News about Rootstocks

Improving quality and yield through nutrient and rootstock management

Tech management

05 Jun 2024

Researchers from Prosser (Washington) are inserting electrical sensors into the soil, burying a root camera and uprooting entire cherry trees to study how and when nutrients move through them in order to apply fertilisers at the right time.

Adara was the best of seven rootstocks on sour cherries in Serbia

Rootstocks

30 May 2024

In Serbia, sour cherries are a traditional fruit type grown on 19,551 ha. A study conducted by the University of Kragujevac in Čačak probed the suitability of seven clonal rootstocks and one seed rootstock (mirabolan) grafted with the sour cherry variety 'Šumadinka'.

On Cherry Times, exclusively, the reports of the Conference on Cherry Innovation in the East of Verona

Events

08 Mar 2024

At the conference in Montecchia di Crosara in the province of Verona (IT), an attentive audience of more than 200 local cherry producers had the opportunity to listen to four presentations that outlined the main challenges affecting the choices of farmers and cherry producers.

Challenges and future of the cherry: from varieties to climate, insights from Chile on today's industry

Tech management

29 Feb 2024

Analysing all the challenges of the cherry industry is ambitious. In this article, Jean Paul Millan addresses the crucial issues of the sector. From sustainability to post-harvest, the need to evolve in a rapidly changing sector emerges.

Resilience key factor for cherry rootstocks

Rootstocks

01 May 2023

A thoughtful choice of rootstock allows cherry trees to grow moderately, with a good dwarfing effect, produce well and adapt to critical conditions without compromising cherry quality.