News about Iran

Azerbaijan's cherry exports down 35% in first seven months of 2025

Markets

16 Oct 2025

From January to July 2025, Azerbaijan exported 16,740 tonnes of cherries, down 35% compared to the same period in 2024. Russia remains the top buyer, while imports surge with volumes from Iran, Russia, China, and the USA, marking a shift in trade dynamics for the sector.

A computer vision system to assess the quality of cherries

Post-harvest​

19 Dec 2024

Research by the Department of Food Science and Engineering at Zanjan University (Iran) used RGB images to study alterations in surface defects, estimate physical and chemical properties and classify the quality of sweet cherries.

Early detection of graft incompatibility in sweet cherry

Rootstocks

14 Aug 2024

A recent study conducted by Iranian researchers evaluated the predictions of graft compatibility or incompatibility in sweet cherry trees by internode association and callus fusion techniques. The aim was to identify reliable markers for incompatibility early detection.