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The Biocontrol Brief: How to control two-spotted spider mites in strawberry production
The pest usually causes the majority of its damage early in the season, so special field scouting effort needs to be implemented from February to June in California and even into August in some locations (Santa Maria), and December to April in Florida.
March 13 , 2019
Guatemalan mango exports to U.S. get underway in low volume season
The Central American country is also this year expecting to carry out its first-ever exports to the recently opened Chilean market.
March 05 , 2019
Autumn Crisp and Adora Seedless driving Sun World's global growth
In an interview with FreshFruitPortal.com, Sun World Innovations president David Marguleas also spoke about the importance of the upcoming and "long overdue" Global Grape Summit, which he said is a 'must-attend' for anyone engaged in the global grape supply chain.
February 25 , 2019
The Biocontrol Brief: Using conservation control to aid your pests' enemies
Two primary drivers for the need to implement conservation biocontrol are the use of broad range synthetic pesticides and monocropping.
February 20 , 2019
The Biocontrol Brief: Augmentative biocontrol, an efficient pest management solution
In part three of our educational series on biological control and integrated pest management, Thomas Grandperrin of UAV-IQ Precision Agriculture takes a look at augmentative biocontrol.
February 06 , 2019
Octinion's strawberry-picking robot in world's first commercial launch
The Belgium-based company describes the technology as "crucial for the sector" and says it will launch harvesting robots for other crops in the coming years.
February 01 , 2019
The Biocontrol Brief: Discovering the classical biological control approach
In the second of our educational series on biological pest control, Thomas Grandperrin takes a look at the history and practice of classical biocontrol.
January 16 , 2019
Hawaii resumes avocado exports to mainland after 25-year hiatus
Weekly shipments of around 3,000 pounds of green-skinned Sharwil avocado to two Seattle-based wholesale produce companies began in early December.
January 03 , 2019
First bananas grown without soil to be harvested
The initiative, which is part of an association between Wageningen University in the Netherlands and Chiquita, is aimed at preventing the spread of TR4.
December 10 , 2018
Italian apple orchard visit during Interpoma 2018
During the world's leading trade fair dedicated to apples, Fresh Fruit Portal got the chance to visit an orchard in one of the country's main apple-growing regions, South Tyrol.
December 06 , 2018
