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PRESS RELEASE ANGERS – Great success for Kissabel® in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Italy: commercial testing for the 2018/2019 season yielded very positive results for the apple with the flesh whose colour ranges from pink to intense red, produced and brought to market by the partners in the international IFORED project. Following successful initial […]

Pilots of avocados treated with the plant-derived, shelf-life-boosting technology are expected to start mid-year in select retail stores in Europe, subject to EU regulatory approval.

The deal will see the acquisition of hundreds of hectares of farmland and the creation of a new subsidiary in the world's top lemon exporting country.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership entered into force at the end of last year, and looks set to affect Mexico, Peru and Chile in different ways.

The banana streak virus can not only be spread from plant to plant by insects like most plant viruses - it also integrates its DNA into the banana’s genome.

The fungal disease, which hinders the growth of the plant and causes spotting on the fruit making it less appetizing and harder to sell, was recently eradicated from the Northern Territory.

The trial was carried out by Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL), which said the technology reduced the administrative process of transferring the title deed from several days to just one second. 

The country currently ships around US$1.4 billion of fruit and vegetables to the U.K. annually - equivalent to 50,000 trucks crossing the channel every year.

TOMRA’s president and CEO, Stefan Ranstrand, has achieved an international accolade in recognition of his leadership and corporate strategy.

The Washington Apple Commission says it will use the funds to build export markets to reduce the effects of increased tariffs on growers.