15
F
BIFGA Tec
h
nical Day
F
t
h
esemet
h
ods t
h
at we a
r
e cu
rr
ently investigating.”
Most people find f
r
es
h
,
r
ipe, juicy c
h
e
rr
ies too tempting to
r
esist and it appea
r
s t
h
at SWD a
r
e nodiffe
r
ent. Scott
confi
r
med t
h
at t
h
is s
hr
ewdpest loves stone f
r
uit c
r
ops,
pa
r
ticula
r
ly c
h
e
rr
ies, somuc
h
t
h
at it is even att
r
acted ea
r
ly in
t
h
e season to c
h
e
rr
y t
r
ees’ flo
r
al necta
r
ies (necta
r
-p
r
oducing
glands). “T
h
is is a conce
r
n, because not only does t
h
e f
r
uit
att
r
act SWDbut t
h
e flo
r
al necta
r
ies do so aswell, w
h
ic
h
means t
h
at t
h
e pest is potentially a
rr
iving in t
h
e plantation
ea
r
lie
r
t
h
anwe
h
ad t
h
oug
h
t.” resea
r
c
h
h
as also
r
evealed
t
h
at t
h
e numbe
r
of SWD caug
h
t in t
r
aps du
r
ing
h
a
r
vest time
h
as been lowe
r
t
h
an at ot
h
e
r
times of t
h
e yea
r
. “We t
h
ink t
h
e
main
r
eason fo
r
t
h
is is t
h
at t
h
e c
h
e
rr
y
h
as beenmo
r
e
att
r
active t
h
an t
h
e lu
r
e t
h
at we a
r
e using in t
h
emonito
r
ing
t
r
ap.” Given t
h
is pest’s love of stone f
r
uit, g
r
owe
r
swe
r
e
r
eminded tobe vigilant to
h
elp stop
t
h
e sp
r
ead of SWD. “Eve
r
y c
h
e
rr
y
left on t
h
e o
r
c
h
a
r
d floo
r
will att
r
act
SWD into t
h
e o
r
c
h
a
r
d,” wa
r
ned
Scott.
Drones andcost-saving
mechanisation
D
r
ones, d
r
ive
r
less t
r
acto
r
s, and
diminutive came
r
asmay seem
futu
r
istic but, as top-f
r
uit g
r
owe
r
s
lea
r
ned, t
h
ese a
r
e tec
h
nologies t
h
at
a
r
e fast becomingpa
r
t of today’s
indust
r
y.
NickSeymou
r
of Kent f
r
uit
mac
h
ine
r
y specialist NPSeymou
r
Ltd, andMikeStoke
r
, a f
r
uit and
h
o
r
ticultu
r
e ag
r
onomist fo
r
Ya
r
aUK,
bot
h
took t
h
e oppo
r
tunity to
h
ig
h
lig
h
t some of t
h
e state-of-t
h
e-a
r
t
equipment t
h
at is in t
h
e pipeline fo
r
f
r
uit g
r
owe
r
s.
Nick noted t
h
at t
h
eDa
r
win
blossom t
h
inne
r
, w
h
ic
h
is nowbeing
usedbymo
r
e t
h
an 30 g
r
owe
r
s afte
r
h
e int
r
oduced it to t
h
e indust
r
y eig
h
t
yea
r
s ago, is set tobecomemo
r
e
tec
h
nologically advanced. T
h
is is
because
h
is company is t
h
is yea
r
t
r
ialling t
h
e t
h
inne
r
wit
h
a came
r
a
attac
h
ed to t
h
e f
r
ont of t
h
e t
h
inning
spindle. T
h
e came
r
a, w
h
ic
h
will be
available to g
r
owe
r
s f
r
om next yea
r
and can be
r
et
r
ofitted onto existing
Da
r
win blossom t
h
inne
r
s, detects
t
h
e flowe
r
ingdensity of t
h
e t
r
ee,
Nick explained. he added: “T
h
e data
is
r
elayed via an on-boa
r
d compute
r
t
h
at calculates t
h
e t
h
inning spindle
speed fo
r
eac
h
t
r
ee. T
h
e
system can also
be combined
wit
h
GPS to
captu
r
e t
h
e
location of eac
h
t
r
ee and t
h
e
database sto
r
es
t
h
e bloom
densities.”
NickSeymou
r
also
r
eminded
g
r
owe
r
s t
h
at
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