Best Practices

Practical guidance drawn from years of experience in cultivar evaluation and scientific data collection. These articles focus on helping users improve the quality, consistency and efficiency of their work by sharing proven approaches to planning evaluations, collecting data, managing protocols, interpreting results and maintaining reliable datasets.

Tray of plums arranged in a controlled layout for sensory evaluation, illustrating structured fruit quality assessment.

Getting Started – Part 3: Setting Up Your Evaluation Samples

Gina Kuschke | July 13, 2026

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Getting Started with Culteva™

Learn how to register Plant, Harvest and Tasting Samples in Culteva™. This guide also covers bulk imports, Sample Groups and QR code identification.

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Image Analysis for Apple Starch Breakdown

Conrad Janse van Rensburg | July 7, 2026

Discover how Culteva™ uses machine learning-powered image analysis to assess apple starch breakdown.

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Getting Started – Part 2: Setting Up Your Cultivars and Sites

Gina Kuschke | March 9, 2026

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Getting Started with Culteva™

Learn how to register cultivars and evaluation sites in Culteva™. This step-by-step guide covers the essential setup process before creating evaluation samples.

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Getting Started – Part 1: Accessing Your Account and Exploring the Platform

Miaan Kramer | January 12, 2026

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Getting Started with Culteva™

A quick introduction to Culteva™, covering account access, the Web Dashboard, mobile data collection and offline synchronisation.

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