Disposal of animal manure is one of the biggest problems facing agriculture today. Now, scientists may have found a way to convert some types into a material...
Although the effectiveness of using Radio Waves to kill destructive insects in agricultural products has been known for 70 years, the technique has never been...
Greenpeace / Munich, Germany / 12 February 2003 While the European Patent Office (EPO) was reconsidering a controversial Patent on Maize currently held by the...
In most British colonies, a serious confusion still abounds today as to the correct nomenclatures relating to Custard Apple and Sugar Apple. The descriptive...
Anthracnose and the friendly neighbors may not be the only problems that a Mango grower have to deal with. Sometimes, water related factors can cause a Mango...
A picture is worth a thousand words. As part of my massive and ongoing project for the international tropical/subtropical fruit community to exchange valuable ...
The commercial Banana has such a narrow genetic base that within a decade the plant could be wiped out by two fungal diseases that are rampaging through...
Papaya (Carica papaya) trees are one of the most common sites in Florida and elsewhere in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. A member of the...
An wonderful article,a must-read unless you already have,titled The Spice Trade, A Taste of Adventure KERALA, INDIA, AND THE MOLUCCA ISLANDS, INDONESIA can be...
Potatoes are a convenient source of fiber, vitamin C and potassium. A perfectly baked potato, topped with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkling of chives,...
The Jakfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is native to the Western Ghats region of South India. Foreigners visiting the area must had been impressed by the...
Touted as the best hybrid to combine the most desirable features from both the Indian and the Indo-Chinese strains of Mangoes, Glenn supposedly yields fruits...
A recent new invention reduces the amount of usable Cotton typically lost in gins and increases the weight of a single bale of Cotton after ginning by about 10...
This tree to my knowledge, had survived at least three hard freezes and had come back each time to bear fruit. The fruits are very sweet, very juicy, full of...
By Emily Gersema; Associated Press ============================================================= The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave approval to ...
Most people don't think much about Watermelon rinds. And most folks discard them once they eat the melon's sweet fruit. However, a recent study has found the...
The thorny Jujube trees come from the family Rhamnaceae. The better-known Chinese Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba), mentioned in ancient Chinese culture has smooth...
If you think sniffing a few Cantaloupes to judge ripeness is a pain, try judging the ripeness of thousands of them. That's what people like David LaGrange,...
Here’s a Mango developed by the famous Mango-breeder Lawrence Zill of Boynton Beach, Florida, from a seedling of a "Haden" Mango. Most Mango experts claim...
35-years ago, the future was in plastics, or petroleum-based polymers. While this may still hold true for some products, Hair Gel isn't one of them. After all,...
This is the most revered fruit in Chinese customs and religious ceremonies. The common English name Longan(Euphoria longana) had been derived from the Chinese...
Usually by the first week of July, Wax Jambus (Syzygium javanicum) start getting ready for eating and then they start falling off the tree. Fruits from this...
They are not ready for eating but they are certainly getting bigger. Here are 6 photos of 6 different Sugar Apples(Annona squamosa) of 6 different shapes from...
Sweet Cliff is a relative newcomer to the Lychee scene, already crowded with well established and quality names like Brewster, Mauritius, Calcutta, Emperor,...
Here is another Mango developed by the famous Mango breeder, Lawrence Zill of Florida. Beverly is not a very well known Mango but it appears that it is getting...
The word Neem had been derived from the Sanskrit word "Neemba" meaning "curer of all ailments". The healing characteristics of the ancient Neem, a native of...
No, it is NOT about the Billy Wilder movie starring Marilyn Monroe. It is about HOT food. Fans of hot, spicy cuisine can thank nasty Bacteria and other ...
The Fab 4. Tommy Atkins, Haden, Kent and Keitt. The top 4 varieties of Mango that are preferred by the commercial growers in Florida and in Mexico. Taste being...
Guava (Psidium guajava) is present as a weed in 27 countries in the world and a common to serious pest in 9 of these countries. In the United States, nowhere...
Not as well known as its close relatives in the Myrtaceae family, the Java Plum, Rose Apple, Malay Apple and others, it is also known as the Java Apple...
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