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In den vergangenen Jahren machten immer wieder Frostnächte im Mai den Obstbauern in der Fränkischen Schweiz zu schaffen...

Freezing overnight temperatures recently don’t appear to have been severe enough to impact local fruit-growing operations. Megan Stackhouse, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said the official low in Grand Junction was 29 degrees Sunday morning, with Fruita falling perhaps into the low- to mid-20s. But the Palisade fruit-growing region generally saw minimum temperatures in the low- to mid-30s that morning, for the most part staying above freezing. The Palisade region’s proximity to mountains and De Beque Canyon can produce breezes that keep overnight temperatures warme...

Freezing overnight temperatures recently don’t appear to have been severe enough to impact local fruit-growing operations. Megan Stackhouse, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, said the official low in Grand Junction was 29 degrees Sunday morning, with Fruita falling perhaps into the low- to mid-20s. But the Palisade fruit-growing region generally saw minimum temperatures in the low- to mid-30s that morning, for the most part staying above freezing. The Palisade region’s proximity to mountains and De Beque Canyon can produce breezes that keep overnight temperatures warme...

PCR technique helps determine the varietal genuineness of Chile's fruit trees More than 180 million fruit plants are sold each year in Chile and producers in that market need to be certain that the plants they are sold are of the variety they are purchasing. The PCR (polymerase chain reaction) technique's genetic identification individualizing potential has positioned it as a new instrument to analyze the varietal genuineness of fruit trees. “What we have been developing at Rengo's CEAF is similar to human paternity tests, but we apply it to plants. DNA tests can confirm that the plant is r...

Argentina sets the production cost of apples and pears at $ 0.26 per kilo The Fruit Contracting Board determined that the production cost for pears and apples for the 2020/2021 fruit season is $ 0.26 per kilo. In a meeting on Friday, February 5, the Board presented the new production costs and the different variables that were taken into account to determine them. The meeting was attended by the president of the Federation of Fruit Producers of Rio Negro and Neuquen, Sebastian Hernandez; the Secretary of Fruit Growing, Facundo Fernandez; the Undersecretary of Fruit Growing Pablo De Azevedo; t...