The revolution of the flat nectarine has started in Spain

Published 2021년 8월 10일

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Spanish stone fruit growers have faced significant challenges due to adverse weather conditions, leading to reduced production and revenue. However, investments in improving cultivation and introducing new fruit varieties are seen as necessary. PSB Producción Vegetal, a Murcian breeding company, is developing a stone fruit variety improvement program and advising growers on suitable varieties for different climates. The company recommends replacing older, less profitable varieties with new ones that are more tastier and profitable, such as the Atanais variety and the Nelson varieties. This not only helps growers adapt to market trends but also allows them to better cope with climate change.

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The past two years have been difficult for Spanish stone fruit growers. The weather conditions have destroyed a significant part of the production, which has meant that revenue expectations have had to be adjusted and the investments made have not fully paid off. Nevertheless, these investments are essential to improve cultivation and to better cope with the challenges in fruit growing. And this concerns both exceptional challenges such as extreme weather conditions and periodically recurring phenomena such as the market situation. And to provide an answer to the latter problem, the differentiation of the product offered can be decisive. Variety renewal is therefore one of the most interesting investments in current fruit cultivation. Babylone, a paraguayo of PSB Producción Vegetal A grower should never stop investing, claims Thomas Chevaillier, technical-commercial director of PSB Producción Vegetal. “Just as anti-frost systems or means are purchased to improve the cultivation ...

Source: AGF