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This Sudden Blast of Light Puts Produce Into Defense Mode to Stay Fresh

Japan’s government is spotlighting a post-harvest trick that sounds almost too simple: hit harvested fruit and vegetables with a brief flash of near-infrared light, and they stay f...

Zapping Roots and Adding Bacteria Boosts Blueberry Size and Color in Field Trial

In a commercial greenhouse tunnel in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, rows of two-year-old highbush blueberry plants grew in bags of coconut coir and wood chips, their roots threaded thro...

VentureFruit launches family of apples bred to cope with hotter growing conditions

ADORE is an umbrella brand covering several apple varieties developed through the Hot Climate Partnership, a breeding programme involving organisations in New Zealand and Catalonia...

A Gene-Edited Banana Stays Yellow Longer and Is a Step Closer to Grocery Store Shelves 

Learn how gene editing keeps sliced bananas yellow longer, and what England’s approval means for bringing the fruit to shoppers.

Real-time deep-learning app detects climacteric fruit spoilage via potassium-permanganate ethylene indicator

A Smartphone Could Soon Tell When a Banana or Kiwifruit Is Spoiling A small chemical indicator placed inside fruit packaging, combined with a smartphone camera and an artificial-in...

Controlled atmosphere storage: how to preserve fruit and vegetables longer

A freshly picked apple never stops changing. Even after it’s been detached from the tree, it continues to breathe - consuming oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide. Meanwhile, its te...

Scientists Develop a Fruit Wash That Removes Pesticide Residues and Keeps Produce Fresh Longer

A biodegradable wash may help remove surface pesticide residues and keep fruit fresh longer, though more testing is needed before real-world use. Many shoppers follow the same patt...

Gamma radiation enhances Agaricus bisporus extract against fungi, oxidation in cut apples

Fresh-cut apples could stay brighter, firmer and less vulnerable to spoilage with help from an unlikely ingredient: the common white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus. In a new st...

Crop outputs grew up to 100% in China’s big agricultural experiment: scientists

Large-scale field trials across China show that irrigation water treated with natural minerals radiated by sunlight could dramatically increase the yields of several crops, accordi...

Military clothing fabric placed over strawberries produced 3.56 times more fruit

Gene-edited bananas that don’t go brown could hit UK supermarkets

Scientific breakthrough could reduce food waste and make it easier to add the fruit to prepackaged foodIt is the bane of every fruit bowl: sliced banana that turns brown before it...

Japanese food hack says to soak your grapes in carbonated water, but is the fizz worth the buzz?

We try a Shine Muscat experiment that method claim lets Japan’s most delicious grapes shine in a different way. Shine Muscats don’t really need to be any tastier than they already...

Las guerras de la fruta en Asia: el mundo secreto de la invención de plantas y el contrabando de semillas

Por Jessie Yeung, Junko Ogura y Mirai Katagiri, CNN La fruta que cuelga de la rama tiene un aspecto irresistiblemente apetitoso: redonda y carnosa, con una fragante piel de color n...

Apples and bananas make everything near them ripen faster

This cheat sheet shows you ways to store your fruit and vegetables that you might not have known about, and it i...

Scientists Turn Red Strawberries White With a Single Gene Edit

Precisely editing the dominant MYB10-1B gene copy converted red strawberries into stable white fruit and demonstrated a targeted strategy for modifying polyploid crops. A strawberr...

New “plant armor” more than triples strawberry yields

A new protective fabric boosted strawberry yields by as much as 3.56 times while blocking insects and still allowing sunlight, rain, and airflow to reach the plants. Originally ins...

How carrots became the answer to Gatorade’s RFK Jr problem

The sports drink is using vegetables to provide its distinctive colours as US health secretary cracks down on artificial dyes

Government to take action against sellers of chemically ripened fruits

He said members were being encouraged to avoid practices that could harm consumers and ensure that fruits sold to the public were safe for consumption.

Officials tout the export success of Madou pomelos

Pearl White Strawberry (パールホワイト)

Imagine biting into a strawberry that looks almost like a pearl, pale with a faint pink blush and dotted with tiny red seeds. That is the Pearl White strawberry (パールホワイト), a...

Growing Indigenous food trees in East Africa fights malnutrition and biodiversity loss

When the sugary-sweet masuku plum is in season in Malawi, locals go wild over it. “They will eat it while traveling, in the bath, on the streets … they just eat,” said Richard Swir...

Traverse Bay Farms Introduces Fruit Advantage Fruit Blend Supplement With 20 Fruit and Plant Sources

Fruit Advantage Introduces Fruit Blend Supplement With 20 Fruit and Plant Sources The post Traverse Bay Farms Introduces Fruit Advantage Fruit Blend Supplement With 20 Fruit and Pl...