Fruit cracking poses as a lasting, recurring cause of yield loss for orchard and vineyard owners. Different studies cite an average between 30-40% of yield losses for various crops, ranging from cherries, table grapes, pomegranates, pears, peaches, e ...
CrackSense has initiated first Work Package 2 gathering throughout 15th and 16th of May 2023 in Potsdam, Germany, where partners involved in WP2 convened in lively discussions and engaging workshops to exchange views on future plans and operational s ...
Pegasus Agrifood Coop and the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA) recently embarked on a visit to experimental fields in Greece, where they engaged with local farmers and collected soil samples for subsequent laboratory analysis. These experiment ...
CrackSense is a 4-year Horizon Europe project aimed at addressing the problem of fruit cracking in citrus, pomegranate, table grapes and sweet cherries by developing and upscaling sensing tools that will provide real-time sensor data through experime ...
EXPERT IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Nenad Magazin, PhD, is a university professor and expert in the field of fruit production and fruit postharvest at the Faculty of Agriculture in Novi Sad, Serbia. His position as a Vice dean for the development and cooperati ...
Fruit cracking affects numerous meaty fruits, such as sweet cherry, plum, apricot, apple, litchi, pomegranate, citrus, banana, avocado, grape, persimmon, peach, tomato, and pistachio. Besides affecting different fruit species, this peel disorder pres ...
Fruit production today is facing numerous challenges worldwide. Among the most concerning and widespread production issues faced by farmers is fruit cracking. Splitting and cracking are physiological phenomena, which occur under specific conditions, ...
CrackSense project receives 7,5 million euros to utilise sensing and data technologies to enhance fruit quality Bringing together 14 partners across 7 European countries, the new EU project CrackSense will address the fruit cracking challenge in Eur ...
