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Testing a wind machine as a method of protecting against flower frost in cultivated wild blueberries
The objective of this project is to measure the performance of a portable wind machine under different weather conditions in commercial cultivated wild blueberries crops.
Measure the performance of a wind machine under different weather conditions in terms of:
From 2021 to 2022
Project duration
Fruit production
Activity areas
This project will evaluate the efficiency of the initial releases of sterile spotted wing drosophilas on fall raspberry plots.
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