26 Mar 2025
Foliar analysis in cherry trees optimises nutrition and yield. In Chile, the limit line method defines sufficiency intervals for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other nutrients, improving fruit quality and crop sustainability.
25 Mar 2025
In 2024, Chile set a historical record: cherry exports generated USD 3.57 billion, surpassing the value of Argentine meat exports. Thanks to Chinese demand and strategic trade policies, Chile dominates the global fresh fruit market.
21 Mar 2025
Discover how Professor Juan Pablo Zoffoli's research in Chile is revolutionizing cherry production. Innovative treatments improve size, quality, and shelf life, focusing on the Bing and Lapins varieties. Explore the science behind tastier, market-ready cherries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
04 Mar 2025
For the first time, Rhizobium rhizogenes has been identified as a pathogenic agent of crown gall in Chile. Crown gall is a disease causing tumorous deformations in plant tissues and significant economic losses, particularly in nurseries.
03 Mar 2025
Interview with Antonio Walker, president of the National Agricultural Society, Chile: 'I encourage farmers to diversify, that is always a guarantee. If you only plant one species, the risk is greater."
24 Feb 2025
Although the power supply of the containers was maintained and the cold chain was not interrupted, according to Antonio Walker, president of SNA, who inspected the containers on board, the fruit arrived in very poor condition.
