20 Mar 2025
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19 Mar 2025
Chilean consultant Walter Masman emphasises the importance of innovating in the cherry sector by focusing on technology and quality. Plastic covers and early varieties help to remain competitive by overcoming the oversupply in China with high calibre fruit.
19 Mar 2025
Orchards, vineyards, and, in general, all plants that produce fleshy fruits with thin skin are subject to attacks by the fruit fly Drosophila suzukii (also known in English as spotted wing drosophila, SWD), with a significant negative economic impact.
19 Mar 2025
China starts the destruction of 1,300 containers of damaged Chilean cherries, stranded at sea for more than 20 days. More than 24,000 tonnes of fruit, worth USD 120 million, were rejected: a blow to Chilean exports and the global fruit and vegetable market.
18 Mar 2025
The excessive use of chemical fertilizers in cherry cultivation causes environmental problems, including the release of nutrients and soil degradation. These excessive inputs often exceed the actual needs of the trees, causing nutritional imbalances and inefficiencies.
18 Mar 2025
The technical seminar held in Chile brought together experts and growers to discuss post-harvest management strategies for cherry trees and to learn about innovations in high-tech fertilisers for crop optimisation.
17 Mar 2025
Increasing the number of plants in the field is crucial for boosting economic yield, and for this reason, there is significant interest in propagating early, high-yielding, and disease-resistant varieties.
17 Mar 2025
There is no ideal soil for growing cherry trees, but there are some that are more suitable. Nevertheless, this fruit tree has conquered territories in large parts of Chile. That is why it is increasingly necessary to improve them. There are many strategies.
14 Mar 2025
Luis Devotto, entomologist and researcher at INIA Quilamapu, explained to Mundoagro the main factors that make this insect such a harmful pest.
14 Mar 2025
The decision was motivated by the desire to have more control over product quality and to reduce financial risks. "We will no longer buy fruit as in the past," said Gökyigit.
