16AGRITECHCAT5: Using stress pre-conditioning, novel sensors and AMF to improve yields, resilience and sustainability of raspberry production

英国软果产业是英国农村经济的重要组成部分，2014年树莓的销售额估计为1.09亿GB(Defra)。然而，自2005年以来，英国的进口翻了一番，每年进口1.1万吨浆果，价值5900万GB，以满足英国消费者的需求。英国种植者的平均产量为13吨/公顷，尽管20吨/公顷是可以实现的。适销性收益率略有增加20%，可能会使英国工业的价值每年增加1570万GB，同时有助于减少进口。挑战是提高产量和减少浪费，同时更可持续地利用资源，以确保未来生产的安全，并降低集约园艺对环境的影响。该项目将为改善该部门的经济和环境可持续性创造新的机会。BerryGardens Growers Ltd(BGG)是此次农业技术催化剂竞标的主要合作伙伴，是英国领先的浆果和核果PO，市场份额超过30%。该联盟在软果农艺和畜牧业、作物生理和营养、真菌生理学、食品质量科学、环境监测、传感器工程和模糊逻辑推理系统(FLIS)方面拥有专业知识，并在交付和利用公共资助研发成果方面有着良好的记录。拟议的科技创新尚未由我们或其他人开发，代表着尖端的应用科学和工程。我们将：1)部署国际联合王国101824正在开发的亲和传感器，以连续监测输入和输出的营养浓度，并使用Flis预测基质(CoIR)离子浓度；2)研究利用AMF改善资源获取和逆境应变能力的潜力；3)开发瞬时亏缺灌溉，作为控制甘蔗活力的工具，同时减少产量，从而减少劳动力和生产成本；4)利用逆境预适应，提高作物对非生物和生物逆境的适应能力；5)利用亲和传感器平台，将自动化、实时的精确施肥控制引入商业化生产，使用亲和传感器平台与国际联合王国102124正在开发的决策支持系统集成。这些新方法和技术的概念验证将在East Mling Research(EMR)使用专有树莓品种的实验中进行测试。然后，这些系统将在BGG种植者现场进一步部署和开发，以量化提供更高的农场化肥使用效率和环境可持续性的潜力，并从更高的产量、持续的高质量和更高的生产效率中提高种植者的利润率。我们预计财团成员每年将获得800万英镑的收入。由于采用产出而产生的。进入市场的途径将首先通过向BGG的英国软果种植者和海外合作伙伴推出，以及向其他英国和海外高价值园艺作物生产商推出，在这些地区，需要提高耕作精度以推进可持续集约化并产生经济影响。

The UK soft fruit industry is a vital part of the UK's rural economy with sales of raspberry estimated at £109M in 2014 (Defra). However, imports have doubled since 2005 and 11kT of berries, worth £59M /year, are imported to satisfy UK consumer demand. UK growers average yields of 13T/ha, although 20T/ha is achievable. A modest 20% increase in marketable yields could raise the value of the UK industry by £15.7M/year, whilst helping to reduce imports. The challenge is to raise yields and reduce waste whilst using resources more sustainably in order to ensure security of future production and to lower the environmental impact of intensive horticulture. The project will develop new opportunities to improve the economic and environmental sustainability of the sector. BerryGardens Growers Ltd (BGG), lead partner in this Agri-Tech Catalyst bid, is the UK's leading berry and stone fruit PO with a market share in excess of 30%. The consortium has expertise in soft fruit agronomy and husbandry, crop physiology and nutrition, fungal physiology, food quality science, environmental monitoring, sensor engineering and fuzzy logic inference systems (FLIS), and a strong track record of delivering and exploiting results of publicly-funded R&D. The proposed scientific and technological innovations have not yet been developed by us or others and represent leading edge applied science and engineering. We will: 1) deploy affinity sensors being developed in IUK 101824 to monitor continuously input and output nutrient concentrations, and use a FLIS to predict substrate (coir) ion concentrations; 2) investigate the potential of using AMF to improve resource acquisition and stress resilience; 3) develop Transient Deficit Irrigation (TDI) as a tool to control cane vigour withour reducing yields, thereby reducing labour and production costs; 4) use stress pre-conditioning to improve crop resilience to abiotic and biotic stresses, 5) deliver automated, real-time precision fertigation control into commercial production using an affinity sensor platform integrated with the Decision Support System (DSS) being developed in IUK 102124. Proof-of-concept of these novel approaches and technologies will be tested in experiments using proprietary raspberry varieties at East Malling Research (EMR). The systems will then be deployed and developed further on BGG grower sites to quantify the potential to deliver greater on-farm fertiliser use efficiency and environmental sustainability, and raise grower margins from higher yields, consistent high quality and increased production efficiency. We anticipate revenue gains to consortium members of c. £8M p.a. arising from adoption of the outputs. The route to market will be via roll-out to BGG's UK soft fruit growers and overseas partners in the first instance, and to other UK and overseas producers of high value horticultural crops where improved farming precision is needed to advance sustainable intensification and deliver economic impact.