All Research & Development articles – Page 237

  • Premium carte blanche for 3663
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    Premium carte blanche for 3663

    2006-10-11T10:01:01Z

    3663 First for Foodservice, a leading UK foodservice wholesale distributor, has launched a new premium range of prepared products under the White’s brand.

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    Doubleday in at EMR

    2006-10-05T18:01:01Z

    Research biologist Dr Oliver Doubleday took up his post as chairman of the board of East Malling Research on Monday.

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    Rabobank tops US agri-bank list

    2006-10-04T15:01:01Z

    Rabobank, the leading bank to the global food and agriculture industry has been named the ‘premier’ food and agribusiness bank in the United States out of 120 top US firms.

  • Pita peaches
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    Brand new stones

    2006-09-24T13:01:01Z

    Researchers in Israel and Italy have unveiled four new stone-fruit varieties.

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    GM banana plants resist disease

    2006-09-13T17:01:01Z

    An Israeli bio-technology company has genetically modified banana plants so that they are completely resistant to pathogenic nematodes.

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    Seed expert dies

    2006-09-13T13:01:01Z

    Abe Adema, marketing and sales director at Netherlands-based seed specialist De Ruiter Seeds, has died unexpectedly, the company has announced.

  • Polka earns its spots
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    Polka earns its spots

    2006-09-07T09:01:01Z

    Polish-bred primocane raspberry Polka has proved itself in the UK this season.

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    Dried super berry hits Tesco shelves

    2006-09-06T15:01:01Z

    Tesco is launching a new dried super berry claimed to fight aging and cancer, while boosting your sex drive.

  • Jazz has unique sound
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    Jazz has unique sound

    2006-09-01T12:01:01Z

    Worldwide Fruit has revealed the results of research it commissioned into the crispiness of its trade-marked Jazz apple.

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    Chilean varieties all set

    2006-08-10T10:01:01Z

    New varieties of Chilean-bred peaches and nectarines are set to be planted next year in commercial trial volumes.

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    Chile to host first biosafety course

    2006-08-01T10:01:01Z

    The first academically accredited postgraduate biosafety course in the world is set to start at the University of Concepción (UDEC) in Chile this month.

  • Fruit flavours get real
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    Fruit flavours get real

    2006-07-16T15:01:00Z

    Research from New Zealand could spell the end for synthetic fruit flavours.

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    Stonefruit research leads to cancer discovery

    2006-07-03T11:01:01Z

    Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Israel, have discovered a new way to halt the growth and spread of cancer cells during work to find a way to to boost the size of peaches and nectarines.

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    Recruitment concerns for SMEs

    2006-07-02T17:01:00Z

    Recruitment is a concern for 82 per cent of businesses, according to the AXA Risk Monitor Report released this week.

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    Berryworld Plus unveils new site

    2006-06-29T13:01:00Z

    Berryworld Plus has launched a website dedicated to its raspberry-breeding programme.

  • Paula Webb, winner of the Geest award for innovation
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    Students show off fruits of their labours

    2006-06-27T15:01:02Z

    Food Technology students at the University of Lincoln have been showing off their hard work at an annual product launch at the Holbeach Technology Park.

  • Thomcord ready for take-off
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    Thomcord ready for take-off

    2006-06-25T09:01:02Z

    Scientists in the US have developed a new seedless grape variety.

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    On-the-go market to take off

    2006-06-20T17:00:59Z

    The burgeoning on-the-go healthy food market is showing no signs of slowing, and will reach a market value of £37 billion in Europe by 2012, a new report suggests.

  • Sun World wins right to fight Volcani in court
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    Sun World wins right to fight Volcani in court

    2006-05-22T10:01:02Z

    In a significant decision that potentially affects international rights to dozens of new table grape varieties developed by Israel's Volcani Institute, an Israeli District Court Judge has ruled that a claim filed by Sun World International LLC may proceed to trial and further displayed unease with Volcani's conduct.

  • Anne White uses a rheometer at HortResearch NZ
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    Major boost to EU research

    2006-05-12T15:01:00Z

    The drive to increase fruit consumption received a major boost this week when multi-million pound EU research programme Isafruit welomced HortResearch New Zealand as a partner.