Last week Euronews' Green Week Debate hosted a panel discussing Europe's ability to ensure food security amidst climate change and increasing global hunger. The panel was led by Damon Embling, senior producer and Euronews journalist, and it featured ...
Bite-sized Info on Cherry Production in Europe
The cherry production in Europe is facing substantial fluctuations in the past several years. Check the infographics below. Graph 1. Total cherry area harvested in EU 27+ countries from 2017. to 2021. Data source: FAO website ...
Is Cracking in Fruits Inevitable? Key Techniques and Aspects of Orchard and Vineyard Management for Successful Fruit Cracking Prevention
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 Newsletter Issue #1
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 ...
Spotlight on: Science Perspective on Digital Agriculture in Fruit Production
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 ...
Earth, Wind and Water: Which Factors Contribute to Fruit Cracking?
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 ...
Behind the Fruit Cracking: Time for a Change
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, ...