News about Artificial intelligence

The cherry is the second most photographed fruit in the world

Post-harvest​

03 Nov 2026

From packing houses in Yakima, Washington, to Asian markets, machine vision analyzes and sorts cherries, reduces waste, and enables refrigerated sea shipping. Here’s how the technology is changing quality standards, prices, and global demand around Chinese Lunar New Year.

Digital phenotyping in cherry orchards: mapping the phenotype-fruit load relationship from a single smartphone image

Tech management

02 Nov 2026

Phenoria uses a single smartphone image and AI to assess cherry tree canopies and fruit load. Comparing trees averaging 755 versus 137 fruits, the study shows how digital phenotyping reveals within-orchard variability and helps identify areas for further investigation.

Measuring rather than estimating: what artificial intelligence can and cannot do in the cherry sector

Tech management

11 Sep 2026

Artificial intelligence is transforming fruit growing in Chile: computer vision, machine learning and data help measure quality, yields and waste, reduce errors and improve decisions from the orchard to packing lines and export markets, including cherries and other fruit crops.

Estimating flower density in cherry orchards using AI and smartphones

Tech management

31 Aug 2026

In Chile, artificial intelligence applied to smartphone photos can estimate cherry floral load. The method adapts the analysis to open or dense canopies and maps variability within the orchard, helping growers identify distinct management zones before the season begins.

Artificial intelligence is already being used in Chilean cherry orchards

Tech management

25 Aug 2026

In Chile, artificial intelligence, drones and multispectral imaging are transforming cherry farming. New technologies improve yields, treatment precision, water efficiency and crop management, while accelerating the development of increasingly automated and data-driven orchards.

Cherries: with Unitec, artificial intelligence reaches the heart of quality.

Post-harvest​

01 Jul 2026

UNITEC CHERRY VISION and UNIQ CHERRY technologies support packing houses in Spain, from Aragon to Extremadura, in sorting cherries by quality, sugar level and defects, improving efficiency, profitability and commercial value across a demanding fresh fruit market today.

Cherry crop load management: the AI leaf-to-fruit method

Tech management

19 Feb 2026

A Michigan State University researcher promotes imaging sensors and AI to measure the leaf-to-fruit ratio in sweet cherries. From Washington State orchards to planar canopies, the approach helps optimize crop load, fruit size and quality using objective data-driven management.

Ground-penetrating radar and artificial intelligence: a new frontier for studying plant root architecture

Retail

18 Dec 2025

Researchers from Michigan State University use high-frequency GPR, neural networks, and drones to analyze sour cherry tree roots non-invasively. The method enables accurate biomass estimates and helps optimize irrigation and nutrient strategies in orchards.

Cherry fruit drop: how artificial intelligence helps improve harvest estimates

Tech management

20 Nov 2025

Environmental stress and energy competition trigger cherry fruit drop. With AI-powered counting systems, producers can accurately estimate yields, optimize harvesting logistics, reduce waste, and strengthen their commercial negotiations in a global market.

Robots and AI bring smarter pruning to apple, cherry and blueberry orchards

Tech management

28 Oct 2025

Artificial intelligence and robotics are reshaping pruning in orchards. Apples, cherries and blueberries are at the core of smart systems enhancing efficiency, precision and sustainability through sensors, AI algorithms, data analysis, and hyper-realistic digital tree models.