanian field trial is examining how rain covers affect orchard microclimate, light and cherry quality, helping growers manage hotter, drier summers, extreme rainfall and fruit cracking while protecting yields, premium production and the fruit’s commercial value now.
06 Aug 2026
A Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences study examines how harvest timing, growing area, greenhouse orientation and plastic films affect sugars, vitamin C, firmness, nutritional value and market quality in sweet cherries grown in northeastern China under cover.
04 Aug 2026
Chile’s cherry industry faces growing production, climate and commercial challenges. Fruit quality, size, agronomic strategies and stronger coordination between growers and exporters will be essential to compete in China and protect the sector’s long-term profitability.
31 Jul 2026
An open-source, low-cost dendrometer system tracks trunk growth, water stress and irrigation needs in apple, sour cherry and peach orchards. Built on Arduino, it supports precise, sustainable water management and makes plant monitoring more accessible at commercial scale.
29 Jul 2026
In the United Kingdom, BeeSAM2 combines artificial intelligence and computer vision to detect bee visits to cherry blossoms with high accuracy, reducing manual analysis while improving research into pollination, fruit set, crop stability and orchard productivity.
21 Jul 2026
In Norway, growing sweet cherries in containers under high-density tunnels delivers strong yields and cultivar-specific quality. The study compares fertigation with slow-release fertilizers on Van, Lapins and Regina, highlighting distinct responses in fruit composition.
20 Jul 2026
A WSU study shows how heatwaves, low temperatures during bloom and environmental stress affect firmness, stems, pitting and postharvest cherry quality in Washington State, with different responses across Rainier, Bing, Skeena and Sweetheart cultivars in hot seasons.
