News about Melissa Venturi

What strategies for modern fruit rot control?

Tech management

07 Aug 2024

They noticed this during the last few seasons in Chile, in which dry and humid years alternated. What was seen was that during dry springs Alternaria dominates, while when springs are wet, Botrytis is the predominant pathogen.

The importance of energy efficiency for sustainable cherry production

Tech management

31 Jul 2024

The investigation by Çukurova University and the Bursa Provincial Directorate of Agriculture (Turkey) was to verify the energy yield of the product, the total cost/profit values and the amount of CO2 emissions of sweet cherry cultivation.

A new cryoprotectant to maintain the quality of frozen sour cherries

Post-harvest​

30 Jul 2024

The study conducted at Aydın Adnan Menderes University (Turkey), sought to analyze the combined effects of three different freezing methods and the use of a type of cryoprotective nanocellulose on the quality characteristics of sour cherries during storage.

Eradicating Agrobacterium starts from the roots

Crop protection

23 Jul 2024

Researchers from the academies of agricultural and forestry sciences in Beijing (China) used the cherry cultivar ‘Haiying 1’, which is extremely resistant to crown gall, and ‘Gisela 6’, a cherry cultivar susceptible to crown gall, for grafting.

A smartphone is now enough to diagnose cherry diseases

Crop protection

23 Jul 2024

Three separate methodologies, namely the YOLOv8s, RtmDET MM Detection and DETR Transformer algorithms, were trained on the generated hybrid dataset and compared with each other. The YOLOv8s algorithm showed the best performance as a result of the training.

Studying cherry tree genes to understand factors regulating fruit growth

Breeding

18 Jul 2024

The study conducted between Yantai and Lhasa (China) identified and examined the ERF group of the sweet cherry in terms of classification, physicochemical properties, structure characteristics, chromosome distribution, gene replication and possible protein interactions.

A study shows how aphids are affected by climate change

Crop protection

17 Jul 2024

A Turkish study predicts that changes in temperature values will influence the expansion of the distribution areas of invasive species, survival during the winter season, an increase in the number of generations and the transmission of plant diseases.

New methods to monitor productivity at harvest

Tech management

10 Jul 2024

The research conducted by Utah State University evaluated two methodologies for monitoring sour cherry yields: one incorporating proximity sensors to detect changes in the harvest tank and the other employing computer vision for fruit counting in real time.

What is the best method for measuring flesh firmness?

Quality

08 Jul 2024

A Greek study on the Regina and Canada Giant cultivars involved the application of varying levels of compression according to fruit size. In addition to flesh firmness, sensory evaluations of firmness and primary metabolites were evaluated.

Plant viruses can be studied with the help of bees

Crop protection

05 Jul 2024

The study conducted by several Canadian research centres used pollen 'sampled' by bees to perform metagenomic monitoring of plant viruses. In detail, viruses extracted from pollen RNA were compared with RNA extracted from leaves and flowers.