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Intellectual property challenges in the export of cherries to China

Markets

05 Jul 2024

Protecting intellectual property is key to maintaining competitiveness and sustainable growth. Registering brands and packaging in key markets such as China not only protects intangible assets, but also enhances product reputation and quality.

FF-IPM project: European programme to approach fruit fly control

Crop protection

05 Jul 2024

The project was initiated to develop prevention and early detection approaches that can be combined with integrated pest management approaches against these new fruit fly species, particularly for out-of-season fruit production.

Plant viruses can be studied with the help of bees

Crop protection

05 Jul 2024

The study conducted by several Canadian research centres used pollen 'sampled' by bees to perform metagenomic monitoring of plant viruses. In detail, viruses extracted from pollen RNA were compared with RNA extracted from leaves and flowers.

Limited harvest, but still a quality product for British Columbia cherries

Production

05 Jul 2024

"The trees have not had a chance to acclimatise to this cold weather," said Sukhpaul Bal, cherry grower and president of the B.C. Cherry Association. "This is where we have seen a huge reduction in volume due to a rapid change in temperature."

How Uzbek cherries play a key role in the Central Asian market

Markets

04 Jul 2024

"The increase in domestic production has caused prices to fall and the cost-effectiveness has further squeezed market share,' says Zhu Jianfeng. 'Consequently, we have adapted our sales strategy to an order-based model".

Adapting biostimulation and biocontrol to improve crop nutrition programmes

Crop protection

04 Jul 2024

'There is such a wide and powerful offer of biological inputs that, in my opinion, there is so much information that one tends to get a bit lost,' says Walter Masman, 'I use them in a complementary way to conventional ones. I am convinced that they generate a positive impact'.

Cherry post-harvest: the efficacy of Plasma-Activated Ice Slurry (PAIS)

Post-harvest​

04 Jul 2024

A study conducted by a Chinese team explores the application of PAIS in sweet cherry preservation. The study aimed testing PAIS alongside ice water mixture to evaluate its effectiveness in reducing the internal temperature of sweet cherries and inhibiting fungal growth.

Shoreline Fruit: innovation and growth of the largest US sour cherry cooperative

Production

04 Jul 2024

International competition, labour shortages and climate change keep growers on their toes. On the bright side, new partnerships and technology, including TikTok, can help offset the challenges growers face.

Control of cherry fruit fly using trunk injection techniques

Crop protection

03 Jul 2024

In an in-depth study conducted by the University of Budapest (Hungary), the effectiveness of trunk injections was evaluated using four different pesticides against Rhagoletis cerasi. Among these, acetamiprid emerged as the most promising candidate.

US season 2024: 355,000 tonnes expected, slight increase over 2023

Production

03 Jul 2024

"The national total number is 355,000 tonnes, technically one could say it is up three-tenths of a percentage point from 2023. But if you exclude Michigan, which was not counted in the total last year, there is a decrease of 5.9 per cent."