Capturing light
Touring Hutchinsons’ Enhanced Light Interception Orchard System in Kent.
New fungicide with a difference
Soriale will help control scab in apples and pears. It works directly and indirectly, stimulating the plants own defence mechanism.
Strawberry-picking robots
Wimbledon fans, who consume 34 thousand kilos of strawberries every year, could one day get their strawberries picked by a small group of new robots, developed in Europe, that use photonics to detect a fruit, and are capable of gathering enough berries for the championships in less than a week.
