John Mawson and his colleagues are building an orchard which will bear fruit of a very different kind. In fact, it is a digital apple orchard. The project is part of the work New Zealand scientists from Plant & Food Research are pushing ahead. Mawson is leader of the Plant & Food Research Growing Futures Direction Digital Horticultural Systems. They are using a technique known as “digital twinning” to replicate a real orchard.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 14, 2023 12:12 UTC