Sector | Cultivation
"Coir substrates are delivering good results for high value crops like berries and tomatoes"
Hofer KG focuses on locally grown winter tomatoes with its new Paradizer product line:
Austrian growers trial growing winter cucumbers
Spain: Setting a new standard for premium cherry tomato production
Red Sun Farms, Heritable Agriculture, and Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti collaboration
More than 110 strawberry breeding lines in development
"Double hook eliminates the need for 2 meters rafia per trap"
Why is airflow so important in plant growth chambers?
Adapting dragon fruit growing to Mediterranean greenhouses
Finding reliable ways to monitor cucumber development
Dormancy management for maintaining productivity in winter crop production
Ecopromt and Crea-Tech build innovation on two decades of partnership
“Part of the success in our operational flow and crop growth comes from the CreaSpacer"
New Zealand growers extend strawberry season with table-top systems
De Bruijn enthusiastic about cleaning results with Second Skin:
“As if we had brand-new gutters”
CO₂ capture from biomass combustion now running at Austrian tomato propagator
Australia: Smart picking cart with real-time tomato grading introduced
UK: Kelp extracts boost barley yields in glasshouse
Raspberries and blackberries production grown in hydroponic tunnels
"We began a major expansion that will bring us to nearly 50 hectares"
Testing 100 tomato varieties to boost climate resilience and regenerative production in Poland
Uzbekistan to tighten air-quality rules: non-compliant greenhouses face shutdowns
Huelva has started to harvest its earliest pot-grown strawberries
The genetic basis of strawberry aroma
Eric van der Horst on light strategies in greenhouses around the world
"It’s not about how bright the sun shines, but how much light reaches your crop"
Giovanni Sessa - 3esse Vivai Srl
"Grafted plants perform better than those obtained from a seed"
Ryno Postma – Oribi Aquaponics Namibia
Namibian aquaponics group geared for regional expansion
Magic Garden prepares for a 15% production increase in hydroponic salad pots:
“When you are good at something, you don’t change it, you improve it”
Greenhouse cucumber production up in Alberta
NL: Researchers publish hormone-free method for plant regeneration
“Warm-climate blueberry varieties are adapting well in India”
Iran-made Actinomycetous biofertilizer increases tomato yield, quality, shelf life
Investigating how tomatoes respond to different potassium concentrations
Using AI to find the environmental drivers of tomato expansion in smart greenhouses
Main organizer Wolfgang Braunstein and primary sponsor active IT on the ICOP 2025 in Budapest:
"The cooperative model is perhaps more important today than ever before"
New lettuce variety with new aphid resistance launched in US
Cherry tomatoes see bumper harvest in NW China's Gansu
Enza Zaden to introduce new tomato variety
Enhancing the growth of soilless lettuce with microalgae
Switzerland: Growers Day highlights tomato production under spectral filtering
New deep-float system: Lower costs, higher returns
Looking at the effects of natural acid on the growth and yield of yellow cherry tomatoes
Enhancing tomato yield and pollination efficiency through non-contact sonication
UK greenhouse growers warn of rising energy costs
“The vanilla sector could greatly benefit from self-pollinating varieties”
US: Four new publications on CEA Industry released
Russia develops domestic bumblebee production in Tambov
China develops digital twin system for tomato harvesting
Improving pollination efficiency in greenhouse strawberries
Ceres Greenhouse Solutions:
Free webinar to dive into greenhouse planning process
A Mexican grower success story:
Preventive flower removal for thrips and Didymella control in cucumber greenhouses
Strawberry planting in Greece completed with minimal problems
Higher leafy green volume anticipated for Florida season
Bart King, King Farm:
"This year, our soil has been the best I’ve ever seen”
Cold-water aquaponics is growing food and hope in India’s Himalayan farms
new satellite data shows
Almeria is no longer the largest greenhouse concentration in the world
Using machine learning to regulate plant seedling growth
India: Growers make choices for high yielding varieties
Spain: Police uncover cannabis hidden among tomato crops in Cadiz greenhouses
Erich Baumeister GmbH launches sustainable alternative for fruit and vegetable cultivation:
"Plastic-free twines combine nature, quality, and practicality"
Study reveals photosystem resilience in tomato
New progenitor species of strawberry strengthens the genetic base for breeding in Nordic conditions
Vietnam: Developing high-tech agriculture in Ho Chi Minh City
Special: Keeping it Clean!
Improving the yield of tomato fruits through soil aeration
Kassius Rosa on the complexities of being a grower:
“My mind jumps from one greenhouse to another, always slower than I’d like it to”
India: Reimagining the future of tomatoes
Using zinc oxide nanoparticle to boost tomato seed vigour
“Imported greenhouse films still hold a negligible share in India”
Emilia Mikulewicz, Cultiva EcoSolutions, on CO₂ without mistakes
“CO₂ × N management shapes the pool of free amino acids and IPM costs”
Afghanistan reports 9% increase in strawberry production
Manuel Escánez, manager of Las Hortichuelas:
"Spanish vegetables have been grown with an average delay of two to three weeks, but quality is better"
Improving germination by saturating trays before sowing
India: New seed plant inaugurated at Pusa
Looking at the roles genes play in the growth and aging of tomatoes
Fall planning essential for Alberta strawberry growers
Bridging the data divide: Lessons, transitions, and learning a common language in CEA
Making good seeds even better
India: Professor publishes new book on optimizing greenhouse climate control systems
Real-time plant intelligence now live in Priva One thanks to new partnership
Inside AGRIS Horticulture’s winter cucumber propagation in Crete
"We’ve now reached a grafting capacity of one million plants per week”
Building a unified knowledge base
SaffroSystems and Veles Farming collaborate on new book and online course for saffron growers
Landmark deposit at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault secures African crops
Using woody peat to aid in cucumber growing
Heat in Japan disrupts fruit and vegetable production
“We’re turning to modern berry genetics to fill supply gaps in India”
Ian: The efficiency of using sea water in greenhouses
Dutch community greenhouse BoerenKas seeks synergy between greenhouse horticulture and livestock farming
Finding practical solutions to cleaning greenhouse roofs
Getting the best growth out of greenhouse peppers
BASF | Nunhems focuses on fixed total number of µmoles per day
New approach in data-driven high-wire cucumber cultivation
Assessing how eggplant responds to salinity stress
A new way of communicating and visualizing data
Immersive technology applied in horticulture
Looking into the University of Thessaly’s work on Cascade Hydroponics within the EcoNutri Project
Advancing the future of pollination
NL: First year of monitoring biodiversity strips next to greenhouses completed
Space-grown lettuce shows nutrient loss, raising concerns for astronaut health
Detecting strawberry maturity using UAV-mounted deep learning for precision agriculture
Exploring the production potential of Tom 4.0
Supporting automation-ready propagation for growers
Luxembourg: Government gives €20m for sustainable greenhouses
Creating a feasible approach to growing in multi-span greenhouses
Pollination robot gets to work in greenhouse with closed screens
Demand for coir-substrates grows with India’s soilless shift
China: Optimizing greenhouse drip fertigation for tomatoes
Helena Hartley - Rijk Zwaan
Increasing hydroponic production in South Africa
Vertical air circulation creates more balance in the greenhouse
Timing is crucial: how microorganisms are most effective in the root zone
The importance of variety when starting out as a grower
Can DAC replace liquid CO₂ cost-effectively, reliably, and at scale?
The hidden costs of a packed greenhouse
Record yields achieved through direct seeding innovation
Strawberry production shifts with fall underway
Record yields and reduced waste recorded by an organic hydroponic grower
Improving air distribution in lettuce cultivation
US: University of Arizona to host aquaponics workshop
“India’s blueberry production is evolving with patented varieties”
Lightshine Cleaning Services: more and more services for horticultural lighting
More light means more cleaning work
"Bioactive peptides act as real 'biochemical keys' for plant metabolism"
Polyfly boosts pollination with hoverflies