Sustainable sweet cherry cultivation: a case study for designing optimized orchard production systems

Sustainable sweet cherry cultivation: a case study for designing optimized orchard production systemsSweet cherries are an inherently challenging crop to produce sustainably, subject to crop loss from climatic events, birds, insects, and diseases, and requiring extensive manual labor due to large tree canopies and small delicate fruits. Nevertheless, cherry production has increased dramatically worldwide for the past two decades, driven by strong consumer demand and innovations in (a) plant materials (self compatible cultivars and precocious, vigor

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