Articles - Fruits

Cultivate Videos

Test Drive with Hortifruti Tractors

We monitor the U60 Cabinado, R65 Cabinado and R50 Plataformado tractors working in the production of vegetables and fruits, activities that require well-designed tractors, which can perform maneuvers in reduced spaces and have

07.07.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Driving

Root pruning care for strawberry plants

Pruning the roots of the strawberry plant must include different measures such as fungicidal treatment to prevent fungi

17.06.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Apple

Apple scab control

With a serious picture of resistance problems, management needs attention to ensure the sustainability of control tools

19.05.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Seeding

Scion/rootstock combination in peach

When producing stone fruits, attention must be paid to the graft/rootstock combination and the effects of soil and climate present in each growing region.

13.05.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Harvest

Mechanized grape harvesting

New technologies incorporated into projects aimed at agricultural mechanization allow the mechanical harvesting of grapes

20.04.2020 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Passion fruit

Natural pollination to reduce passion fruit costs

The main pollinator of the fruit are Xylocopa bees; the fruit formation rate can reach 65% after two visits to the flower

17.12.2019 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Cultivate Videos

Discover Valtra’s A3F fruit tractors

Valtra's new series of fruit tractors, A3F, hits the market with four models from 69hp to 99hp, offering several transmission options, including the possibility of reversers, and an original factory cabin.

08.08.2019 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

Lethal guest: feeding and oviposition preference of D. citri

Greening is currently the most serious problem faced by Brazilian citrus farming and controlling the citrus psyllid, the insect vector of the disease, is one of the main challenges for producers.

06.04.2018 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Influence of bacteria resistance to cold on the resurgence of strawberry angular leaf spot

The causal agent of bacterial angular spot in strawberry plants, the bacterium Xanthomonas fragariae is viable even under intense cold. This explains its presence in leaves damaged by frost, left in crops under the sun

19.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

citrus

Threatening guest: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in citrus

Common on weeds and crops such as tomatoes, potatoes and lettuce, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, which causes white mold, also lives on citrus. Due to the aggressiveness of the disease, studies are important to quantify the possibilities

19.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

Resistant cultivars combat foot rot in papaya

The search for resistant cultivars is one of the main strategies for combating foot rot in papaya. And for this resistance to be tested, it is important that the plant is subjected to an inoculation.

18.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Diseases

Orchard exterminator: citrus greening management methods

Nine years after the detection of the presence of Greening in Brazil, the disease continues to challenge citrus growers and research

12.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

Damage caused by banana moth and management methods

​The banana moth, in addition to direct damage to banana producers, ends up creating phytosanitary barriers to exports to countries like Argentina

11.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Apple

Optimal apple ripening control

Rapid ripening and pre-harvest fruit drop are among the characteristics of apple cultivation in Brazil, especially in relation to the Gala cultivar

05.01.2018 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Ideal graft/rootstock combination in peach cultivation

When producing stone fruit, such as peach, it is important to be aware of aspects such as the best graft/rootstock combination and the effects of soil and climate present in each growing region.

03.11.2017 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Apple

Apple ripening control

Rapid ripening and pre-harvest fruit drop are among the characteristics of apple cultivation in Brazil, especially in relation to the Gala cultivar

30.10.2017 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

Chemical control of apple trees: how to manage

More than just controlling diseases, apple cultivation currently requires the use of products that act on the physiology of the plant and result in benefits for productivity and fruit quality.

20.10.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

Mildew management in melon cultivation

Under severe conditions, favorable environment and lack of control, melon downy mildew can lead to losses of up to 100%

17.10.2016 | 21:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

​Ideal rootstock in peach cultivation

When producing stone fruit, such as peach, it is important to be aware of aspects such as the best graft/rootstock combination and the effects of soil and climate present in each growing region.

11.10.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Adequate papaya nutrition aims to prevent important diseases in the crop

Papaya is affected by diseases such as lethal yellow and ring spot. For the plant to express greater resistance, it is essential to nourish it properly.

14.09.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Vegetables and Fruits

Criteria for pruning strawberry roots

Pruning strawberry roots, in the pre-planting stage, is an interesting technique to minimize problems with poorly planted seedlings. However, its adoption requires criteria and must be accompanied by other measures.

08.09.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

Black foot of the vine worries producers in Brazil

Capable of killing plants, the vine's black foot worries technicians and grape producers in Brazil

28.07.2016 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

How to combat heat stress in banana cultivation?

By Flávio Irokawa, Market Development Manager at FMC

15.08.2018 | 20:59 (UTC -3)

Fruits

New antibiotics and their use in citrus canker control

Brazil is the largest producer of sweet oranges in the world, with an estimated harvest for 2017/2018 of 364,47 million boxes of 40,8 kg (Fundecitrus). In comparison, we produce almost 6 times more than the state of Florida (USA), if

29.05.2017 | 20:59 (UTC -3)