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Tag Archives: apple
A neonic that’s bad news for birds
Here in Europe, three insect-killing neonicotinoids are under a temporary ban. One of the banned neonics is called imidacloprid. Six months into the neonic ban, here’s new science about imidacloprid and insect-eating birds in the Netherlands. The chemical and biotech … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, knowledge transfer
Tagged apple, arthropod, Bayer, bird, crop, DDT, ecosystem, Europe, European Food Safety Authority, history, imidacloprid, insect, insecticide, insectivore, invertebrate, knowledge, law, pest control, pesticide, plant_dicot, poison, pollution, research, seed, seedling, soil, sugar beet, tomato, vertebrate, water, wildlife
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GM apples
When apple (Malus domestica) fruits are cut or bitten, we all know that the cut surfaces turn brown. To stop this happening, here’s a range of genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered, GE) apples called Arctic apples. Ordinary apples turn brown … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, horticulture, knowledge transfer
Tagged Agrobacterium tumefaciens, apple, apple Arctic, arthropod, bacterium, biotechnology, breeding, food processing, fruit, fruit variety, gene silencing, genetic modification, grocery, insect, law, pest, pH, plant_dicot, tree
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AMPLE APPLES
Originally posted on ECO-opia:
By YETNEBERK TADELE FORTUNE STAFF WRITER Addis Fortune source: http://addisfortune.net/articles/ample-apples/ Once Invisible Apples Have a Bite of Ethiopia’s Fruit Market Following the growing production of local apples, street fruit vendors have surrounded the city, where…
Posted in horticulture, money and trade
Tagged Africa, apple, arboriculture, cash crop, development, education, farmer, fruit, gardener, grocery, knowledge, orchard, plant_dicot, trade, tree
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Pests and wildlife in the year that was
Lewis at Woodlands.co.uk tells us how 2012 – a rather wet year was a good one for slugs in Britain, especially the Spanish stealth slug (Arion flagellu) which I mentioned in July. A good year for slugs is bad news … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture
Tagged alien species, apple, arboriculture, Arion flagellu, arthropod, bird, butterfly, climate, ecosystem, gastropod, honey, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, invasive species, invertebrate, lepidopteran, mollusc, native species, pest, slug, vertebrate, water, weather, wild bee, wildlife
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Apples
When I wrote about blackberries three days ago I heard my mother’s voice in my head, saying ‘blackberry and apple.’ My mother cooked blackberries (the fruit of the bramble, Rubus fruticosus agg.) with apples (the fruit of Malus domestica) at … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, horticulture, money and trade
Tagged apple, arboriculture, arthropod, bramble, climate, Europe, fruit, harvest, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, orchard, plant_dicot, pollination, show, supermarket, tree, weather, wild bee
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