2017. May 25. 08:05

Sweet corn and tomato are important vegetable crops, in Hungary and Portugal respectively, for the freezing and canning industry. The global competitiveness of the products could be increased by improving product yield and sensory characteristics, and reducing raw material product defects. These are significantly influenced by soil parameters (moisture, nutrient availability, and micro and macro elements). SweetVeg will develop a sensor system which will monitor the above mentioned attributes along with crop development. Data collected from 3 years of cultivation will be used to set up models for different varieties of sweet corn to optimise supply of soil moisture/irrigation, nutrients, trace elements and other parameters necessary to produce sweet corn that meets the requirements of vegetable processor specifications on sensory properties and product defects.

Campden BRI Hungary Project (Aug 2016-Jul 2018)
Funded by EUREKA

The project summary is available in English and in Hungarian as well.