The edamame team develops advanced machine learning models to understand the quality of edamame beans from hand-held spectrometer. Check out our article published on food chemistry. LINK
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Edamame team presents in the Northern Neck Growers' association about Edamame IPM for Mid-Atlantic region
See our edamame team's recommendation on soil fertility and management options for edamame growers.
How to go from pods growing in the field to a delicious dish on your table? There are eight essential steps. Here is a step-by-step recommendation for edamame processing by the experts from the food science department of Virginia Tech. Published as "Edamame Processing: What Do I Need to Know?". LINK
In traditional breeding, plant heights were determined using measuring sticks and it is a labor intensive process. In collaboration with engineers from the department of electronic and computer engineering, edamame team using computer simulation and LiDAR (light detection and ranging) to characterize plant height. This technology has the potential to be used in real production for determining plant growth at field scale without the need to walk the field with a measuring stick. LiDAR technology is widely used in autonomous navigation and remote sensing in forestry. In field crop production, additional challenges remain such as the complex micro-elevation changes in the field for row crop production. Our team use computer simulation to better understand the accuracy of LiDAR based plant height measurement in the field. The paper is published and can be accessed at this LINK. academic.oup.com/amt/article/45/1/tsaa045/5821410Stinkbugs can cause a lot of damage to the edamame pods and could significantly reduce the number of marketable pods. See our recent field trial publication on how to manage stinkbugs using off-the-shelf insecticide. "Evaluation of Insecticides to Control Stink Bug in Edamame, 2019" from this LINK.
A member of edamame team can give you some food-for-thought.
Edamame is a type of immature vegetable soybean traditionally cultivated and consumed in East Asia. However, edamame is gaining traction in Western markets, particularly due to its health benefits. This publication examines the production, harvest, and postharvest considerations necessary to successfully grow edamame in Southwest Virginia based on experimental data from Virginia Tech Kentland Farm. Manual harvesting is a major cost for edamame production. Some simple devices such as a wooden pod stripper can help the producer to speed up the harvest process. Please check out our extension publication for more useful tips for edamame production and harvest in Southwest Virginia. Title: Production and Economic Considerations for Fresh Market Edamame in Southwest Virginia. LINK This publication assesses the profitability of edamame based on production data from Virginia Tech's Kentland Farm and enterprise budgets based on these data. Edamame can present the opportunity for a high-margin crop that is suitable for farms on small acreages. Edamame can generate high gross revenues, but labor and harvest damage present major costs. However, edamame represent a solid option for farmers with limited access to land or capital.
Check out our extension publication here: https://resources.ext.vt.edu/contentdetail?contentid=1891&contentname=Edamame:%20Costs,%20Revenues,%20and%20Profitability |
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