February / March 2022

How are growers in Washington State using protective nets to improve fruit quality?

Wat is die oorsake van sonbrand en hoe kan dit vermy word?

A research project investigated the interaction between postharvest practices and the expression of internal heat damage in Laetitia plums.

Consumers want uniformly dark green Granny Smith apples without blemishes. What light environment in the canopy will produce this result?

Researchers investigate the impact of different irrigation strategies on water stress and sunburn in Cripps Pink apples.

A small-scale pear-breeding programme initiated around 1950 at the then Fruit and Fruit Technology Research Institute and which continues at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC).

In SA, the commercial cultivation of pomegranates is still in its infancy, and best practices are still being developed. While learning about what works, researchers are also eliminating what doesn’t.

The use of agricultural technologies to improve yield, efficiency, and profitability came under the spotlight during a virtual information day…

Why do export grapes that have been carefully packed still arrive with problems at their destination?

Healthy soil remains key to sustainable grape farming. “It is the foundation for everything”.

Biotechnology innovations are helping South African fruit producers remain globally competitive by providing them with quality plant material.

By Hannes Bester, MC Pretorius, Wayne Mommsen and Catherine Savage, André Combrink, Coenraad Fraenkel, Jan Landman and Natasha Jackson (Citrus…

There is a zero tolerance of fruit fly pests in commercial fruit exported from SA.

The Australian Bug or Cottony cushion scale is native to Australia and was first discovered in SA in 1892. It has since infiltrated all citrus growing regions of Southern Africa.