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PEACH: Predicting Frost Events in Peach Orchards Using IoT Technology

In 2013, 85% of the peach production in the Mendoza region (Argentina) was lost because of frost. In a couple of hours, farmers can lose everything. Handling a frost event is possible, but it is hard to predict when it is going to happen. The goal of the PEACH project is to predict frost events by analyzing measurements from sensors deployed around an orchard. This article provides an in-depth ...

Monitoring of Peach Harvest

Peach harvest workers were evaluated for exposure to azinphosmethyl residues by measuring foliar residues, urinary alkyl phosphate metabolites, plasma and erythrocyte (RBC) cholinesterase (ChE), and dermal residues using clothing and skin washes. Workers entered orchards 51 days after application and worked in treated fields for ten of the next 17 days. Dislodgeable foliar residues ranged from ...

Preharvest Factors Affecting Peach Quality

Manganese Deficiency in Peach Trees:

In previous studies was pointed out that it may be possible to detect subclinical manganese deficiencies in the field before visual symptoms have developed. In this work, by in situ fluorescence measurements, we demonstrate that it is possible to predict, at the beginning of the season, which trees will develop manganese deficiency several months later. Fo/Fm ratio of young manganese deficient ...