NZ suspends imports of rockmelons and honeydew melons
12 April, 2017New Zealand has suspended imports of Australian rockmelons and honeydew melons that have been treated with dimethoate — effective immediately.
You may be able to enjoy some hot chips with the Martians
12 April, 2017First things first — to enjoy some hot chips with the Martians you need to be able to grow potatoes on Mars. And current experiments show this is possible.
As cocoa shortage looms, is jackfruit the answer?
05 April, 2017With worldwide demand for chocolate outstripping the production of cocoa beans, the hunt is on for viable alternatives.
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.
