All-year-round broccoli
01 March, 2017A line of fast-growing sprouting broccoli that can be harvested in 8–10 weeks is being developed.
Crop load and cider quality — manipulating cider quality through horticultural practices
30 November, 2016With an 850% increase in cider consumption in the last five years, the time is ripe for finding how to manipulate cider quality in the orchard.
Bananageddon: researchers race against time
22 August, 2016Fungal diseases threaten to wipe out the global banana industry in just five to 10 years. But it is hoped new research will better equip researchers to develop hardier, disease-resistant banana plants and more effective disease-prevention treatments.
Marketing mangoes
29 July, 2016Perfection Fresh Australia has purchased the exclusive sales and marketing rights to the Calypso Mango and has plans to increase consumption of the fruit both domestically and internationally.
Irrigating with treated wastewater exposes fruit and vegetable consumers to drugs
22 April, 2016Eating treated wastewater-irrigated produce exposes consumers to drugs.
Doubling bananas' shelf life
13 April, 2016By tweaking the genes that control ripening, researchers at Israel's Volcani Institute have managed to double the shelf life of bananas.
How salad vegetable surfaces harbour pathogens — and it's not how you expect
23 March, 2016How do viruses and other pathogens cling on to salad vegetables through rinse cycles and then cause disease when the vegetables are eaten?
FSANZ invites submissions on food made from GM corn
11 February, 2016FSANZ has called for submissions on an application to permit food from a genetically modified corn line.
Manufacture natural compounds in tomatoes
28 October, 2015Industrial quantities of useful natural compounds like resveratrol and genistein can be produced efficiently by growing them in tomatoes.
And we are all so surprised (not)!
06 October, 2015Imported processed tomatoes from Italian companies have been illegally dumped in Australia, according to the latest Anti-Dumping Commission finding.
You're not nuts if you answered "Almonds"
03 September, 2015The latest Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) data shows that, with annual export sales of $522 million, almonds led the field as Australia's most valuable horticultural export product in 2014–15.
Frozen berries update: risk statement
02 June, 2015Following the hepatitis A outbreak earlier this year, thought to be linked to frozen berry imports, the Food Standards Australia and New Zealand agency (FSANZ) has released a risk statement on the subject to the Department of Agriculture, the enforcement agency for imported food.
New method improves long-term storage of kiwifruit
01 June, 2015A simple and non-contaminant technology method may be the answer to improving the quality of kiwifruit during long-term storage.
Coconut water continues its surge in popularity
30 October, 2014Recent efforts to promote coconut water as a natural and healthy soft drink have moved it into the mainstream in the US and, according to Innova Market Insights, manufacturers are now focusing on developing the European market.
