All Research & Development articles – Page 172
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ArticleGreenpeace shines light on China's pesticide usage
'National-safety-exceeding' levels of pesticides found in Guangzhou veg, but Beijing and Shanghai fare better
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ArticleLabrunier revamps grape offer
Company says Thompson and Sugraone no longer viable due to climate change and high production costs
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ArticleWild pollinators threatened by commercial bees
Diseases such as Deformed Wing Virus are spreading from commercial colonies to wild pollinators, study finds
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ArticleTrans-Tasman food safety projects launched
The Fresh Produce Safety Centre has launched two projects focusing on food safety in Australia and New Zealand
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ArticleSchool break times 'affect fruit and veg consumption'
Holding school breaks before lunchtime can help increase fruit and vegetable consumption by 54 per cent, new study claims
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ArticleAvocado a day could 'significantly lower cholesterol'
Avocado eaters' health fared best in new low-fat diet study, which involved overweight or obese participants
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ArticleAloe vera boost for pomegranate arils
Scientists have discovered that treating arils with aloe vera can improve their quality and extend their commercial life
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ArticleMen's diets 'dictated by proximity to healthy food'
University of Montreal team study finds that for men, intake of fruit and veg is associated with proportion of healthy food outlets nearby
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ArticleItalians assess Indonesia potential
A number of key players from the Italian fresh produce business took part in a special mission to the Asian country last month
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ArticleFresh Produce Innovation Centre bid rejected
Plans for a fresh produce-specific centre turned down by Innovate UK, but industry invited to take part in wider agricultural bid
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ArticleSpend to halt global banana crisis, UN body urges
FAO claims US$47 million is needed to tackle the new and deadly Tropical Race 4 (TR4) strain of Fusarium wilt disease
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ArticleStudents to grow lettuce on Mars
Pioneering project is among 10 other university projects to be included as payload on an unmanned Mars One craft
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ArticleDepression 'risk' for women not eating enough fruit
Study of 6,000 Australian women claims to show a link between fruit consumption and the development of depressive symptoms
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ArticleDefra supports £1m project to find peat alternative
The HDC, Defra and key industry partners fund major project to ease dependence on peat and find sustainable alternative
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ArticleConsumers open to buying more ugly veg
Shoppers would buy more damaged fruit and vegetables if quality was assured and price low enough, new report finds
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ArticlePotatoes 'may help prevent weight gain'
Researchers in Canada believe that their findings are due to potatoes' high concentration of polyphenols
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ArticleLasers could be used to monitor ripeness
Franco-Lebanese research group tests new method of monitoring a fruit's 'biospeckle' to gauge ethylene emission rate
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ArticleConsumers could win body weight in purple sprouts
Dutch grower Van Nature offers chance to name new sprout variety and win body weight in Christmas staple
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ArticleOrganic farming 'more productive' than previously thought
New research reanalysed data collected in 115 previous studies comparing organic and conventional agriculture
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ArticleJingold to sell new green kiwifruit variety
Boerica said to be ’bigger and brighter’ than Hayward, offering chance to improve brand's range on international markets