{"id":48596,"date":"2022-07-26T08:57:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T08:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.metos.global\/?p=48596"},"modified":"2023-06-21T08:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T08:02:37","slug":"challenges-in-citrus-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metos.global\/en\/challenges-in-citrus-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges in citrus production"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"48596\" class=\"elementor elementor-48596\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d788e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d788e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fa0279\" data-id=\"3fa0279\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc3f07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bc3f07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Take a peek at the solutions that METOS<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM can bring to citrus production.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe4bccf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe4bccf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Challenges in citrus production<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b74da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06b74da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Citrus production is known to be complex and there are many exogenous and endogenous factors influencing quantity and quality of the production. Especially\u00a0climatic conditions\u00a0and production practices play an important role.<\/p><p>Growers have to make large scale decisions (for example irrigation management, balanced nutrition, proper pruning etc.) influencing also disease and pest pressure. Therefore decision support system practices in citrus groves have to be adapted to minimize plant stresses, improve their health and enhance citrus trees to produce not only quality fruit, but also high yield.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/citrus-production_cover.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-53557\" src=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/citrus-production_cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/citrus-production_cover.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/citrus-production_cover-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/citrus-production_cover-1024x449.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/citrus-production_cover-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/citrus-production_cover-1536x674.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/citrus-production_cover-18x8.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p><h4>Decision support systems in citrus production<\/h4><p>Combine monitored and forecasted data to get a powerful tool, which will help you optimize your production and produce more with less.<\/p><p>Properly adapted citrus management practices should always include irrigation systems and management, nutrients and pest management as well as disease control.<\/p><ul><li><strong>WEATHER MONITORING:<\/strong> Be prepared for frost protection. Set an SMS alarm to notify you, when frost conditions are approaching.\u00a0<strong>Temperatures below \u2013 0,8 \u00b0C can be lethal for your citrus trees. The exact temperature depends on the variety and for how long frost conditions occur.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>FERTILIZING MANAGEMENT:<\/strong> Optimize fertilization time.\u00a0<strong>The best is if the spreading of the fertilizer is followed by rainfall.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>NUTRITION MANAGEMENT:<\/strong>\u00a0Quick soil analysis helps you apply the appropriate amount of nutrients.<\/li><li><strong>PLANT PROTECTION MANAGEMENT:<\/strong>\u00a0With the help of disease models and spraying window forecasts you can optimize your plant protection activities in a way to reduce disease pressure under the threshold for citrus trees. For example: If spraying is followed by a rainfall of 30 mm, there is a good chance that it will wash away the treatment and you will have to repeat the spraying to keep your citrus trees protected.<\/li><li><strong>IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT:<\/strong>\u00a0Monitor your soil moisture to know when your crop is suffering water stress and start your irrigation system on time to have homogenous fruit size and good quality.<\/li><\/ul><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>Recommended equipment<\/h4><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45646 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/recommended-equipment.png\" alt=\"A diagram of METOS solutions\" width=\"688\" height=\"153\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/recommended-equipment.png 688w, https:\/\/metos.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/recommended-equipment-300x67.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 688px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 688\/153;\" \/><\/p><p>Basis sensor set, needed for\u00a0pest and disease monitoring\u00a0of citruses includes a\u00a0<strong>rain gauge<\/strong>\u00a0and sensors for\u00a0<strong>air temperature<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>leaf wetness<\/strong>. These <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/sensors\/\">sensors<\/a><\/span> are available with\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/imetos33\/\">iMETOS IMT280-USW<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/imetos33\/\">iMETOS IMT300<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/imetos33\/\">iMETOS IMT300-USW<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/micrometos-nbiot\/\">\u00b5METOS NBIoT<\/a><\/span>\u00a0weather stations.<\/p><div><p>For soil moisture control we recommend\u00a0<strong>soil moisture add-ons<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li>Soil Moisture &amp; Soil Temperature Sensor PI54-D<\/li><li>Watermark Soil Moisture<\/li><li>Sentek Drill &amp; Drop TriScan Probe\u00a0(60, 90,120 cm) or\u00a0Pessl AC Probe\u00a0(60, 120 cm)<\/li><\/ul><p>For\u00a0<strong>frost control<\/strong>\u00a0we recommend frost control add-on:\u00a01x Dry and wet Bulb.<\/p><p>To offer full support for plant protection management Pessl Instruments\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/disease-models\/\">disease models<\/a><\/span>\u00a0have been developed to provide the best information possible to enable conscious decision making and use the best tools to produce more, both in terms of quantity and quality. Plant disease models are thus based on highly precise\u00a0weather forecasts\u00a0which are localized and calibrated on the monitoring site.<\/p><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>Citrus disease models<\/h4><p>On\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fieldclimate.com\/\">FieldClimate<\/a><\/span>\u00a0we offer models for two Citrus diseases.<\/p><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-sm-8\"><p><strong>Alternaria brown spot<\/strong>, caused by the fungus\u00a0<em>Alternaria alternata<\/em>, affects a wide range of orange and mandarin varieties specially Murcott tangors. Where severe, the disease results in extensive fruit drop and must be controlled on processing and fresh market fruit.<\/p><p><strong>Postbloom fruit drop (PFD)<\/strong>\u00a0is caused by the fungus\u00a0<em>Colletotrichum acutatum<\/em>. It affects all species and cultivars of citrus. It must be controlled on processing and fresh market fruit. In the graph we can see that after a leaf wetness period disease severity increases.<\/p><\/div><\/div><p>For a more detailed description (biology, symptoms, modeling) about Citrus diseases, click\u00a0<a href=\"\/disease-models-citrus\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>Watch your citrus trees blossom<\/h4><p>With our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/cropview\/\">CropVIEW\u00ae<\/a><\/span> camera device you can have a remote view of your citrus trees, directly from your computer or phone, and see at any time how your citrus trees are growing and developing.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd17784 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dd17784\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea7ab0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5ea7ab0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"\/blog-news\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-alt-circle-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BACK TO ALL BLOG ENTRIES<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a peek at the solutions that METOS\u00ae DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM can bring to citrus production. 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