Coles says it will absorb price impact after cyclone wipes out Carnarvon banana crop Australian supermarket Coles has indicated it will offer assistance to banana growers in the Carnarvon region of Western Australia, after Cyclone ...
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This spring, about 16,500 wheat and barley growers in 17 states will receive a questionnaire on Fusarium head blight (scab) from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The survey is for improving the understanding of how ...
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Join us at the 2014 Integrated Pest Management Academy to discuss strategies to help manage vegetable disease on diverse vegetable farms. Plant disease management is essential on the vegetable farm to achieve optimal yield and profit. ...
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Scientists from across the world have "scanned the horizon" in order to identify potentially significant medium and long-term threats to conservation efforts. Resurrection of several extinct species, the increasingly accelerated loss of ...
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The Queensland state of Australia has banned farmers and travellers from bringing banana into the state, as part of its effort to prevent the spread of a disease that destroys crops. This legislative change, which was announced by ...
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Basilea Pharmaceutica has obtained FDA orphan drug status to isavuconazole, an investigational intravenous and oral broad-spectrum antifungal, for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis. Isavuconazole is being investigated in phase 3 ...
A seedless fruit is a fruit developed to possess no mature seeds. As consumption of seedless fruits is generally easier and more convenient, they are considered commercially valuable. Most commercially produced seedless fruits have been ...
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Genetically modified (GM) potatoes are set to be grown for the first time in Ireland, after Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (EPA) has given its approval to carry out trials. The plants will be modified to be resistant to Late ...
Tags: genetically modified potatoes, the death of plant tissues, potato crops