All Research & Development articles – Page 182
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ArticleWorldwide Fruit to market Piqa fruit
UK importer signs exclusive deal with Australasian marketer Prevar to sell innovative range of pear cultivars
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ArticleQueen Garnet plums hit commercial volumes
Researchers say the new variety has five times the levels of anthocyanins as regular plums
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ArticlePesticides 'lead to smaller bees'
New study suggests exposure to pyrethroid pesticides results in smaller worker bees with decreased efficiency
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ArticleRooney champions citrus research
Tom Rooney highlights disease research benefits for Florida taxpayers as part of appropriations package
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ArticleBreakthrough in crop protection science
University of Warwick and Syngenta team make discovery which they hope will help vegetables including Brassica
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ArticleBayer CropScience targets produce industry
New division signals move into product research and development for horticulture sector
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ArticleBangladesh refuses GM aubergine
Growers and academics are challenging approval for the commercial growing of Monsanto-developed GM aubergine
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ArticleNeonics exposure ‘should be’ lowered
Acceptable levels of worker exposure to acetamiprid and imidacloprid ‘should be’ lowered after study shows brain impact
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ArticleBribing kids to eat fruit boosts intake
Study finds that using money as an incentive increased schoolchildren’s fruit intake by 80 per cent
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ArticleApples 'work as well as statins'
New research suggests that an apple a day has similar health benefits to widespread cholesterol-lowering drug
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ArticleFinstar on tour in Scandinavia
Nunhems' new hydroponic lettuce variety has been showcased to more than 20 Scandinavian producers
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ArticleEU annuls disputed GM potato
Approval for GM potato Amflora has been withdrawn after high court finds ‘significant failings’ in authorisation procedure
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ArticleFreeze-drying fruit can retain goodness
Research by Chaucer Foods and UK university showed freeze-drying a whole strawberry resulted in no Vitamin C loss
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ArticleNumber of obese children drops
The number of Year Six children who are obese or overweight falls for first time in six years according to new study
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ArticleSperm quality boosted by greens
New research suggests potential dads should up folic acid intake by eating more greens to reduce birth defects
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ArticleFruit fly research awarded £2.8m
Scientists at University of Manchester given cash boost for work using fruit fly genetics to explore human gene defects
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ArticleSainsbury’s unveils 2014 R&D grants
Retailer awards nine research collaborations, including five fresh produce projects, with a grant of around £100,000
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Australia leads in vegetable consumption
OECD study ranks Australia top out of 28 countries, but 90 per cent of adults are still not eating enough
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ArticleSoft-fruit growers calm despite SWD find
SWD fruit fly found on six soft fruit farms as part of cross-industry research project into lifestyle
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ArticleNew SWD research is ‘groundbreaking’
Research into control of SWD fruit fly will benefit after US scientists published and shared the genome sequence for the SWD fruit fly