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green, hairy fruit brings ToBRFV resistance to tomato industry

“We can eradicate ToBRFV from the tomato industry with our newly found resistance”

It’s a small, green, hairy tomato growing on a wild tomato plant. To be honest, it doesn’t look too impressive and you might easily overlook it. Yet still, this is the tomato…

Vacancies:

Overview: global tomato market

In Europe, the supply of tomatoes from the Netherlands and Belgium grown in unlighted plantations is declining. Imported tomatoes, such as those from Spain, where the acreage…

Phormium is on the eve of great things

"People have realized that a screen is more than just a cloth for shadow"

Screen cloths have an important role in horticulture. Forty years ago, screen cloths were used to keep the sunlight out, now we see that screen cloths are used to create an…

Reproducing sunlight in controlled laboratory environments

Plants and more generally, photosynthetic organisms need light to live. Exposed to artificial light, plants implement adaptation processes. All these adaptation strategies are…

Extra choice of valve position in CO2 dosing unit shortens intake route for outdoor air

Now that growers are no longer allowed to bring in air from the boiler house for CO2 dosing because of the risk of contamination, many systems need to be adapted to draw in…

Maryna Yermakova joins Ridder

Maryna Yermakova has joined Ridder as Sales Manager. Starting November 1, Maryna Yermakova will use her knowledge and expertise to support growers and investors with the…

Mexico and the Netherlands strengthen technological cooperation

Mexico and the Netherlands have joined forces to promote innovation in the horticultural sector by holding a virtual trade mission aimed at enhancing…

Horticultural specialist Bauer joins Bosman Van Zaal

Thomas Bauer has joined Bosman Van Zaal as senior technical sales consultant, where he will use his knowledge and experience to support the international sales team of the…

PMA virtual town hall

How the US election outcome may influence and impact policy for the produce industry

This week’s virtual town hall examined the impact of the 2020 elections on the fresh produce and floral industries, with a specific focus on policy implications. Richard Owen,…

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"An eyeful of innovation"

I recently visited a UF/IFAS research center and got an eyeful of innovation. Zhanao Deng of the UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department had arranged an array of…

Special: A clean facility

Cleaning the crop...

European Commission recognizes biotech company as Europe's most sustainable company

The European Commission has recognized Idai Nature for the international scope of its innovative products that combine productivity and environmental sustainability. More than…

Important tips for designing a hydroponic production facility

For anyone that has called me to discuss the design of their new vertical farm or greenhouse, they have probably grown quickly tired of me using the term buffer capacity. But,…

Illustration by Kathleen Greenham.

New understanding of circadian rhythms could be key to better crops

Biological clock and extra gene pairs control important plant functions

The biological clock of a popular food crop controls close to three-quarters of its genes, according to research from Dartmouth College. The genetic research shows how the…

pulling water from the air

"Self-watering soil could transform farming"

A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin can pull water from the air and distribute it to plants, potentially expanding the map of farmable…
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Growing crops vertically to feed the growing Indian population

Agrihouse India Ltd set up the country’s first aeroponic laboratory at the University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad in 2016. Dr. Dickson Despommier, Father of Vertical…

Chicago grower chosen for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program

Laurell Sims of Urban Growers Collective is the first farmer to be chosen for the James Beard Foundation’s fourth annual Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Program. The…

“Eat them to defeat them” campaign generates £63 million in vegetable sales

ITV and Veg Power announced today that Eat Them To Defeat Them, the landmark advertising campaign designed to improve children's health, has inspired a lasting change and…

Report: Genome Editing for Crop Improvement

The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) published a report on its latest Symposium titled “Genome Editing for Crop…

Three WUR Plant Sciences Group researchers receive prestigious Vidi grant

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded seven experienced Wageningen researchers a Vidi grant worth 800,000 euros. Three of these researchers (Wilma van Esse, Jose Lozano…

Mistake in high school creates passionate aquaponics fan

Ashton Thompson is passionate about sustainable farming methods and leaving the Earth better than he found it. As the senior operations manager for Juneberry Ridge, a farm…

Taylor Sorenson joins BioWorks as Biological Solutions Advisor

Taylor Sorenson has been named Biological Solutions Advisor at BioWorks. In his new position, Mr. Sorenson will be increasing BioWorks ability to deliver…

Refugees use farming skills at Ohio City Farm

Behind a fence around Ohio City Farm, in Cleveland, Ohio, refugees prepare vegetable orders for restaurants on a recent Wednesday, as they do each Wednesday. Though they come…

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USDA restricts PACA violators from operating in the produce industry

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they…

Holiday herb mixes now available

With the start of the holiday season and Thanksgiving fast approaching, Jacobs Farm del Cabo’s holiday herb program is in full swing. In preparation, the company is now…

United Fresh announces SmartPass Education Package for 2021

United Fresh Produce Association has announced the member-exclusive SmartPass Education Package for 2021. The package offers members access to multiple events…

Vernon Mascarenhas - Nature’s Choice.

2nd lock down will be very different from the first - then Brexit

England will go into a second lock down on Thursday and things for the fresh produce sector will be very different than first time round, the duration of the lock down is…

CAN: Funding available for agricultural innovation

As part of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP), a funding stream has been launched to promote collaboration between agricultural and value-chain partners. Creating…

Dori Serrano, of Murciana de Vegetales: "The campaign is starting without any setbacks"

Despite the pandemic, the new lettuce variety Caribu is making its way into the markets

Orders for Spanish lettuce from operators in central and northern Europe have started arriving earlier this year, coinciding with a slight advance in the harvest in Murcia due…

Sipcam Iberia presents the TIMOREX GOLD® bio-fungicide

New solution to the threat posed by powdery mildew and botrytis due to the rains

Horticultural crops are more than likely going to be affected by the appearance of powdery mildew and botrytis as November's weather started out marked by anticyclonic weather…

Syngenta has been investing in agricultural research in the province for almost four decades

"For us, Almería is a fundamental enclave"

Syngenta, a biotechnology company specialized in the research and development of solutions for the protection and improvement of plant crops, has been betting…

Smart fabric can identify fruit

Researchers have designed a smart fabric that can detect non-metallic objects ranging from avocadoes to credit cards, according to a study from Dartmouth College and Microsoft…

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