What can we learn from adjoining blocks of Bigbucks and Lady in Red on M.9, planted in the same year? By Anna Mouton Dutoit Agri established their first M.9 plantings in the Western Cape with a 10-hectare development at Kromfontein…
WWF wants more people to step up and help support pollinators. By Anna Mouton The deciduous-fruit pollination season lasts only a few weeks, but bees must eat 12 months a year. Finding suitable forage sites is a major headache for…
Sukses in die lente word deur kundige bestuur van byekorwe gedurende die res van die jaar bepaal. Deur Anna Mouton Dis maklik om van bye te vergeet wanneer die kort blomtyd van selfonver-enigbare vrugtebome verby is. Maar die aflewering van…
Hoe pruim- en kernvrugprodusente die bes moontlike bestuiwing in boorde onder nette kan kry. Deur Anna Mouton “Bestuiwing is super-belangrik by pruime,” sê steenvrugprodusent en tegniese raadgewer Petru du Plessis. “As jy goeie bestuiwing in September het, kan jy uitsien…
Maak kennis met ons baasbestuiwer. Deur Anna Mouton Wat is ’n heuningby? Bye is ’n groep van ongeveer 20 000 spesies gevlerkte insekte wat heuningbye, hommelbye, messelbye, houtkapperbye, blaarsnyerbye, groefbye en steeklose bye insluit. Meeste bye is alleenlewend. Heuningbye is sosiaal…
Dutoit Agri beproef twee opleistelsels vir drupbesproeide Lady in Red op M.9 onder nette. Deur Anna Mouton Volgens Willie Kotze, tegniese raadgewer by Dutoit Agri, is Lindeshof in die Koue Bokkeveld nie die maklikste plek om appels te produseer nie…
Pruimedantbome wat soos pruime hanteer word lewer ’n winsgewende uitvoerproduk. Deur Anna Mouton Pruimedante – Europese pruime – is tradisioneel vir droog gekweek en is deesdae skaars in SA in vergelyking met Japanese pruime. “Pruimedante is ’n ou ding, maar…
Our reference resource for growers now includes Barrier, OSM 99-3, and Rootpac-70. By Anna Mouton Hortgro published articles on stone-fruit rootstocks in Fresh Quarterly issue 3 in 2018 and Fresh Quarterly issue 6 in 2019 (see links at the end…
Breeders and researchers can now access published grapevine genetics and omics information through a single integrated platform. By Anna Mouton Omics is a catchword for the different branches of biology that trace how gene expression culminates in protein synthesis and…
How plant hormones and flower size interact to decide the fate of individual berries in a cluster. By Anna Mouton Table-grape consumers prefer bunches where all the berries are the same size. Diminutive berries – known as shot berries –…
Pressure is mounting to find alternatives to chemical crop protectants. How far are we in developing other options? By Anna Mouton The current generation of table-grape growers is accustomed to chemical pest control. But synthetic pesticides only became mainstream after…
There’s a growing global focus on slowing the rate of climate change. By Lisa Matthews and Chantelle Smit (Confronting Climate Change Initiative) We know what is needed. It’s cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to the point where emissions are no…