A field trial was conducted during the 2008 and 2009 growing seasons at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Senator Hervé J. Michaud Research Farm in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Moncton and the Really Local Harvest Cooperative. The objective of the study is to evaluate the use of polytunnel rain shelters with and without reflective groundcover – a crop management system that is the first of its kind in Canada – and determine whether such a system can benefit commercial raspberry production by improving fruit yield, quality and shelf life. Data collected thus far are pending analysis; preliminary results and observations are reported.
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