Internal browning in Fuji
What have we learnt since 2015? By Anna Mouton. In 2015, Fuji apples shipped to Asia developed severe internal browning — up to 80% in some batches. Ever since, researchers in the fruit industry set out to find why this…
How do the different chemicals thin?
Understanding natural and assisted abscission. By Karen Theron. Fruit growers use several chemical thinning compounds to control the number of fruit their trees produce — we discussed these in the preceding article. In this article, we explain how different chemical…