All Research & Development articles – Page 187
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ArticleRijk Zwaan in meiosis programme
Agreement with STW aims to gather knowledge and enable more efficient development of new plant varieties
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ArticleTesco top spot in own-label study
Tesco has come out on top in research into supermarket own brand labels.
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ArticleRijk Zwaan welcomes Vietnamese PM
Nguyen Tan Dung visits Rijk Zwaan in De Lier as part of his five-day visit to the Netherlands
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ArticleEMR bee research yields surprising result
Trials at East Malling Research (EMR) have revealed that wild, solitary bees and bumblebees are vital to high-yield blackcurrant harvests and larger, more uniform berry size. This is especially important in bad weather.
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ArticleSri Lanka invests in Rwanda horticulture
A Sri-Lankan plant science company has been contracted to develop fruit varieties for production in Rwanda, Africa
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ArticleWA topfruit pledges US$27m to research
Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission makes US$27m donation to Washington State University
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ArticleBranding value under the microscope
Finding the value in fresh produce branding and packaging was a hot topic of discussion during day two of Asiafruit Congress
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ArticleProjects to improve foodborne illness tracing
Pilot initiatives aim to explore the different ways to trace sources of foodborne illness under the Food Safety Modernization Act
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ArticleQV and Taypack in breeding deal
Five-year agreement sees the continuation of a programme initially launched in 2005
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ArticleSun World appoints stonefruit licensee
Spain's El Ciruelo will pack and market new stonefruit varieties developed and grown by Sun World producers across Europe
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ArticlePlanasa launches Sweet stonefruit
New range of stonefruit launched by Spanish fruit breeder, with more planned
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ArticleMack unveils candy floss table grape
Production of new, flavoured variety set for "significant expansion" over coming years following development in California
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ArticleItaly investigates new kiwifruit cultivars
Scientists working on new yellow- and green-fleshed selections which could potentially be resistant to Psa bacteria
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ArticleAnecoop promotes watermelons in France
The Spanish cooperative is promoting its pipless watermelon in France to stress the natural way it is produced
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ArticleLessons from kiwifruit trials
Zespri’s market trials of its new kiwifruit varieties have turned up a few hiccoughs, but mostly good news
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ArticleTotal Berry prepares EU strategy
Soft fruit arm of Total Produce to unveil berry breeding strategy for all European ventures
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US scientists in greening breakthrough
US department of agriculture (USDA) scientists are using a technology known as FTIR-ATR spectroscopy to identify rapidly and with 95 per cent accuracy citrus plant leaves infected with the devastating disease known as citrus greening.
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ArticleBlueberry programme to continue
Growers and importers in the US have voted in favour of continuing the research and marketing programme
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ArticleJohnathan Sutton bound for M&S
Tesco’s category technical manager for Group Food Sourcing in Asia is leaving to join Marks & Spencer in the UK
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East Malling opens training centre
The East Malling Trust (EMT) has established a new training centre which will provide short training courses and workshops for land-based businesses.