July 08
Embrapa auxilia
produtores de alho
Good breeding
increases shelf life - Packaged salad-cut lettuce studied for
stability, freshness
MAF Biosecurity New
Zealand issues provisional import health standard 155.02.06:
Importation of Nursery Stock
First report of
Tomato torrado virus in Hungary
Bayer CropScience's
Movento insecticide receives U.S. federal registration - Product
with unique ‘2-way systemic’ activity available in wide range of
crops
- Movento
insecticide receives California Department of Pesticide
Regulation registration
Antimicrobials
target produce pathogens
Los bacteriófagos combaten los patógenos en las verduras
recién cortadas
United States
Department of Agriculture announces $28.4 million in funding
for specialty crop research
Downy mildew
confirmed on cucumbers in Delaware, Maryland, Michigan
Seminis
Americas leadership changes
Can tomatoes
carry the cure for Alzheimer’s? Study shows how transgenic
plants are used to produce a vaccine against Alzheimer’s
disease
Scientists test
method for sanitizing leafy produce
Científicos buscan un nuevo método de limpiar las
verduras frondosas
Pathogen genes targeted in
studies to protect salad vegetables
Científicos estudian los genes de patógenos para proteger
las verduras
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 74 new plant varieties
June 08
Ahern International
Seeds hires Ing. Armando Luna as technical sales representative
for Northern Sinaloa and Southern Sonora
First report of
Maize dwarf mosaic virus in Poland
Mahyco receives
seed production approval for Bt Brinjal
Watermelon may be
the new passion fruit
Evolution of fruit size in tomato
- Mapping the genes that control fruit size in tomato and other
Solanaceae
The 21st century tomato: using
systems biology to model the metabolic networks in tomato fruit
development
Drought tolerance in potatoes:
hunting for drought tolerance genes in ancient Andean landraces
Limagrain trakteert
relaties op themadag in de polder
Protecting Romaine
lettuce from pathogens
Protegiendo la lechuga romana contra los patógenos
Mahyco receives
seed production approval for Bt Brinjal
Sale of the home garden
activities: Vilmorin postpones finalization of its agreement
with Plan SAS and accompanies financial reorganization of Flora
Frey
Cession des activités grand
public: Vilmorin reporte la finalisation de son accord avec Plan
SAS et accompagne la restructuration financière de Flora Frey
Enza Coastal Seeds
hires George Thacher as Area Sales Manager for the Salinas,
California area
New Coronet
fungicide seed treatment from BASF receives U.S. EPA approval -
Coronet offers broad-spectrum protection of seed and seedlings
in vegetables and cotton
S&G issues the 9th
edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for the world of
peppers
Seminis hires
Technical Sales Manager for Mexico greenhouse market
First of its kind,
global vegetable seed sector report details key market drivers
through next decade
First report of the
A2 mating type of Phytophthora infestans on tomato crops
in Taiwan
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 21 new plant varieties
Monsanto Company
completes acquisition of De Ruiter Seeds
Monsanto rondt overname
De Ruiter Seeds
La empresa Monsanto
completa la adquisición propuesta de De Ruiter Seeds
First report of
Tomato apical stunt viroid in Finland
Organic and fair
trade fresh produce sales rocketing in Europe
Tomato zonate
spot virus (TZSV; proposed): a significant new tospovirus of
vegetable crops in Yunnan, China
Landec
Corporation and Monsanto enter into partnership agreement to
develop broccoli and cauliflower varieties with novel traits
AUSVEG
announces ‘first of its kind’ business management program
tailored to the needs of Australian vegetable growers
BHN Seeds joins
forces with Ahern Seeds to serve Mexico and Central America
Ahern
International Seeds promotes Ing. Raul Piceño
Center for
Research in Agricultural Genomics in Barcelona, Spain to use
454 sequencing for melon research
Emerald Seed
Company launches new and improved website
New bacterium
detected fresh tomatoes and capsicums in the North Island of
New Zealand
- New
Liberibacter pathogen on hot-house tomato and capsicum
in New Zealand
Tospoviruses on
lettuce in California, USA
Beneficial bacteria help
control produce pathogen
Bacterias
beneficiosas ayudan a controlar los patógenos en las frutas
y verduras
May 08
First report of
Tomato chlorosis virus in Cuba
KeyGene and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture sign long-term collaboration on pepper
research
Evogene to
collaborate with Vilmorin for tomato yield improvement
Undiagnosed virus on
muskmelon in Punjab, India
Limagrain unveils
new structure for its vegetable seed operations - Harris Moran
(USA) to link with Clause (France) and Marco Polo (Thailand)
Environment-friendly
tools for New Zealand lettuce growers
Researchers identify genetic "fix" for problem in some sweet
corn hybrids
Un remedio
genético para un problema en algunos híbridos del maíz dulce
Vilmorin précise les
modalités de son désengagement du marché grand public
Vilmorin provides more details
of the terms of its withdrawal from the home garden market
Brasil:
Parcerias vão gerar
novos materiais
ABARE to survey
vegetable growers across Australia
Seed and young plant
health was the central feature of a three day international
meeting at De Ruiter Seeds
Michigan State
University research team has high asparagus aspirations
Seed transmission of
Pepino mosaic virus in tomato
Brilliant from
Seminis awarded the 2008 Best Tasting Tomato on the Vine by
ChefsBest, an independent judging organization dedicated to
recognizing and honoring food products in the United States
'Orange Bulldog', a
new, virus-resistant breed of pumpkin, is good news for growers
and consumers in southeast USA
Exceptional sweet
onion harvest in South Texas soured by low market prices
University of
Amsterdam scientists discover how to keep tomatoes from wilting
Vilmorin:
Progression du chiffre d'affaires du 3ème trimestre
2007-2008 : + 17,5 % à données comparables
Increase in sales for the 3rd quarter of 2007-2008: +
17.5% like for like
AUSVEG announces
the 2009 Australian Vegetable Industry Conference
Nunhems at
United Fresh 2008 in Las Vegas: innovative vegetable seed
solutions for the US market
April 08
First report of
Tobacco streak virus on faba bean in Sudan
Official opening
of new De Ruiter Seeds site in China
University of
Idaho Extension website helps Idaho’s potato growers navigate
good agricultural practices audits
Tomatoes are hot -
even in Idaho’s cold, short-season areas
Syngenta announces
plans to build a new vegetables seed processing facility in
Pasco, Washington
Computers keep
asparagus plants vital
Uiendemoveld van
Nickerson-Zwaan gezaaid
Three viruses
threaten cucurbits - and now green beans
Tres virus amenazan las cucúrbitas—y ahora las judías verdes
French bean
breeding in Kenya
ERMA New Zealand
receives application from Crop and Food Research to field test
GM onions, spring onions, garlic and leeks
Government of
Canada invests in the sustainability of the greenhouse vegetable
industry in British Columbia
Downy mildew
disease hits muskmelon crop in the Punjab, India
Seminis hires
Technical Sales Manager for the greenhouse market in western
Canada and the United States
Preserving a unique collection
of Carolina collards
Preservando una colección única de la col forrajera de
Carolina
S&G issues the
8th edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for the
world of peppers
Bayer
CropScience supports British Fresh Produce Consortium: Eat
in Colour - The tasty route to healthy nutrition Program to
increase consumption of fruit and vegetables
Bayer CropScience
unterstützt Fresh Produce Consortium in Großbritannien: "Eat
in Colour" - der schmackhafte Weg zu gesunder Ernährung
Initiative für einen höheren Obst- und Gemüseverzehr
March 08
Monsanto Company
announces agreement to acquire De Ruiter Seeds, a leading global
vegetable seed company
Monsanto maakt
akkoord bekend over overname van De Ruiter Seeds, een wereldwijd
toonangevend groentezadenbedrijf
Hairy vetch mulch
activates genes for phytonutrients in tomatoes
Un cultivo de cobertura del vezo piloso estimula genes en
tomates
Scientists develop
transgenic tomatoes with increased resistance to the common
cutworm
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 12 new plant varieties
Pimentas: sabor
com saúde - Embrapa vai mostrar pesquisas com pimenta durante
feira botânica em Brasília
Wageningen UR:
Biological soil disinfestation increases asparagus production by
50 percent
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 13 new plant varieties
Syngenta's Revus
Top fungicide receives U.S. federal registration - Powerful new
premix protects potatoes and tomatoes against early blight, late
blight and other tough diseases
Report of Iris
yellow spot virus on onion in Germany
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 10 new plant varieties
Nickerson-Zwaan ontvangt Russische delegatie
Foodborne
outbreaks from leafy greens on rise in the United States
Crop
scientists discover gene that controls fruit shape
First report
of Beet mosaic virus infecting lettuce (China)
First report
of Tomato golden mottle virus in Mexico
USDA/ERS
releases updated data set on the U.S. watermelon industry
First report
of Yellow leaf curl disease of pumpkin in Thailand
associated with Squash leaf curl China virus
Vermoedelijke
bron Clavibacter besmettingen vastgesteld
United
Genetics hires Pat Boleda as NAFTA Sales Manager
Policy to keep
silverleaf whitefly out of the Kimberley region of Western
Australia
Innovative
active ingredient protects against fungal diseases:
Fluopicolide from Bayer CropScience receives registrations
in Japan and the United States - Launch of Reliable, Stellar
and Presidio planned for 2008
Innovativer Wirkstoff schützt vor pilzlichen Krankheiten:
Fluopicolide von Bayer CropScience erhält Zulassung in Japan
und in den USA - Markteinführung von Reliable, Stellar und
Presidio in 2008 geplant
Tearless onion
discovery hits the headlines
Commercial
production of GM eggplant in The Philippines within two
years
February 08
When it comes to red cabbage, more is better
Cuando se
habla de la col lombarda, más es mejor
Bacterial
diseases on tomatoes in Holland, Italy
First report of
Iris yellow spot virus on onion in Ontario, Canada
Australian
researchers identify useful sources of resistance to white rust
in Brassica juncea mustard germplasm
Late blight on
tomato and potato plants in Florida
New strain of
white blister on brassicas in Queensland, Australia
Melhoramento de
feijão na Embrapa Trigo
Alles over uien
op nieuwe website uienzaden.nl
Successful
launch of climate neutral products with TÜV certification
Reports of
brassica diseases in Turkey and Nepal
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 55 new plant varieties
First
report of Pythium splendens associated with severe
wilt of muskmelon in Oman
Nunhems’ Intense tomato wins
Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008
Intense-Tomate
von Nunhems gewinnt Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008
Bayer
CropScience’s new food chain partnership project in Brazil
Neues food chain partnership-Projekt von Bayer
CropScience in Brasilien
Seeds of
Change announces several new positions
U.S. Federal Register:
United
States standards for grades of cantaloups
Bayer
CropScience at Fruit Logistica 2008 in Berlin - Successful
partnerships all round: from producer to consumer, company
presents international food chain partnership projects
Bayer CropScience auf der Fruit Logistica 2008 in Berlin
- Erfolgreiche Partnerschaften für alle: vom Erzeuger bis
zum Verbraucher Unternehmen stellt internationale Food Chain
Partnership-Projekte vor
Nunhems USA
adds John Erb as Carrot Crop Sales Manager
Intense - A tomato,
that does not lose its juice
Intense - Die Tomate, die den Fruchtsaft nicht verliert
Partnership
between AUSVEG and the Australian Hydroponic and Greenhouse
Association beneficial for vegetable industry
Nunhems USA
partners with customers to co-sponsor Produce First! event
International magazine announces New Zealand “tearless
onion” breakthrough
January 08
Advanta acquires the
vegetable seed business of Unicorn Seeds Ltd.
S&G issues
the seventh edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for
the world of peppers
At Nunhems
USA, Russ Kabaker takes on new role as Integration Manager
for the Paragon Seeds acquisition and Lettuce Crop Sales
Manager for the Americas
Fruit Logistica 2008
-
A unique
culinary experience at Zeraim Gedera's Fruit Logistica booth
-
De Ruiter
Seeds at Fruit Logistica
-
Wouldn't you
love to know what products we'll be eating in five years time?
First reports of
root-knot nematodes on vegetables in Montenegro
The elongated
tomato: an inseparable part of the culinary experience by Zeraim
Gedera
Colored peppers
for North America: a historical success for Zeraim Mexico
Mapa aprova
zoneamento de feijão comum para Sergipe
India may turn
into a big producer of GM rice and vegetables by 2010
TomatoFest
Garden Seeds announes 'Top 10' heirloom tomatoes for 2008
Australian
vegetable seed company Apex Seeds discontinues operations
First report of
ear soft rot of corn (Zea mays) caused by Burkholderia
gladioli in the United States
Tomato spotted
wilt virus threatens pepper recovery in Almeria, Spain
EnviroLogix
announces the first field diagnostic test for Tomato Apex
Necrosis Virus
Enzymes conspire
to rot tomatoes: cell wall proteins help fungus turn tomatoes
from ripe to rotten
Early sowing of
carrots is the most effective way to prevent the damage caused
by carrot psyllids
Cornell
University's web site hosts gardeners' ratings on thousands of
vegetable varieties
Bayer CropScience at Fruit
Logistica 2008 in Berlin: Fruits and vegetables with more
intensive flavors - Company presents Flavour Guarantee project
from Brazil
Bayer CropScience
auf der Fruit Logistica 2008 in Berlin: Obst und Gemüse mit
intensiverem Geschmack - Unternehmen stellt "Flavour
Guarantee"-Projekt aus Brasilien vor
US Agriseeds
finds success at Expo Agro Alimentaria, introduces new varieties
Nunhems USA
names Jeff Boettge Crop Sales Manager for onions and hot peppers
Melon
necrotic spot virus newly reported in China
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Quality evaluation of some chosen cucumber transgenic
lines with taumatin gene
Specially
developed carrot to help people absorb more calcium
Nickerson-Zwaan acquires onion activities of Global Genetics
Nickerson-Zwaan neemt
uienactiviteiten Global Genetics over
India's DRDO
develops transgenic tomato tolerant to cold temperatures and
water stress
Siegers Seed
Company releases new class of pumpkins
Organic
'Urgurke', an initiative of Eosta and Enza Zaden, nominated
for Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2008
Neue
biologische Gurkensorten schlagen an
December 07
Nickerson-Zwaan
introduceert meeldauwresistentie in ui
Identification
and host relations of Turnip ringspot virus, a novel comovirus
from Ohio
Netherlands:
Mogelijke
besmetting met clavibacter in tomatenteelt
Agrisemen B.V.
acquires Brussels sprouts program from Seminis
First record of
Tomato spotted wilt virus and of Tomato infectious chlorosis
virus in Jordan
New President
and CEO of Enza Zaden North America
S&G launches
www.melontoday.com, the website about the world of melons
S&G issues the
6th edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for the world
of peppers
Nunhems new
tomato concept Intense nominated for the Fruit Logistica
Innovation Award 2008 among the 10 most outstanding innovations
of the year
Nunhems’
Intense für den Fruit Logistica Innovationspreis 2008 nominiert
Nunhems neues Tomatenkonzept Intense ist unter den 10
herausragenden Innovationen des Jahres
U.S. Federal Register:
United States
standards for grades of tomatoes on the vine
First reports
of Tomato chlorosis virus in southwestern Turkey and in Mayotte
Island, France
University of
California, Davis tomato study points to organic pros and cons
on four farms
Vilmorin:
Assemblée Générale Mixte du 12 décembre 2007
Bayer
CropScience’s vegetable seed business Nunhems acquires US
lettuce seed company Paragon Seed
Bayer CropScience-Tochter Nunhems
erwirbt das US-Saatgutunternehmen Paragon Seed
Memorandum of
Understanding opens up new horizons for the vegetable industry
in Australia's Northern Territory
Hollar Seeds
appoints new president - Andy Medina named President, Larry
Hollar Chairman of the Board
Edamame soybean varieties for organic farmers about to get even
sweeter
Dos nuevas
variedades de la soya llamada edamame podrían ser aún más dulces
Emerald Seed
Company appoints Robert (Bob) Brown as Sales and Marketing
Manager
A.
Bourcheix et Rol. Charbonneau Ltd and Agrocentre Fertibec
join forces to become the seed distribution leader in the
Province of Quebec
A. Bourcheix et
Rol. Charbonneau Ltd and Agrocentre Fertibec joignent leurs
forces afin de devenir le leader de la distribution des semences
de légumes dans la province de Québec
November 07
US
Agriseeds enjoys first appearance at the PMA Fresh Summit
Expo
A new specialty crop:
orange-fleshed, organic honeydews
Científicos evalúan melones dulces orgánicos con
pulpa de color naranja
Eating
beans helps lower cholesterol
New members
named to the U.S. National Watermelon Promotion Board
First
report of of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in the
Netherlands and of Tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus in
Taiwan
This month
in Plant Disease magazine
- Three new races of the spinach downy mildew pathogen
identified
Tropical
traits for temperate beans
Rasgos tropicales para los frijoles estadounidenses
Enza Zaden
acquires onion program of US based Dessert Seed
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 29 new plant varieties
USDA/Economic Research
Service:
U.S. lettuce statistics 2007
Nunhems USA
booth scores at Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit
- Seed company’s booth ranked in top 5% of all booths at
trade show
Sakata
supports The National Watermelon Association in new
promotion
Lancement
d'un programme de recherche-partenariat sur la production
intégrée en cultures légumières pour développer des systèmes
de cultures plus respectueux de l'environnement
Les fruits
et légumes dans l'alimentation : une expertise scientifique
collective réalisée par l'INRA
Pesquisa,
extensão e ensino aplaudem curso sobre sementes
Tomato
disease in Mexico caused by new virus
Tomatenziekte in Mexico veroorzaakt door nieuw virus
Neues Virus verursacht
Tomatenkrankheit in Mexiko
Un nuevo virus ocasiona enfermedad en el tomate
Maladie des tomates au Mexique
provoquée par un nouveau virus
-
Tomato marchitez virus - New virus identified in Sinaloa,
Mexico
North
Carolina State University releases new melon hybrids
First
report of Tomato torrado virus in Poland
Vers
l'amélioration du haricot commun sous contraintes
environnementales méditerranéennes
Towards improvement of the
common bean subject to Mediterranean environmental
constraints
Vilmorin
publie un chiffre d'affaires du premier trimestre 2007-2008
en progression de 4,2% à données comparables et ouvre son
conseil d'administration à un administrateur indépendant
Vilmorin
announces sales for the first quarter of 2007-2008 up 4.2%
like for like and opens up its board to an independent
director
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 32 new plant varieties
USDA Economic Research
Service:
U.S. tomato statistics
Clarification re. New strain of
downy mildew in cucurbits - Charleston County, South Carolina,
USA
Agricultura
Orgânica é tema de novo livro da Embrapa
U.S.
Department of Agriculture begins issuing import permits for
fruits and vegetables from Africa
Researchers identify cause of
watermelon vine decline
Investigadores identifican la causa de una enfermedad severa
de la sandía
New crop
simulation model can predict quality and yield of sweet corn
INCOTEC 400
Pellet Organic Lettuce now available to the professional
organic lettuce market in North America
Blossom
blight on eggplant - Fiji
Genes
identified to protect brassicas from Turnip mosaic virus
October 07
Siegers Seed
Company announces companywide adoption of the Codes for Pest
Organisms in Vegetable Crops recommended by the International
Seed Federation
New Mexico State
University discovers the world's hottest chile pepper
Identification
of Fusarium solani f. sp. cucurbitae Race 1 and
Race 2 with PCR and production of disease-free pumpkin seeds
Cavity spot
disease on root crops in the United Kingdom
New strain of
downy mildew in cucurbits - Charleston County, South Carolina,
USA
Syngenta's
Platinum and Actara insecticides receive expanded and new crop
use labels in Florida
Norovirus proposal nets top
research funding
Una propuesta para
una investigacion de los norovirus recibe fondos y un premio
Bio Suisse
aktualisiert Sortenlisten für Gemüse und Zierpflanzen
Michigan State
University researchers determine that spinach may have mucky
Michigan future
International
symposium on human health effects of fruits and vegetables
unites medical and agricultural researchers
Vilmorin
announces its plans to sell its home garden activities
Vilmorin
annonce le projet de cession de ses activités grand public
Spinach gets new
protection against pesky leafminers
La espinaca consigue nueva protección contra el minador de la
hoja
Vilmorin
presents a significant increase in its annual results for
2006-2007 and confirms its successful integration of the field
seeds activities
Vilmorin présente des résultats annuels 2006-2007 en
progression sensible et confirme la réussite de l’intégration
des activités de semences de grandes cultures
U.S. Department
of Agriculture awards $4.7 million for tomato and potato
specialty crops genetic research
USDA/ARS
releases onion germplasm
Embrapa
Hortaliças abre inscrições para curso de produção de sementes
Bayer CropScience’s vegetable seed
business Nunhems acquires Teboza’s asparagus breeding program
Bayer
CropScience-Tochter Nunhems erwirbt Spargelzuchtprogramm von
Teboza
U.S. Federal Register:
Handling
regulations for leafy greens under the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937
Al Zoet,
professional seed consultant for Siegers Seed Company,
discusses Vilmorin hybrid radish trials
USDA’s Fruit
and Vegetable Market News Service to begin reporting weekly
advertised retail prices
Bottlegourd
gene may curb cucurbit virus
Gen de porongo podría controlar un virus de cucúrbitas
Valent
BioSciences acquires minority interest in Pace International
September 07
Undiagnosed
disease in vegetables crops in the Volta Region of Ghana
Tiny
tomato beats out the beefier entries in taste contest at
University of Missouri Tomato Festival
S&G issues
the fifth edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for
the world of peppers
Iris
yellow spot virus in onion seed crops in South Africa
Cornell
University helps develop pest-resistant eggplant, the first
genetically modified food crop in South Asia
Syngenta's
Platinum and Actara insecticides receive expanded and new
crop use labels in California
Foliar
diseases in brassica crops, United Kingdom
ERMA New
Zealand says that Crop and Food Research GM onions research
has not breached biosecurity rules
One year
after the spinach recall in the U.S., a $2.5 million study
expands efforts to reduce risk
New
findings of torrado disease on tomato in Spain
Estimating
the adoption of Bt eggplant in India: Who benefits from
public–private partnership?
Siegers
Seed Company works closely with breeders/producers from all
over the world to implement and manage one of the largest
and most extensive new vegetable variety trial programs in
the industry
Apex Seeds
appoints Ray Osburn as Asian Sales Manager based in
Shanghai, China
Evogene
and Zeraim Gedera salt tolerant tomato collaboration
advances to second phase
August 07
Fielding options
in specialty melons
Lettuce, leafy
greens and E. coli
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Policy directives
to prevent the entry and spread of Swede Midge in Canada
Directives pour prévenir l'introduction et la propagation de
la cécidomyie du chou-fleur (Contarinia nasturtii)
Embrapa,
indústria e produtores implantam produção integrada de tomate em
Goiás
USDA awards $5.5
million for risk and prevention research of E. coli O157:H7 in
fresh produce
First reports
of Columnea latent viroid and tomato chlorotic dwarf
viroid in the United Kingdom
Two key
findings steer cucumber disease research
India
approves large scale field trials for Bt brinjal
July 07
Fungal diseases on
cucumber and potato in Ontario and Prince Edward Island, Canada
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Greece: tomatoes
and products annual
Natural fungicide
gives garlic growers hope
NZ$37 million
contract provides research capability for New Zealand
horticulture industry’s vision for export business
Can artichokes
bring new heart to Texas agriculture?
Of watermelon and waistlines: new
low-sugar varieties from USDA/ARS
Nuevas variedades de
sandía con menos azúcar
Expert to provide
update on the status of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus after it
was found for the first time in California
The Netherlands:
Kamervragen over
genetisch gemanipuleerde tomaten
Rede de pesquisa
vai incrementar a produção de cucurbitáceas em áreas de
agricultura familiar e assentamentos
Bayer CropScience’
Nunhems acquires Korean vegetable seed company SeedEx
Bayer CropScience-Tochter Nunhems übernimmt koreanisches
Gemüsesaatgutunternehmen SeedEx
First report of an
undescribed curtovirus, tentatively designated Iranian beet
curly top virus (IBCTV), in Southern Iran
Giant Views of the Industry
Online:
Seed World presents video interview with
Nona Wolfram-Koivula,
Executive Director of All-America Selections and the
National Garden Bureau
Vilmorin
initiates the process to purchase a minority stake in the
Chinese company Yuanlongping High-Tech Agriculture
Vilmorin engage un processus de prise de participation
minoritaire dans la société chinoise Yuanlongping High-Tech
Agriculture
Syngenta
reinforces vegetable seeds with Zeraim Gedera acquisition
Syngenta stärkt Geschäft mit Gemüsesaatgut durch
Akquisition von Zeraim Gedera
Syngenta développe ses activités semences potagères en
rachetant Zeraim Gedera
Zeraim Gedera
announces agreement for acquisition by Syngenta
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 29 new plant varieties
First Executive
Director named to the Postharvest Technology Research and
Information Center at UC Davis
Downy mildew on
cucumber in the USA (Ohio, Michigan) and Canada (Ontario)
New Zealand:
Review of the
‘winter window’ import pathway for fruit fly hosts of
Bactrocera cucumis (cucumber fruit fly)
Gianni
Bernardotto appointed Director of Marketing and Sales at De
Ruiter Seeds
Earliest-known
evidence of peanut, cotton and squash farming found in
northern Peru
New Habanero blasts taste buds
- and pepper pests
Nuevo habanero es
picante--y combate plagas de pimientos
June 07
Pepper diversity on
display
Pimiento para cada ocasión
Downy mildew found
on cucumber farms in northern Ohio - Growers advised to protect
crop
Hein Bemelmans
joins the Board of Enza Zaden as Director of Marketing & Sales
University of
Kentucky New Crop Opportunities Center provides information on
new crop options for Kentucky growers
U.S. Federal Register:
United States
standards for grades of tomatoes on the vine
Food poisoning by
Salmonella in lettuce plants can be avoided
RNAi-mediated
resistance to Bean golden mosaic virus in genetically engineered
common bean
Results of the June
11-12 meeting of the Council of the European Union, Agriculture
Food safety begins
as vegetables grow
Tomorrow's onions:
even more nutritious
Las cebollas del futuro: ¡Aún más nutritivas
Tomato spotted wilt
virus on tomato in California, USA
Bt tomato with
CRY6A found to be resistant to root-knot nematodes
Tomates Bt podrían
ser resistentes a nematodes
Seed veteran
joins Harris Moran as Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Cornell
University researchers' discovery of what makes some
cauliflower orange could lead to more nutritious staple
crops
Un gen del
coliflor naranja podría servir para mejorar otros cultivos
May 07
Avesthagen and
Groupe Limagrain announce co-acquisition of majority stake in
two Indian seed companies
Research identifies
protein that signals flowering in squash plants
ERMA New Zealand
places strict controls on GM brassica test
S&G issues the
fourth edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for the
world of peppers
Nickerson-Zwaan
takes over onion activities of Limagrain Advanta
Michigan State
University develop guidelines for growing horticultural crops
under cover high plastic tunnels
Meet Elizabeth
Pivonka, the newest Giant in Seed World’s groundbreaking series
of video interviews
Monsanto Company
forms holding company to invest in international fruit and
vegetable seed companies, acquires Western Seed and Poloni
Semences
East West Seeds
Company expands its R&D activities in The Philippines
Evalúan diversos
cultivares de melón en Entre Ríos
Beet and cucurbit
viruses, multiple hosts, China, first reports
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 18 new plant varieties
New tomato disease
has California growers on alert
Vilmorin publishes
sales of 390 million euros for the third quarter of 2006-2007,
an increase of 5% like for like
Vilmorin réalise un chiffre d’affaires de 390 millions
d’euros au cours du troisième trimestre 2006-2007 en progression
de 5 % à données comparables
ISB News Report
- Environmental safety of transgenic squash: a
geostatistical analysis
Why don’t
Australians eat more vegetables?
Nunhems USA
expands its crop team structure throught new hires and
promotions
New lettuces
shrug off verticillium wilt
Nuevas lechugas combaten la verticilosis
U.S. Department
of Agriculture hosts specialty crop research workshop
High fuel costs
drives Mississippi growers' renewed interest in vegetables
Flavor is the
final frontier in the fruit and vegetable industry
New University
of California studies examine production costs for 10 crops
United Genetics
Seed Company plant pathologist volunteers for teaching
assignment in Guatemala
April 07
ABARE to survey
Australian vegetable growers
Dia de campo vai
mostrar técnicas de produção e conservação de variedades locais
de abóbora e bucha
Cucurbit yellow
stunting disorder virus (CYSDV) strikes melons in Yuma County,
Arizona
Embrapa Cerrados
ensina a combater mancha-angular em feijão orgânico
Nickerson-Zwaan starts subsidiary in The Ukraine
Nickerson-Zwaan opent vestiging in de Oekraïne
Crop & Food
Research New Zealand seeks approval to field test brassicas
modified to resist caterpillar pests
Research on grey
mould offers possible breakthrough in tomato cultivation
Yellow Leaf Curl
virus on tomato - California, Texas
US$4.65 million to
fund new produce safety research center at the University of
California, Davis
Fresh Express
funds nine innovative research projects totaling US$2 million to
study E. coli O157:H7 in lettuce and leafy greens
Vilmorin publie un
résultat semestriel en progression significative conforme à ses
objectifs
Vilmorin publishes
half-yearly results up significantly, and well in line with its
objectives
Prompt progress made against a new
threat to watermelon
Progreso rápido
contra una nueva amenaza a la sandía
Abóboras, morangas
e abobrinhas: estratégias para coleta, conservação e uso
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 28 new plant varieties
Unusual appearance
of watermelon virus in Indiana poses little threat
Seminis announces
new distribution center for Canadian greenhouse growers
Siegers Seed
Company announces exclusive agreement to distribute Agro-TIP
vegetable seeds in the United States
March 07
New European
project to stimulate the use of rare genebank material in leafy
vegetable production
ProMED-mail
- Big vein virus,
lettuce mosaic virus - USA
- First report of
Cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus - USA (Arizona), Mexico
(Sonora)
- Torrado disease,
tomato - New virus identified
Encouragements and
new directions from the board of the World Vegetable Center
Le Ministre
français de l'agriculture réunit une conférence nationale sur
les légumes d'hiver
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 21 new plant varieties
Superb iceberg
lettuces resist corky root, mosaic virus
Lechugas superiores iceberg resisten el virus mosaico de la
lechuga y el acorchamiento de la raíz
USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing Service and industry work together to
generate market reports
CALS-ARS
collaboration strengthens agricultural science for Idahoans
Watermelon serves
up medically important amino acid
La sandia es una fuente rica del aminoácido citrulina
Onions with a
nutritional - not pungent - punch
Cebollas nutritivas pero no fuertes
Factors
affecting carrot consumption in the United States
Scientists
genetically engineer tomatoes with enhanced folate content
Working towards a more complex
cucumber
Desarrollando un
pepino más complejo
Sovran
fungicide from BASF registered in the U.S. for use on
cucurbits
February 07
USDA seeks
comments on the proposed voluntary standards for grades of
tomatoes on the vine
USDA
revises U.S. standards for grades of greenhouse tomatoes
Unique
orange-colored tomatoes are tops in disease-fighting
antioxidants
First
report of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) in Arizona
A special
taste tomatoes program picks up at Zeraim Gedera
A
year-round supply of tomatoes for the European markets
Zeraim
Gedera introduces new pepper segments in European
supermarkets
Zeraim
Gedera launches new campaign: A Sense of Taste
Siegers Seed
Company announces new consultant for Ontario, Canada
Seminis
streamlines its research and development focus - Company will
drop select crops from its portfolio
Syngenta's
Ridomil Gold SL receives registration for use in California
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 19 new plant varieties
New Mexico
State University is home to the world's hottest chile pepper
Wageningen UR
scientists unmask virus that threatens Spanish tomato growing
Genetic
modification a tool for making vegetables and fruit (even)
healthier
Harris Moran
transfers carrot breeding to sister company Vilmorin
Superior
lettuces fend off two destructive viruses
Lechugas superiores rechazan virus dañosos
The new Apple
of the Eyes: high-beta carotene tomato renews Asia’s vision
Putting the
crunch on lettuce’s worst enemies
Australian
vegetables claim the centre plate
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 20 new plant varieties
Genetic
modification a tool for making vegetables and fruit (even)
healthier
Rutgers Food
Policy Institute survey
examines public responses to the recent spinach recall in
the U.S.
Rijk
Zwaan's Salanova helps Fresh Express capture top spot in US
supermarkets
Nunhems, Bayer CropScience ’s
vegetable seed business, signs agreement with Unilever to
co-develop new tomato varieties for taste, nutrition and
health
Bayer
CropScience’ Gemüsesaatgutgeschäft Nunhems und Unilever
kooperieren bei der Entwicklung neuer Tomatensorten
Australian Office of the Gene Technology Regulator:
Notification of issuing of Guidelines on Post Harvest
Crops - Crops permitted on GM brassica and GM
cotton trial sites during the post harvest monitoring period
U.S.
Federal Register: United States standards for grades of
peppers (other than sweet peppers)
Zeraim Gedera adds new key industry players to its
North
American
marketing team,
sets three
new areas of operations
Relaxing
fruit and vegetable planting restrictions in the United
States
S&G issues
the third edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for
the world of peppers
Cornell
University and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant
Research receive $1.8 million from National Science
Foundation to continue tomato sequence project
New website
focuses on the mini watermelon
January 07
California
Department of Food and Agriculture officials announce start of
California State marketing agreement for food safety
S&G launches
www.tomatoestoday.com, the website about the world of tomatoes
First GM
eggplant soon to be commercially grown in the Philippines
Common
Agricultural Policy of the European Union: Fruit and vegetable
reform will raise competitiveness, protect producers from
crisis, increase consumption, improve environmental protection
and simplify rules
Wouldn't you
love to know what products we'll be eating in five years time? -
Hazera Genetics launches Lifestyle, a new line of products
composed of seed varieties that satisfy consumer desires for
taste, health and convenience
USDA decision
clears path for year-round availability of the flavorful
UglyRipe tomato
U.S. Federal Register:
- Vegetables,
import regulations - Partial exemption to the minimum grade
requirements for fresh tomatoes
- Tomatoes grown
in Florida - Partial exemption to the minimum grade requirements
- Tomatoes grown
in Florida - Increased assessment rate
Orange cauliflower gene eyed as
nutrition booster
Gen de una
coliflor anaranjada posiblemente podría ser un aumentador de
nutrición
Tomato-broccoli
combo shown to be effective against prostate cancer
Flavonoid
database updated
Nuevas noticias sobre los flavonoides
BASF auf der
Fruit Logistica: Innovative Lösungen für die gesamten Obst-
und Gemüse-Wertschöpfungsketten
BASF at
Fruit Logistica 2007 in Berlin: Products for the entire
value chain of fresh produce
Bayer
CropScience at Fruit Logistica 2007 in Berlin: sharing
success through the food chain partnership, company presents
"Green World" project from Kenya
Conforter
l’échalote de tradition française, obtenue par
multiplication végétative
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 29 new plant varieties
USDA seeks
comments on possible revisions to the U.S. standards for
grades of cantaloupes
December
06
Produção
orgânica supera produtividade da cebola convencional
U.S. Federal Register:
- United States
standards for grades of pea pods
- United States
standards for grades of parsley
- United
States standards for grades of cantaloupes
Seedway
acquires commercial vegetable seed business assets of Chesmore
Seed
Western Australian tomato growers
on alert for
potato spindle tuber viroid
(PSTVd)
Bt eggplant
tested under contained conditions in the Philippines
Western
Australia's growers on alert for lettuce aphids
New Zealand
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry - Sweet corn investigation
Compte-rendu de
l'Assemblée Générale Ordinaire de Vilmorin
AVRDC – The
World Vegetable Center and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
are combining forces to give Africa’s vegetable sector a new
future - New vegetables to boost African development
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 11 new plant varieties
First
international conference on indigenous vegetables and legumes
“Quality and
integral safety”, slogan of the Technical Symposium organized by
S&G in Almería
November
06
Vilmorin
reclasse 6% de son capital
Chia Tai
to open new seed production plant
Evogene
participates in Israeli research consortium focused on improved
nutritional qualities for fruits and vegetables
Mercado de
pimenta terá duas novas cultivares
Vilmorin
réussit son offre publique d'achat sur les intérêts minoritaires
de Hazera Genetics
Vilmorin
succeeds in its take-over bid for the minority interests of
Hazera Genetics
Johnny’s
Selected Seeds announces exciting new products for 2007 for
commercial growers
PMA attendees
discover the art of winning in Nunhems promo
The healthy
potential for purple tomatoes
U.S. Federal
Register:
Tomatoes grown in Florida - Increased assessment rate
Seeds of Change
Inc. announces inaugural listing of its full commercial organic
seed product line with the Organic Materials Review Institute
(OMRI)
Tomatoes
against drought
U.S. Federal
Register: Watermelon research and promotion plan - redistricting
Nieuwe
vestiging Nickerson-Zwaan in Zuid-Afrika, na overname Ferax
Seeds
Ferax Seeds joins Nickerson-Zwaan to create
Nickerson-Zwaan South Africa
October 06
Native
vegetables could help solve Africa's food crisis and boost weak
rural economies
ERMA New Zealand
receives GM Brassica application
Estudian
variedades de espárragos en el primer año de implantación
GM tomato good
for the heart
S&G issues the
second edition of S&G Peppers Today, the newsletter for
the world of peppers
Mariann Fischer
Boel, Member of the European Commission responsible for
Agriculture and Rural Development, on the reform of the fruits
and vegetables CMO
Monsanto unit's
breeders work year-round to develop better pumpkins for
Halloween
Tomates azules
transgénicos destinados a la creación de vacunas
Vegetables are
the fastest expanding crop sector in the world
Genetically
enhanced flavonoid tomatoes could reduce cardiovascular disease
Tomaten mit gentechnisch erhöhtem Flavonoidgehalt könnten das
Risiko von Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen senken
Centros de
investigación públicos desarrollan hortalizas y frutas
transgénicas de mayor calidad - Los institutos valencianos de
Biología Molecular y de Investigaciones Agrarias ensayan
variedades MG de cítricos, tomate, sandía y melocotón
Scientists to
begin looking for the sources of E. coli in the Salinas Valley
List of regulated countries and regulated areas within Canada
for swede midge
Liste des
pays et des régions du Canada réglementés à l’égard de la
cécidomyie du chou-fleur
Weather can
predict crop yields for some California crops
Researchers decipher eggplant
pest's chemical call
Investigadores
descifran la señal química del escarabajo de la berenjena
Comptes annuels
Vilmorin 2005-2006: de solides performances financières, tant en
terme de marge opérationelle que de résultat net
Annual statements for
2005-2006: solid financial performances, both in operating
margin and net income
Hazera Genetics
launches new logo
Robert Korstanje
joins Harris Moran Seed Company as new Vice President of Sales
and Marketing
U.S. Department
of Agriculture revises the U.S. standards for grades of broccoli
Embrapa Solos
produz primeiro tomate agroecológico sem resíduo de agrotóxico
EMBRAPA produces environmentally friendly tomato
September
06
Western
Australian researcher to assist Indonesian vegetable industry
Cornell
University researchers seek to extend growing season with high
tunnels
Seminis onions
– Making the grade
Seminis
increases support of greenhouse industry
Sakata Seed
America introduces new vegetable catalog
Australia:
-
Great result for the
Australian horticulture industry on Mandatory Code of Conduct
-
Mandatory Code
windfall
How sweet is your onion?
Super
vegetables to lengthen lives
Watermelon's power of red - in
powder form?
Científicos
desarrollan un proceso más fácil para extraer el licopeno de la
sandía
Michigan State
University researchers to use National Science Foundation grant
to create more resilient tomatoes
VegVision
2020: "To double the value of vegetables in Australia"
Mourning the
death of veteran seedsman Abe Adema
U.S. Federal
Register:
Specialty crop block grant program
Maharashtra
Hybrid Seed Company donates the transformation event embedded in
its GM brinjal to two Indian agricultural universities
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 23 new plant varieties
Characterization of capsaicin synthase and identification of its
gene (csy1)
for pungency factor capsaicin in pepper
Zesty peppers
are an eyeful, too: versatile vegetables pack a double punch
Verduras versátiles
Evalúan
híbridos de melón en San Juan, Argentina
August 06
Plant Disease
magazine,
September 2006 issue
- Researchers evaluate the diversity of pepper disease pathogen
in Spain
- Cross breeding ob Beans may improve white mold resistance
U.S. Federal Register:
Importation of
tomatoes from certain Central American countries
Overdominant
quantitative trait loci for yield and fitness in tomato
Argentina:
Inscriben una nueva variedad de zapallo
The Q-biotype
sweet potato whitefly attacks South Carolina's agricultural
money-maker
New form of Fusarium wilt could
pose threat to watermelon crop
Nueva forma de
la marchitez del melón podría amenazar la cosecha de sandía
University of
South Carolina tomato study could beat bugs, diseases
Vilmorin confirms
the excellent performance of its professional vegetable seed
business for fiscal 2005-2006
Vilmorin confirme l'excellente performance de ses activités
potagères professionnelles pour l'exercice 2005-2006
U.S. Federal Register:
United States
standards for grades of summer squash
CIRAD 2005 - Résultats de
recherche
- Les
bégomovirus, un fléau des cultures maraîchères
- Invasion des
génomes végétaux par les pararétrovirus: quels sont les risques?
July 06
Altor BioScience
Corporation awarded grant from the National Cancer Institute for
making therapeutic antibodies in transgenic lettuce
USDA grants
protection to 21 new plant varieties
U.S. Federal Register:
-
United States
standards for grades of peppers (other than sweet peppers)
-
United States
standards for grades of parsley
USDA/FAS GAIN report -
Brazil: Tomatoes
and products annual
Syngenta
Seeds, S&G brand,
gathers some 100 professionals, specialists, dealers and growers
in Murcia, Spain to present the latest Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
developments in peppers
Limagrain announces
a strategic alliance with Avesthagen to develop jointly seed and
ingredients businesses in India
Limagrain
annonce une alliance stratégique avec Avesthagen pour
développer conjointement des activités semences et
ingrédients en Inde
Vilmorin
increases its stake in Hazera Gene
