News about Chile

Teno Pack leads the first processing line in 2023, but much attention to the fruit fly

Markets Press review

11 Jan 2024

The operation by Teno Group, which started on 23 October, processed and packed around 300 tonnes of fruit during the month and a half that the operation lasted. However, the presence of fruit flies prevented aerial shipments of cherries to China in November.

Field meeting: ANA Chile presents the Sweet series in the Maule region

Events Press review

28 Dec 2023

On 20 December in the area of Río Claro, in the region of Maule, a trial of the new varieties Sweet Saretta® and Sweet Stephany® was visited with fruits close to harvest, which showed a size of around 30 mm and soluble solids around 20°brix.

With CHERRY Vision 3 and many other UNITEC’s innovations, the export campaign to the Far East is ensured

Press review

22 Dec 2023

This campaign was characterized by the introduction of important innovations in integrated solutions that UNITEC makes available to the Chilean cherry industry. First of all, with the development of robotized solutions in the supply chain to increasingly automate the process.

Double fruits and deep sutures: climate change puts cherry quality at risk

Crop protection

21 Dec 2023

The work of Chilean researchers at the University of Concepcion is aimed at studying the environmental and physiological variables that regulate the induction of double fruit and deep sutures in the cherry tree in order to propose new solutions to control this physiopathy.

Global cherry trade keeps expanding reaching 750,000 tons in 2023

Markets

19 Dec 2023

Chile is by far the largest cherry exporter globally, exporting 414,000 tonnes of cherries from November 2022 to February 2023. By region, Europe is the largest producer of cherries and accounts for 32% of global production.

Cherry Expo, climate change and varietal progress at the heart of the seventh edition

Events Press review

15 Dec 2023

Lorena Pinto, Product Manager of A.N.A. Chile Cherries, emphasised that the collaboration with the University is a scenario to present a wide range of fruit varieties that are now experiencing an unusual season due to climatic problems.

Diversification and calendar expansion are driving global business development

Markets

15 Dec 2023

Rabobank senior analyst Gonzalo Salinas monitors global trends in the cherry trade as the Southern Hemisphere prepares for the 2023/24 season. At the end of 2023, there are mixed trends in the entire cherry sector.

Bacterial cancer: plant defence response mechanisms discovered thanks to a study on the cherry transcriptome

Crop protection Press review

14 Dec 2023

The Santina variety, less susceptible to Pss infection, activates its response more quickly, differentially expressing 70% more genes than Bing (831 DEG). The plants of the Bing variety gradually strengthened their response, reaching, at 7 dpi, a more robust response (1471 DEG).

Centro Fruticultura Sur leads collaboration on a rootstock genetic improvement program

Rootstocks

13 Dec 2023

As part of this project, 3 demonstration plots were created between 2021 and 2022 at the Universities of Concepción, La Frontera and Austral de Chile, with 10 cherry rootstock selections, plus 2 commercial controls: Gisela 12 and Colt.

Sweet Aryana conquers Chile: 350 ha of plants sold in 2023

Press review Varieties

07 Dec 2023

ANA Chile had sold about 700,000 cherry plants, more than half of which were Sweet Aryana, which would be equivalent to about 350 hectares, considering about 1,200 plants per hectare. The Pacific Red variety follows: ANA Chile sold 131,000 plants of this variety in 2023.