by helen.holman | Jun 30, 2026 | OptiYield, Trial Reports
Root crop agronomy is not just about potatoes Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) has built much of its crop work around potatoes, and for good reason. Potatoes are a technically demanding root crop where soil health, nutrition, rooting, stress resilience and marketable yield...
by helen.holman | May 28, 2025 | Trial Reports, TRIP
Direct applications are driving increased nutrient use efficiency The TRIP project is exploring how direct foliar applications of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium can improve nutrient use efficiency, reduce reliance on soil-applied inputs and support potato crop...
by helen.holman | Feb 1, 2024 | News, Trial Reports, TRIP
Emerald Research Ltd (ERL) released the first season’s trial results from the Innovate UK funded Transformative Reduced Input in Potatoes (TRIP) project. Emerald Research is running farm field strip trials, commercial field-scale trials and replicated pot trials for...
by helen.holman | Nov 20, 2023 | Trial Reports
Super-High Density Olive Trials (Olivais do Sul S. L., Portugal) Executive Summary Throughout the trial the olive grove was in good health at the time of harvest the overall yield has been above average. Some small loss of olives can be discounted due to low level of...
by helen.holman | Nov 20, 2023 | Trial Reports
Trial Farm 4 - Carrots var. Nairobi A comparison between OptiYield treated and Farm Standard portions of a maturing crop of carrots(var. Nairobi) conducted on 28th September 2016. A 1 m2 sample of each was lifted from adjacent treated/untreated beds in an otherwise...
by helen.holman | Nov 10, 2023 | Trial Reports
The Problem One of the biggest issues facing carrot growers is waste, and with the United Nations predicting that farmers need to increase food production by 70% to meet the global demand, increasing marketable yield is ever more important. This is why Emerald...
