Crop Production Programme
Research on dormancy, rootstocks and nursery tree quality, growing season climate, reproductive biology, farming technology and irrigation and nutrition.
Crop Protection Programme
Research on sustainable crop protection solutions for insect pests, plant parasitic nematodes and plant pathogens. Focus areas include orchard floor ecology, precision agriculture, identifying new or emerging threats to the deciduous fruit industry, and research to ensure market access for phytosanitary pests and diseases.
Postharvest Programme
Research on quality management, physiological defects, storage techniques and packaging and logistics.
Events
Home to all upcoming and past industry-related Hortgro and Hortgro Science events.
Hortgro Science Research Library
Search over 400 completed and current research projects advancing the South African deciduous fruit industry.
Hortgro Science Research Library
Search over 400 completed and current research projects advancing the South African deciduous fruit industry.
Postharvest App/PAG
Postharvest covers producers, packhouses, marketing coordination, logistics and shipping, receivers/wholesalers and end-consumers.
PSHB
Polyphagous shot hole borer.
Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Research
All things research related.
Resources
Fresh Quarterly, Timely Hints, Fresh Notes, Annual Reports and more.
Climate Change App
Empowering South African pome and stone fruit growers with science-based climate adaptation strategies for a resilient future.
