All Research & Development articles – Page 225

  • Higgins search for expansion
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    Higgins search for expansion

    2004-01-08T17:39:37Z

    The Journal will focus on seeds throughout the remainder of January. Our next four issues will look at various aspects of the seed sector and ask some of the leading players what the key factors will be for them in 2004. Today, Higgins goes electronic and Rijk Zwaan launches a range of organic seeds

  • NFU announces new team
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    NFU announces new team

    2003-12-10T09:00:01Z

    The NFU has announced details of a team of new spokesmen and women who have been assigned to represent the organisation on key issues.

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    NIAB makes trials purchase

    2003-12-04T12:00:01Z

    Crop variety and seed service provider the National Institute of Agricultural Botany has expanded into field trials with a new acquisition.

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    Certis Europe prepares for expansion

    2003-11-23T15:05:01Z

    Certis Europe has been appointed distributor in Europe for a number of soil fumigant products.

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    CIMS offers sustainable contacts

    2003-10-28T14:05:01Z

    A newly launched markets intelligence organisation for Latin America is offering free registration to its on-line bulletin board and business directory to boost the export of sustainable fruit and vegetable production to key markets.

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    Syngenta issues grass weeds killer

    2003-10-26T13:00:01Z

    Vegetable growers should be able to control volunteer cereals and grass weeds with a new formulation of Syngenta's Fusilade Max.

  • Teenage savvy
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    Teenage savvy

    2003-10-15T12:16:34Z

    The good news is youngsters are aware of the importance of five-a-day but the bad news is they lack the cooking skills to prepare anything other than ready-meals, new IGD research suggests.

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    HDC seeks panel candidates

    2003-10-02T10:00:01Z

    The Horticultural Development Council is seeking enthusiastic growers and technical representatives to stand for election to its sector panels in November.

  • Promotion affects kids' diet
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    Promotion affects kids' diet

    2003-09-30T18:40:08Z

    A new report has found that what children eat is influenced by advertising and promotion.

  • Left to right: Dave Abbott, Peter Siddall, David Mullin and Prof Robert Freedman
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    University merger is R&D's "last chance"

    2003-09-26T12:00:01Z

    The chairman of Horticulture Research International has said the merger with the University of Warwick was a "last chance" for horticultural R&D in the UK.

  • Apples must take advantage of obesity concern before other products beat them to it
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    Apple opportunity

    2003-09-02T21:25:28Z

    The apple industry must capitalise on obesity concern and increase consumption of its products before others pip it to the post, according to a report just out.

  • OFF limits: developments will look at packaging for organic and conventional products
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    Organic packaging developments

    2003-08-26T14:45:27Z

    Organic Farm Foods has established a separate packaging development operation.

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    Low-cal watermelon on the way

    2003-08-22T12:44:48Z

    Scientists at the Faculty of Agriculture in Rehovot, Israel, have developed a low-calorie watermelon.

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    Summer sales give price reprieve

    2003-08-08T10:35:56Z

    Price decreases have been recorded on the high street by the British Retail Consortium

  • Eat apples, not fish
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    Vegetarians launch broadside at fish

    2003-08-07T12:05:40Z

    The Vegetarian Society is launching a campaign to let people know that vegetarians do not eat fish.

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    IFIS launches online database

    2003-08-06T16:09:25Z

    The International Food Information Service has made its Food Science &Technology Abstracts (FSTA) database available online for the first time.

  • Chicory boosts probiotics
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    Chicory boosts probiotics

    2003-08-01T12:04:21Z

    Chicory's health benefits have been revealed in a new report from the University of Lincoln

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    Kiwi appeal

    2003-07-28T20:44:56Z

    Scientists at New Zealand's HortResearch are working hard on developing a kiwifruit that peels as easily as a banana.

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    USApple gets behind research

    2003-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The US apple trade association's research sub-committee has announced its support for the National Tree Fruit Technology Roadmap project to reduce production costs and improve handling and marketing.

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    Grapes hold shelf-life key

    2003-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Apples and a host of other produce could stay fresher for longer thanks to grapes, recent research has found.