All Research & Development articles – Page 213

  • Scientists up antioxidants with salt
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    Scientists up antioxidants with salt

    2007-03-21T12:01:36Z

    Scientists in Italy are investigating ways of growing tomatoes in diluted seawater, and suggest in a new scientific report that doing so raises the anti-oxidant quotient of the fruit.

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    Sun World establishes base in Chilean capital

    2007-03-19T12:01:01Z

    US fresh fruit marketer and producer Sun World has established an operation in Santiago, after years of importing fruit from Chile and introducing its new varieties to the country's growers.

  • Left to right: Florentino Juste, director of research institute Ivia; Juan Cotino, agriculture secretary; Luis Navarro, Ivia researcher
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    Easy does it for Valencians

    2007-03-11T08:01:02Z

    The regional government of Valencia in Spain has unveiled five new easy-peel varieties to be planted as part of an ambitious variety renewal programme.

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    New project to boost soil fertility

    2007-03-10T13:01:03Z

    HDRA Garden Organic is leading a new Defra funded project to help growers improve the ways in which they build soil fertility.

  • Bananas and oranges may prevent childhood leukaemia
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    Bananas and oranges may prevent childhood leukaemia

    2007-03-03T08:01:01Z

    The risk of childhood leukaemia may be halved by eating oranges and bananas, a new study has found.

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    GMO debate re-opened

    2007-02-28T13:01:01Z

    The debate about GMO crops has been fanned once more, with the publication of a set of scientific results ‘suppressed’ by the GMO industry for eight years.

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    Food science thesaurus published

    2007-02-24T17:01:01Z

    The eight edition of its FSTA Thesaurus contains 10,246 terms, including 700 new terms.

  • New grape variety in the pipeline
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    New grape variety in the pipeline

    2007-02-24T08:01:01Z

    Autumn King, a new white seedless grape from the US could soon be available to fill the tricky late-autumn window.

  • SNFL to build on Pink success
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    SNFL to build on Pink success

    2007-02-23T13:01:01Z

    Special New Fruit Licensing Ltd (SNFL), the fruit licensing company behind the trademarked grape variety Absolutely Pink, is hoping to bring a range of key new grape varieties to market within the next two to three years.

  • Fruits you Sir
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    Fruits you Sir

    2007-02-23T10:01:01Z

    A new firm Fruit for the Office is kicking off promotions of its service - to deliver fruit ordered online direct to companies.

  • HortResearch makes scientfic gains
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    HortResearch makes scientfic gains

    2007-02-18T11:01:01Z

    HortResearch, the New Zealand-based fruit science company, is investing €3.5 million a year to uncover the biochemical secrets of fruit growth and help create significant opportunities for the fruit industry.

  • Nick Marston
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    Berry Gardens joins global deal

    2007-02-14T08:01:01Z

    A new berry superpower stepped up onto the global stage at Fruit Logistica after its formation on February 7.

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    German consumers drop produce purchases

    2007-02-10T12:01:01Z

    Price hikes in Germany’s fresh produce resulted in a drop in consumer purchases in 2006, according to a report given this week at the opening ceremony of this year’s Fruit Logistica.

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    Underground storage for Carbon Dioxide

    2007-02-09T11:01:01Z

    Scientists have proposed storing carbon-dioxide in huge underground reservoirs as a way of reducing emissions and slowing climate change

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    European R&D in image boost

    2007-02-08T12:01:02Z

    European fruit research project Isafruit says it needs to raise its profile among the European fruit trade.

  • Appletiser expands its brand
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    Appletiser expands its brand

    2007-01-04T10:01:01Z

    Fizzy fruit juice brand Appletiser is launching a 100 per cent natural pear juice drink.

  • Pomegranates could curb lung cancer
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    Pomegranates could curb lung cancer

    2006-12-27T13:39:38Z

    Pomegranates could help in the fight against lung cancer, according to new research.

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    EMR hosts DNA marker meet-up

    2006-12-23T12:01:01Z

    Delegates from eleven countries attended a workshop hosted by East Malling Research (EMR) on December 7-8 for the European Collaborative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources (ECPGR).

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    Greenery in academic deal

    2006-12-21T08:01:01Z

    The Greenery is to sponsor a chair at one of Europe's leading research centres to look at innovation in the fresh produce sector.

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    Sorbitol in apple research breakthrough

    2006-11-27T14:01:02Z

    Sugary compound sorbitol may help determine characteristics of apples and could prove key in improving fruit quality.