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Kiwifruit doubled its vitamin C genes twice

The kiwifruit, a member of the Chinese gooseberry family, contains about as much vitamin C as an orange. This extra boost in vitamin C production is the result of the kiwifruit’s ancestors’ spontaneously duplicating their DNA in two separate evolutionary events approximately 50-57 million and…
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Latest vegetable farm survey shows incomes increase further in 2017-18

Australian vegetable-growing farms: an economic survey 2016–17 and 2017–18 shows a 12 per cent increase in cash income for Australian vegetable farms to $319,000 per farm in 2017-18.
eventSep 21, 2018
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Modern breeding could make apples red inside and out

Want to try a furry apple with red flesh? Kiwi scientists say modern plant breeding techniques that mimic changes to DNA made in nature – such as CRISPR-Cas9 — will allow us to easily change how fruit and veg look, feel, taste and nourish us.
eventJul 20, 2018
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Women in Horticulture award presented to influential industry advocate

Rachel Mackenzie, the Chief Advocate for Queensland horticulture’s peak industry body Growcom, has received the Women in Horticulture Award at the Hort Connections 2018 National Awards for Excellence on Wednesday 20 June 2018.
eventJun 21, 2018
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Diagnose plant diseases quicker and more accurately

Victoria’s ability to protect its $2.3 billion horticulture industry against devastating bacterial plant diseases is now even more robust thanks to Agriculture Victoria’s world-leading bioscience capabilities.
eventAug 24, 2017
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When cabbages get stressed they adopt human solutions

Plants get stressed and send defensive signals in the same way humans do, researchers from The University of Queensland have found.
eventOct 11, 2016
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Sunraysia flies blow honeybee pollination trend

A study commissioned by Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) and its partners has shown that blow flies in the Sunraysia region are the chief pollinators of avocados, despite bee hives regularly featuring in orchards.
eventSep 13, 2016
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