Location: Innovative Fruit Production, Improvement, and Protection
Project Number: 8080-21000-032-056-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Aug 1, 2024
End Date: May 31, 2026
Objective:
The objective of this agreement is the furnishing and configuration of an array of agricultural sensory equipment in two research orchards in Washington State, USA. The equipment is essential to the work being carried out under ARS Agreement #58-8080-3-003 to develop advanced data-driven management tools for promotion of red color development in bi-color apples.
Approach:
Cooperator dendrometry equipment (for measurement of fruit and stem size), soil moisture equipment (conductivity soil profile sensors), data logging and irrigation automation valving and equipment will be applied pursuant to the research objectives outlined in ARS Agreement #58-8080-3-003. Data collected will be accessible, in perpetuity, to both the Agricultural Research Service and Phytech. Phytech and the USDA-ARS PI will work collaboratively to develop data processing procedures leading to the development of data-driven regulated deficit irrigation strategies for color development of bi-color apple cultivars.
