Sweet Cherry Research
WSU Team attends the ISHS Symposium on Mechanical Harvesting & Handling Systems of Fruits & Nuts, April 2012, Orlando, Florida
Pictured left to right: Karen Lewis, Qin Zhang, Karina Gallardo, Matt Whiting, Long He, Jianfeng (Austin) Zhou.
SAVE THE DATE:
WSU-IAREC Cherry Field Day
Monday, June 4, 2012
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Research Updates:
Project Goals:
This research project’s long-term goal is to improve the sustainability of the U.S. sweet cherry industry by developing a highly efficient, production, processing, and marketing system for fresh market quality sweet cherries.
Sweet cherry harvest is one of the most labor-intensive of all agricultural endeavors.
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The hand harvest process for sweet cherries accounts for approximately 60% of annual production costs.
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The adoption of a mechanical and/or mechanical assist harvest system for sweet cherries has the potential to revolutionize the sweet cherry industry with labor savings and improved fruit quality.
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Funded by the 2009 NIFA USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative
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