All Research & Development articles – Page 167
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ArticleFirm set up to try and create 'safer' fruit and veg
Swansea-based Bionema has been created to produce biopesticides like certain types of fungi, bacteria, worms and viruses
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ArticleSupermarket tomatoes 'need to be dunked in hot water'
Doing so before ripening means tomatoes bought from shops could one day be as tasty as those straight off the vine, researchers claim
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ArticleAHDB unveils new market development team
New team will respond to “massive demand” for British products overseas as new CEO says “ambition has to be bigger”
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ArticleSunraysia residents join fruit fly flight
Households in Australia’s Sunraysia region have been asked to take part in a mass trapping of fruit fly
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ArticleNZ contributes to fruit fly research
Leading researcher ramp-up focus on developing new detection and control techniques for Q-fly
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ArticleSuppliers unveil new 'Garden of Innovation' venture
Bakkavor and Hammond Produce will produce rare varieties of vegetables and salad for new prepared produce range
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ArticleMurcia showcases seedless grape offer
Breeding programme has created 14 new varieties that are being exported all over the world
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ArticleThe Holy Grail of garlic
New research looks set to open up limitless possibilities for improved garlic production
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ArticleHIA establish Pool 2 funds
Australian grower-owned organisation hoping to attract co-investors with new funding model
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ArticleExtinct bumblebee spotted in Kent
Consistent sightings of short-haired bumblebees in Kent 'show reintroduction scheme has been successful'
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ArticleAstronauts eat ‘first-ever’ space lettuce
Romaine lettuce grown using NASA’s bespoke growing system Veggie has been harvested for eating and analysis
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ArticleScottish government rules out GM
Rural affairs secretary Richard Lochhead says the Scottish government has "longstanding concerns" over biotech
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ArticleLeafy veg and berry-heavy diet 'can slow brain ageing'
Study finds that elderly adults who followed the 'Mind' diet were 7.5 years younger cognitively over a period of nearly five years
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ArticleDole backing for PhD programmes
Company partners with NC State University, the NC Research Campus and the Costa Rican government and universities
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ArticlePear juice before heavy boozing 'may stop hangover'
Australian researchers find that drinking 200ml of pear juice before a big alcohol session could provide the perfect hangover remedy
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ArticleTesco ‘may list’ Prince Charles’ heritage apples
Retailer said to be testing rare apple varieties as Prince Charles aims to create ‘gene bank’ of heritage orchards
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ArticleEating fresh fruit and veg 'makes your skin more attractive'
New research found that women who consume more fresh produce reportedly have a healthier and more attractive glow
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ArticleMonsanto expands in India
Global seed development Monsanto has expanded its research and development facility in Bengaluru
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ArticleHIA announces Q-fly research centre
Horticulture Innovation Australia and the South Australian government have signed a A$3.8m agreement to build a Queensland fruit fly research centre
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ArticleBiopesticides could fill ‘gap in market’
More relaxed regulations for biopesticides could help fill gap created by withdrawal and restrictions on chemical products