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Agrology Success Story: Cherry Yield Increase

Aggregated Results related to the Cherry Yield Increase

Through the Agrology Success Stories in Greece and abroad, it is proven that the superior quality and integrated innovative technologies of the Agrology Specialized Nutrition products make the difference in crops from the very first applications!

Our ultimate goal is to demonstrate that the Agrology Specialized Nutrition Programs constitute a profitable investment for producers, as the financial benefits more than cover the cost of the additional applications!

Therefore Agrology conducted a series of evidence-based applications in cherry cultivation.  Field applications were conducted in different regions of Greece in 2019, 2020 and 2021, with the ultimate goal of Increasing Cherry Production by applying Agrology’s Specialized Nutrition formulations!

Proof ID

Picture 1. Proof ID

Application Objectives

By applying the Agrology Program’s Specialized and Innovative Nutrient Products during specific cherry growth stages, producers managed to achieve significant agronomic benefits for their crop.

The goal of Success Stories was to Increase the Cherry Production.

Specialized Nutrition – Fertilization Program

Picture 2. Applications Scheme

Agrology Nutrition Program – Complementary Interventions

1st Foliar Intervention: Fall of Petals

  • Nodius F-Kin® (125 cc/100 lt)
  • XGel® activ Emerald (300 cc/100 lt)

2nd Foliar Intervention: Fall of sepals

  • Nodius F-Kin® (125 cc/100 lt)
  • Fruitonic® Vega (250 cc/100 lt)

3rd Intervention: Fruit size 20 mm

  • Gravital® Force SC (1.5 lt/100 lt)

4th Intervention: Change of Color

  • XGel® activ Topaz (300 cc/100 lt)
  • Inca Ultra (150 cc/100 lt)

Ultra-concentrated nutritional product rich in Phosphorus and enriched with Silicon

  • Cell division stimulation
  • Increase of Size & Weight of Fruits

Mixture of natural metabolic catalysts

  • Inducing intense cell division
  • Fruit set Enhancement
  • Fruit Size Increase

Liquid calcium supplement fortified with zinc and nitrogen

  • Boost of flesh consistency
  • Fruit Size Increase

Organic mixture of amino acids of plant origin

  • Sustaining of vegetative growth
  • Increase of size of newly formed fruits

Ultra-concentrated fertilizer rich in Phosphorus and Potassium, enriched with Silicon

  • Improvement of fruit color
  • Improvement of fruit quality

Product of high content of calcium & silicon, with a high percentage of available orthosilicic acid.

  • Increase of Fruit Consistency
  • Fruit Weight Gain
  • Prevention of skin tearing

Proof Results

After the samplings from both sections –Control and Agrology-, the necessary measurements were made on the cherries and it was observed that the Agrology Programs generated impressive results for the benefit of the producer.

More specifically, the results were the following:

Increase of Total Production: 20.8%

  • Agrology: 900.5 kg/1,000 sq.m.
  • Control: 745.5 kg/1,000 sq.m.
Picture 2. Yield (kg per 1,000 sq.m.) With the implementation of the Agrology Program, there was an increase in the total yield by 20.8%, compared to the Control.

Increase of Average Fruit Weight

Picture 3. Fruit average weight (gr). With the implementation of the Agrology Program, there was an increase of the fruit average weight by 18%, compared to the Control.
Picture 4. Fruit Weight (gr) Sample of 30 fruits of the Early Bigi variety of the Agrology Program (right) and Control (left).
Picture 5. Fruit average weight (gr). With the implementation of the Agrology Program, there was an increase fruit average weight by 22%, compared to the Control.
Picture 6. Fruit weight (gr). Sample of 30 fruits of the Grace Star variety of the Agrology Program (right) and Control (left).
Picture 7. Fruit average weight (gr). With the implementation of the Agrology Program, there was an increase of the fruit average weight by 18%, compared to the Control.
Picture 8. Fruit weight (gr). Sample of 30 fruits of the Sweet Aryana variety of the Agrology Program (right) and Control (left).
Picture 9. Fruit average weight (gr). With the implementation of the Agrology Program, there was an increase of the fruit average weight by 19.1%, compared to the Control.
Picture 10. Fruit weight (gr), sample of 30 fruits of the Early Bigi variety of the Agrology Program (right) and Control (left).
Picture 11. Producer’s Financial Benefit

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“This experiment was conducted under specific field conditions and should not be applied as a standard without the guidance of an Agronomist or the Agrology Technical Department. In any case, Agrology products and programs must be applied according to the label or the instructions of the technician-agronomists.”