All Research & Development articles – Page 131
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ArticleSyngenta turns to NRGene for breeding aid
Seed specialist will utilise GenoMagic technology to help accelerate trait discovery and breeding
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ArticleResearch aims to boost Scottish blues production
Scottish government is funding research to develop blueberry plants that are better suited to country’s soil and climate
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ArticleIP firm wins £30k grant to aid global distribution
Global Plant Genetics to use Innovate UK funding to set up international network of berry and asparagus breeders
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ArticleNorthern Irish veg grower awarded MBE
Willowbrook Foods founder and MD John McCann has been awarded an MBE for services to Northern Ireland's food industry
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ArticleAHDB Potatoes chair to step down
Fiona Fell will step down when her term in office comes to an end in March 2017 while a search for her successor has begun
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ArticleFarmcare hires former Produce World manager
Guy Thallon has joined produce supplier in newly-created role of science manager to link R&D to commercial production
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ArticleRetailer loyalty falls as shoppers hunt Christmas deals
Shopper loyalty decreases during festive period, particularly among female customers, according to new research
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ArticleWhole Foods predicts 2017 purple food trend
US-based retailer forecasts wellness tonics, products from by-products and purple foods as top food trends for the New Year
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ArticleBrainmarketing: see what shoppers really think
A groundbreaking method of analysis is being used to monitor consumer responses to fresh produce in supermarkets.
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ArticleBananas grown in ice age conditions
A Japanese agri-business has successfully grown bananas using a freeze-thaw awakening method
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ArticleAsparagus specialist joins Global Plant Genetics
Claire Donkin joins as technical associate and will focus on growing the company’s overseas asparagus client base
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ArticleZespri set for new head office
Board approves plans for three-storey complex, which it claims will facilitate industry growth
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ArticleChina set to remain biggest grocery market
Experts forecast Asia to continue as the biggest engine of growth in the grocery market with the UK ranking as number seven
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ArticleFAO launches banana industry resource
The first of a series of webinars to discuss the challenges facing the industry will take place on 6 December
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ArticleBiobest buys Kenyan biopesticide firm
Belgian firm has acquired Real IPM to grow foothold in Africa and further develop biopesticide portfolio
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ArticleWatercress Company in cancer patient trial
Patients at Dorset Country Hospital will receive one watercress smoothie a day under a new trial to improve health
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ArticleVeg production could cut world poverty
Growing vegetables, not cereals, could combat global hunger and poverty, crop expert claims
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Article‘Highly-respected’ Hunt honoured by Fruiterers award
Andy Hunt of Lower Hope Estate has been awarded with the Fruiterers Management Award for technological advances in cherry growing
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ArticleXylella fastidiosa found on Spanish cherry trees
Bacterial disease continues its spread across Europe with first sighting in Spain leading to tighter plant import restrictions
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ArticleCN Seeds signs deal to market new range of chillis
Seed firm has partnered with Gourmet Genetics to launch and distribute a new range of cocktail tomatoes and chilli peppers