All Research & Development articles – Page 187
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ArticleFruitmasters secures new berry varieties
Partnership with UK-based Hargreaves Plants set to grant Dutch company exclusive access to new soft fruit cultivars
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High-street sales pick up
UK high-street sales grew modestly in the year to October, and at the most positive rate in almost two years, according to the CBI.
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ArticleRetailers urged to boost food safety
A new report has called for greater food safety standards from Asian retailers, pointing out reputation and sales losses
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ArticleBreeding boost in South Korea
South Korea has announced plans to significantly increase its funding of the plant and animal breeding industries
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Australia in bayberry breakthrough
Scientists at the University of Queensland in Australia have developed new red bayberry varieties that have just started producing commercial yields.
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Irish farming goes GM-free
Ireland last week adopted a genetically modified (GM) free policy with a ban on the cultivation of all GM plants.
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India close to GM move
A genetically modified aubergine has been approved for growth in India as the country carefully considers a move into large-scale cultivation of genetically modified food crops.
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ArticleElsoms lands new managing director
Elsoms Seeds Ltd has appointed its vegetable seeds director Robin Wood as managing director of the company.
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Society report urges farmers on GM
A new Royal Society report into genetically modified foods has blown open the debate once more as leaders back GM crops to tackle the possible impending food crisis.
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ArticleHargreaves hopeful on revolutionary berry
Hargreaves Plants held a presentation and field day to focus on the development of its primocane blackberries, which it hopes will “revolutionise” the sector.
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Sam’s Club expands Fairtrade offer
Sales of Fairtrade bananas at the US-based retailer have generated some US$615,000 in community funds since the program launched
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ArticleNew apple varieties signal organic growth
New Zealand apple exporter Heartland Fruit Co is gearing up to launch two disease-resistant varieties suited to organic cultivation
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Produce World video released
Anglia Business Solutions has released a video case study based on its deployment of the award winning Microsoft Dynamics NAV based LINKFresh business management suite at Produce World.
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Tesco steps up security bid
Tesco is looking to maintain security of goods in transit with Secureseal's tamper-evident trailer seals.
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ArticleStudy highlights Tenderstem tenderness
Research from scientists at Warwick University has shown that Tenderstem broccoli beats all for tenderness
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ArticleErika proves a hit with berry community
Hargreaves Plants recently welcomed a group of UK growers to a commercial plantation of Erika raspberry at Melvyn Newman’s Newma Fruit Farms Ltd.
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Cabbage storage product welcomed
A new specific off-label approval for Rovral WG for the control of Botrytis in cabbages post-harvest has been welcomed by brassica growers ahead of this year’s harvest.
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BBSRC put insects off scent
Scientists discover how to send insects off the scent of crops following new research funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-funded research.
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ArticleSyngenta backs £1m bee research
Scientists at Rothamsted Research and Warwick University have been awarded £1 million by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council in partnership with Syngenta, to research the decline of honeybees.
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NFU welcomes science adviser plan
European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso’s proposal for a chief scientific adviser has been warmly welcomed by grower groups in Europe.