18 Jan 2024
Supplies have decreased, explains Evan Myers, CEO of Forever Fresh. Chile has shipped about 3.3 million crates to the US. So far, about 1.8 million crates have arrived and the total projection for this season is about 2.3 million.
18 Jan 2024
n this article, José Quero García, member of the technical-scientific committee of Cherry Times, interviewed Gregorio Lopez-Ortega, breeder at the Chilean company Hortifrut.
17 Jan 2024
Gonzalo Matamala, manager of Giddings Fruit, said that this variety is earlier than Santina and is characterised by a great hardiness. Furthermore, this variety is being developed for the Chinese market in order to cover the early and late part of the season.
17 Jan 2024
The results showed that putrescine-treated buds decreased the overall malondialdehyde content (and thus the level of oxidative stress), while the rate of fruit set increased during most of the growing seasons evaluated.
16 Jan 2024
Aníbal Caminiti confirmed that the strategy is aimed at fruit that arrives later in the markets. He also recalled that the strategies of the Argentinian industry have to coexist with the strong presence of Chilean cherries, not only in China but in all markets.
16 Jan 2024
Pretreatments (such as ultrasound) and edible coatings are used to reduce processing time and/or preserve the quality of food products. Experimental data of drying curves were adapted to various widely used models.
15 Jan 2024
We would like to inform our readers that it is possible to attend a five-lesson course on agronomic management of the cherry orchard in post-harvest. The course is held by Dr Patricio Morales, Chilean agronomist and consultant, one of the world's leading cherry experts.
15 Jan 2024
In 2010, a major development project, Consorcio Tecnológico de la Fruta, was initiated to obtain new cultivars suited to the Chilean climate and export market. 24 of the 30 advanced selections have already been grafted and are being studied.
15 Jan 2024
The year 2024 starts under the best omen for Salvi Vivai. In 2023, the new experimental cherry orchard was planted and the new micropropagation laboratory officially started. The new team is working at full speed to produce plants that are already in order.
Crop protection Tech management Press review
12 Jan 2024
One of the main production problems encountered are errors in plant management in the first years, even before planting, such as poor soil preparation, poor plant quality and lack of chemical soil preparation.
