The stone fruits Since 2016 they have had a particular event that brings together different professionals from the agricultural sector together with researchers. This year, in Murcia the third edition of the Stone Fruit Congress 2019.
After the success of the two previous appointments, this past Winners will be announced in March The advances that are being made in the production. That one that includes peach, Cherry, plum, apricot, nectarine and Paraguayan, especially. In the video that you can play here below, a preview of the appointment was presented.
The novelties of the 2019 Stone Fruits Congress
El Víctor Villegas Auditorium of the Murcian capital was the scene of all the news and developments that are taking place. The fruits they carry inner bone They are especially cultivated in the southeast of the peninsula, as conditions allow it. Both the terrain and the typical meteorology of the area, although it is lack of rain periodic or abundant.
It is in that aspect where he gains weight drip irrigation, among other techniques that farmers use to maintain a good crop each season. Now, the latest trend at this point is called smart fertigation. This type of technology is also gradually entering the Spanish countryside. Hence, various speakers spoke at the Stone Fruit Congress 2019 of topics such as:
- The deficit irrigation suffered by the cherry tree
- Sustainable management of reclaimed water or from fertigation of fruit crops
- Water saving and irrigation optimization systems
- Being able to determine water needs through numerous resources, from images to moisture measuring probes.
On the other hand, the improved health in plants from which those later come out stone fruits. Thus, the Spanish ministry explained the new regulatory framework on this matter. Then, CMF presented the Impact Evo, a tool that allows controlling the level of powdery mildew in peaches and vines. Lastly, the company Trichodex talked about microbiome applied to agriculture to achieve a notable increase in production.
New varieties according to IMIDA
El Murcian Institute of Agricultural and Food Research and Development (LINES) exhibited its innovations focused on new varieties of stone fruits. That, always from the genetic improvement of organisms to be able to create others, presented in the Stone Fruit Congress 2019.
The other innovation is linked to the flavor of the fruit, something that several leading companies spoke about, such as Provedo, QualityPlant or ASF.
Precision agriculture from the UMH
Already with this Stone Fruit Congress 2019 well advanced, there was still room to comment on the precision farming. It is nothing more than that which uses machines or robots to facilitate the work of the farmer.
In this sense, the Miguel Hernández University showed a management software and various techniques of mechanization to collect fruits. Likewise, the trends more robotic applied to the sector, they offered a future vision of how work in the field can evolve.
Finally, the Stone Fruit Congress 2019 also reserved a part of the event to deal with the theme of Services and other processes of the postharvest. Different institutions or companies gave their advances and interests about an agriculture that is getting on the bandwagon of technology and artificial intelligence. Because, as the corporate motto says, "it's innovate or die."
