News tagged with orchard floor

New findings provide cost, benefit data for Florida citrus industry

Harvesting is an expensive enterprise for Florida's important citrus industry. In fact, harvesting can account for as much as 50% of the production cost for citrus crops. To improve production and decrease ...

Biology / Other

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term study of orchard ground cover management systems

Orchard floor and groundcover management is important to fruit growers, affecting the efficiency of orchard operations, fruit tree performance, and soil quality.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Music insider shatters model of digital distribution

The music industry may be bellyaching about how tough times are as revenue continues to sink like a rock for traditional music companies, but don't tell that to Jeff Price.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Cheers and jeers for Apple at iPad's second Asia launch

Eager iPad fans in Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand braved long queues and discomfort to get their hands on the coveted Apple device as its second wave of Asia-Pacific launches began Friday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reflective film can boost profits for apple growers

In a research report published in a recent issue of HortTechnology, scientists Ignasi Iglesias and Simó Alegre examined the effects of covering orchard floors with reflective films on fruit color, fruit ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Organic apple orchard floor maintenance techniques

Successful organic apple farming literally starts from the ground up. Maintaining a healthy orchard floor is the key to preventing weeds and keeping soil healthy. Logically, finding effective methods to increase ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists: Earthquakes, El Ninos fatal to earliest civilization in Americas

First came the earthquakes, then the torrential rains. But the relentless march of sand across once fertile fields and bays, a process set in motion by the quakes and flooding, is probably what did in America's earliest civilization.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 0


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