Kiwi disease study finds closely related bacterial strains display different behaviors
Credit: Elodie Vandelle Over the last decade, severe outbreaks of bacterial canker have caused huge economic losses for kiwi growers, ...
Tag: Food/Food Science
With age, insufficient tryptophan alters gut microbiota, increases inflammation
Credit: Augusta University With age, a diet lacking in the essential amino acid tryptophan -- which has a key role ...
A new site for banana-related research
The Alliance-managed website MusaNet collects and shares global resources on banana (Musa) across the whole value chain - from collecting ...
We must transform the food system to achieve climate and sustainable development goals
A revolutionary approach to nourishing 10 billion people on a hotter planet without destroying the ecosystems on which we all ...
Compost improves apple orchard sustainability
Credit: Greg Peck As the saying goes, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. But what's the key to ...
Landmark field trials show potential of gene-editing
Credit: John Innes Centre Field trials investigating healthy compounds in agronomically important brassica crops have underlined the "immense potential" of ...
NTU and global nonprofit The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific launch new undergraduate course
Credit: (Credit to NTU Singapore). Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and The Good Food Institute Asia Pacific (GFI APAC), ...
Keeping strawberries fresh using bioactive packaging
Films made of shellfish shells, essential oils, and nanoparticles to protect fruit from microbesCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) Québec produces more ...
Plant-based diet protects from hypertension, preeclampsia
Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University A plant-based diet appears to afford significant protection to rats bred to become hypertensive on ...
How do plants balance microbial friends and foes?
Credit: David Thoms, Yan Liang, and Cara H. Haney Plants are constantly exposed to microbes: pathogens that cause disease, commensals ...
Localized the gene for blue plum skin
Researchers from CRAG and IRTA find the gene that determines Japanese plum skin colour due to the presence or absence ...
Food systems offer huge opportunities to cut emissions, study finds
Greenhouse gases from food production are systematically underestimated, researchers sayCredit: From Tubiello et al., Environmental Research Letters 2021 A new ...
A new disease called halo blight threatens Michigan hop production
Credit: Douglas S. Higgins, Ross J. Hatlen, Jan M. Byrne, Monique L. Sakalidis, Timothy D. Miles, and Mary K. Hausbeck ...
Trying not to overeat? How you eat matters
Study finds people who eat more tend to take larger bites or eat fasterCredit: Laboratory for the Study of Human ...
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