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Cherries Glamour from Spain in 3 days kick off Europe’s first harvest

Production

21 Mar 2025

Río Cinca, Spain, kicks off Europe’s first cherry harvest with Cherries Glamour — premium, early-season cherries grown in cutting-edge greenhouses. With unmatched brilliance and taste, they’re set to lead Spain’s gourmet fruit market this year.

Cherry trees and supercooling: a natural defence against frost

Tech management

20 Mar 2025

How do sweet cherry trees survive extreme frost? Scientists study supercooling, a mechanism that keeps the buds alive even at -27°C. Understanding this process is crucial to protect future crops from sudden frosts.

Little Cherry Disease: winning strategies to save cherry trees

Crop protection

20 Mar 2025

Little Cherry Disease threatens cherry orchards, causing small, unsaleable fruit. Learn how to recognise it, remove diseased trees and control vectors to protect the crop and keep production healthy and profitable. Practical strategies and up-to-date advice.

Puglia: grants to boost cherry and table grape yields with modern farming systems

Tech management

20 Mar 2025

Upgrade your cherry and table grape farms with grants covering up to 80% of costs. Install protective systems, improve fruit quality, and boost yields despite weather or pests. Discover available funding programs to modernize and increase farm profitability today.

Have the Chilean cherries reached their maximum limit?

Production

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.

Carbon dioxide and low temperatures to control Drosophila suzukii in post-harvest

Post-harvest​

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.

Over 24,000 tonnes of Chilean cherries destroyed: China rejects cargo

Markets

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.

Application of calcium and seaweed extracts to increase resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses

Tech management

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.

Post-harvest cherry trees with consultants and producers in the Maule region

Events

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.

Studies on clonal rootstocks in Russia

Rootstocks

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.