Due to the studies published in Postharvest Biology and Technology and the Journal of Food Quality by researchers, the use of spectroscopy in agriculture is gaining wider popularity. For the ...

Watch the faces of the shoppers as they paw through the bins of apples at the See Canyon or Windrose Farm stands at the Santa Monica Farmers Market. The spicy, tart perfume rises up as happy hands ...

Watch the faces of the shoppers as they paw through the bins of apples at the See Canyon or Windrose Farm stands at the Santa Monica Farmers Market. The spicy, tart perfume rises up as happy hands ...

High-frequency wireless tech will help suppliers sort fruit based on fine-grained ripeness measurements — enabling distributors and retailers to save good fruit and veg from being thrown out with the ...

When it comes to fresh fruit, looks can be deceiving. The prettiest apples may be tasteless or their texture mealy. Intact, ruby-hued skin may hide a large, mushy bruise. As a result, each purchase ...

Machine vision and robotic precision have combined in a new way to further fruit fly research. Scientists at Stanford's Bio-X program have developed a robot that can catch and sort the tiny creatures ...

This table provides information about the culture area of fruit orchards in the Netherlands. The data are broken down by: apples, pears, stone fruit trees (plum trees, sweet cherries, sour cherries), ...

Dried fruit producers Tony and Sandy Loffler are processing stone fruit the same way growers did decades ago. Their property in Pyap, around 250 kilometres north-east of Adelaide, will turn out tonnes ...

It happens every year: apples fall to the ground, squash overripens, and backyard trees shed more fruit than families can use ...

Now is a good time to begin planting fruit trees. Many lawn and garden centers, feed stores and nurseries offer a selection of fruit trees this time of year. It may take some studying on what ...

Tara Eberlin-Pohlman and Dominick Harris plant a plum tree at a home in Northeast Portland where the tree equity score is 83. More affluent neighborhoods have tree equity scores of 100, while lower ...