All Research & Development articles – Page 230

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    Stockbridge switches bosses

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Horticulture Research International will close its Stockbridge House operation, but the site will re-open under new management.

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    NZ to benefit from new plums

    2001-03-18T00:00:00Z

    A range of new plum varieties from breeding programmes around the world are soon to be released in New Zealand.

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    Postgrads get post-harvest brief

    2001-03-15T00:00:00Z

    Cranfield University is hosting a post-harvest conference for postgraduates at its Silsoe campus on May 31-June 1.

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    Apples in healthy-heart find

    2001-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Researchers in the US have discovered a link between apple consumption and healthy arteries.

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    Research council makes appointments

    2001-02-21T00:00:00Z

    The minister for horticulture, Joyce Quin, has announced new appointments and re-appointments to the UK's Apple & Pear Research Council.

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    Apple storage breakthrough

    2001-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Quality of top fruit in storage could experience a dramatic improvement with a new product being researched at East Malling.

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    Seedless apple on the horizon

    2001-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Plant geneticists in New Zealand have moved a step closer in their quest for a commercial variety of seedless apple.

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    Food chain set to benefit from forecasting

    2001-02-07T00:00:00Z

    The report, Seasonal Weather Forecasting for Agriculture, has found that UK food chain businesses could benefit from starting to work with forecasters.

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    NZ looks for smarter packs

    2001-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Researchers in New Zealand are working on so-called "smart" packaging systems to help fruit travel better.

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    Harper Adams starts produce MSc

    2001-01-25T00:00:00Z

    One of the UK's leading agricultural colleges is to offer a new master's degree in fresh produce.

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    Pesticides in Parkinson's scare

    2001-01-07T00:00:00Z

    A new study has shown that two pesticides used in horticultural production could be linked to the development of Parkinson's disease.

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    Longevity claim aids blueberries

    2000-12-18T00:00:00Z

    US neuroscientists have discovered that eating blueberries could reverse the effects of ageing.

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    Four more years for Siddall

    2000-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The minister of agriculture has announced that HRI chief Peter Siddall will remain in office for a futher term.

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    HRI to research cabbage aphid

    2000-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Horticulture Research International has launched research into cabbage aphids, in the hope of eventually developing plants resistant to the bug.

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    Stockbridge centre edges closer

    2000-11-29T00:00:00Z

    Growers in northern England have made progress this week towards setting up their own technology transfer centre.

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    HRI opens Walnut Club

    2000-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Nut-growers and Horticultural Research International have acted together to launch a growers' walnut club.

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    Horticulture unites behind HRI

    2000-11-07T00:00:00Z

    A group of organisations representing the horticulture sector has issued a joint statement on the future of Horticulture Research International, which is faced with funding and job cuts.

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    HRI restructure gets minister's support

    2000-10-11T00:00:00Z

    Following recent meetings with horticulture industry representatives and board members of Horticulture Research International, farm minister Nick Brown, pictured, has endorsed plans to restructure the R&D body.

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    HRI looks for volunteers

    2000-08-23T00:00:00Z

    Horticulture Research International is calling for volunteers to take redundancy.

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    NFU warns HRI over review

    2000-08-18T00:00:00Z

    Speculation surrounding the future of Horticulture Research International has prompted the National Farmers' Union to write a warning letter.