Big Research Grant Takes Aim At HLB By Growing Produce Staff|September 27, 2013 The Florida citrus market has suffered a loss of more than $4.5 billion in crops and is down […]Read More
Researchers Compare Genomes, RNA Of Wild And Domestic Tomatoes Posted by Paul Rusnak|August 5, 2013 Researchers in the U.S., Europe, and Japan have produced the first comparison of both the DNA sequences and […]
Scientists Shed New Light On Scent, Flavor Potential In Produce Posted by Paul Rusnak|July 22, 2013 Scientists have known for hundreds of years that plants respond to light in a variety of ways. But […]
HLB Research Innovation And Frustrations Go Hand In Hand Posted by Paul Rusnak|June 14, 2013 Editor’s Note: This is the first in series of six Q&As with the 2013 Florida Grower Citrus Achievement […]
Plant Breeders Are Giving Consumers What They Want By Frank Giles|June 11, 2013 The University of Florida is getting international attention for groundbreaking research into how sight, touch, taste, and smell […]
New Penn State Tree Fruit Pathologist Posted by Paul Rusnak|May 3, 2013 Editor’s note: Kari Peter is a new assistant professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology […]
Top Honors In Grape Research Posted by Paul Rusnak|April 19, 2013 Distinctive research deserves recognition, and in the field of enology and viticulture, the American Society for Enology and […]
Dig In Against Soil Carbon Depletion Posted by Paul Rusnak|April 19, 2013 1. Why should Florida growers be concerned about carbon depletion in their soil? Pope: A healthy soil has […]
Remote-Controlled Aircraft Takes Flight In Oregon For Potato Research Posted by Paul Rusnak|April 9, 2013 Two small, remote-controlled aircraft are expected to start flying over potato fields in the Hermiston, OR, area this […]
MSU Researchers Predict Later First Green For Apples Posted by Paul Rusnak|April 3, 2013 Michigan State University Extension educators Amy Irish-Brown and Phil Schwallier predict that western Michigan is behind the average […]
Making A Commitment To Agriculture By James R. McFerson|April 1, 2013 “Saving Extension is not the right goal.” I said that almost two years ago in a piece on […]
Tradition Meets Innovation In Tomato Breeding Efforts Posted by Paul Rusnak|March 28, 2013 North Carolina State University’s (NCSU) College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has the nation’s largest university plant breeding […]
Researchers Build A Healthier Tomato Posted by Paul Rusnak|March 22, 2013 University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers have genetically engineered tomatoes to produce a peptide that mimics the actions […]
Get Greater Yield With Improved Tomato Nutrition Posted by Paul Rusnak|March 22, 2013 Editor’s note: Steve Bogash, horticulture educator for Penn State University, presented this topic at the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and […]
Penn State University Appoints New Fruit Pathologist Posted by Paul Rusnak|March 21, 2013 Pennsylvania has a strong tree-fruit industry and produces the fourth largest apple crop in the U.S. An important […]
Penn State Awarded $182,000 For Ag Research Projects Posted by Paul Rusnak|March 21, 2013 New and ongoing tree-fruit research in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences received a boost with the recent […]
Scientists Receive $2 Million To Improve Food Safety Posted by Paul Rusnak|March 13, 2013 Scientists at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and North Carolina State University are looking to naturally […]
Florida Ag Department Accepting Specialty Crop Grant Applications Posted by Paul Rusnak|March 12, 2013 The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is now accepting applications for $4.2 million in federal […]
Update On Northern Grapes Project By Hans Walter-Peterson|March 7, 2013 Grape growing is expanding in non-traditional regions where winter low temperatures would be lethal to vinifera and most […]
The Promise And Despair Of The Farm Bill By James R. McFerson|February 4, 2013 Every four years, national elections in the U.S. either bring in a new Administration or return one. It […]
