{"id":74292,"date":"2026-08-10T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/?p=74292"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:56:37","slug":"production-area-field-visit-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/2026\/08\/10\/production-area-field-visit-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Area Field Visit in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A mission at the heart of our production operations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In mid-June, I had the opportunity to travel to China and visit our production areas<\/strong> as part of my role as Crop Specialist Area Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of this mission was to conduct technical monitoring of our production activities, exchange with Xizhi ZHANG, Production Manager in China, and meet with our suppliers and seed growers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main Objectives of the Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The key objectives of the visit were to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Assess the progress of production activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verify the genetic purity of our seed productions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Conduct agronomic observations on our varieties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Exchange with local teams on crop management practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    An Immersive Field Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Throughout the mission, several production sites were visited to monitor around twenty varieties across the following crops: lettuce, cucumber, watermelon, and zucchini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Key Observations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The mission highlighted favorable climatic conditions for cucumber production in a new production area<\/strong>, as well as strong yield potential for our main lettuce and zucchini varieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The visit also enabled the identification of several points requiring particular attention, including uncertainty regarding the suitability of the area for producing late-bolting lettuce varieties, water restrictions in certain locations, and soil salinity issues in some production fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Resulting Actions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Following this mission, several actions will continue until the end of the production season:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Continued monitoring of specific productions through the regular provision of field photographs by suppliers at key growth stages (such as bolting and flowering in lettuce).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Renewal of our foundation seed stocks through the removal of remaining off-types.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Development of descriptive variety profiles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Preparation of crop-specific production guides.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Compilation of data in preparation for the end-of-season review.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      To give you a closer look at our production fields, I am pleased to share below a selection of photographs illustrating the observations made during my visits in the field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      On the left, a production field of the lettuce variety BLONDE DE YAMOUSSOUKRO, and on the right, the VERDANA lettuce variety, which takes longer to bolt due to its better heat tolerance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Both crops were sown during the same period; however, while one is already flowering, VERDANA is bolting more gradually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Example of a cucumber female flower after manual pollination by the technical teams, who remove one petal to mark flowers that have already been pollinated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Example of a cucumber plant exhibiting a consistent production of female flowers at every internode. This characteristic reduces the time required for manual pollination and contributes to higher yield potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      And finally, here is a tunnel dedicated to the production of our new variety, CHARLESTON QUEEN, which will soon be available in our seed packets!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Marion PEREZ, Responsable de zone de production \/ Sp\u00e9cialiste esp\u00e8ce, STEPS 7<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      A mission at the heart of our production operations In mid-June, I had the opportunity to travel to China and visit our production areas as part of my role as Crop Specialist Area Manager. The purpose of this mission was to conduct technical monitoring of our production activities, exchange with Xizhi ZHANG, Production Manager in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1626,"featured_media":74293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retours-de-mission-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74298,"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74292\/revisions\/74298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novalliance.net\/espace-prive\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}