All Research & Development articles – Page 136
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Korea eyes tropical fruit crops
Korea’s Rural Development Administration is researching the future impact of climate change and experimenting with warmer climate crops
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Compass Group wins Green Apple eco-award
Foodservice organisation Compass Group has won an international award for environmental best practice
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Hort Innovation announces ‘mini-MBA’
Horticulture Innovation Australia has announced a master class in global horticulture business and an industry-focused PhD scholarship
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Qfly facility to aid Aussie growers
From the first to produce gel feed to a great example of cross-industry collaboration, the A$45m five-year project to fight Queensland fruit fly is taking off
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Fruit and veg diet shown to help gout
A new study has confirmed the link between the high intake of fruit and veg and better control of gout
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Neonics ‘cause long-term and large-scale bee declines’
New study is the first to examine risks to long-term bee populations and finds neonics are linked to declines on ‘national scale’
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Two fresh produce R&D projects win £1m in funding
‘Water risk in fresh produce systems’ and ‘Protecting the UK’s favourite fruit’ have won new funding from a leading research body
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Research unravels DNA of banana fungus
Consortium hopes findings will help develop a banana plant resistant to black Sigatoka
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Massey Uni taking expertise to Indonesia
New Zealand’s Massey University is partnering with Indonesia’s University of Mataram to improve farming practices
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Japanese farms benefit from LED lighting
New production methods lead to production gains, while reducing delivery times and water usage
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Consumers testing new green Zespri kiwifruit
In-market trials reportedly underway as New Zealand exporter looks to secure further growth in expanding export markets
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Eating more veg could save A$100m
A report by Deloitte has shown that a 10 per cent increase in vegetable consumption could save the Australian government A$100m in health savings
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Concerns over Bayer-Monsanto merger
Anti-trust legal experts have raised competition doubts about the proposed merger between Bayer and Monsanto
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Aussie pears enticing Indonesians
A consumer study by Colmar Brunton has found Indonesian pear consumers are taking to new Australian blushed pears Deliza and Lanya
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Scotland to build first vertical farm
Scotland is set to build the first vertical farm of its kind in the UK in an effort to tackle long-term food security
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Hort Innovation launches Leadership Fund
Grower-owned body Horticulture Innovation Australia has launched is largest industry recruitment initiative to-date
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New service to tackle contamination
Fera Science's OriGen uses Whole Genome Sequencing to pinpoint the source of bacterial contamination
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Plant Sciences pushing open-source berry model
Californian company's new division in the Netherlands will target new commercial opportunities across European market
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Jawwad Qureshi joins greening fight
Leading entomologist wll bring expertise to state's battle against deadly citrus disease
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Foreign body detection robot trialed
Prototype can estimate crop yields, spray weeds and fertiliser, and run for up to 21 hours straight