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22/07/2021

ToBRFV: EU-mandatory import check become more strict

The method of checking imports for Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) became more strict starting…

16/07/2021

Accelerating the discovery of new biocontrol agents

Case study for control of the tomato moth Tuta absoluta Ecologists study how populations are regulated,…

08/07/2021

TYLCD: Current status and breeding perspectives

Study on the global dimension of tomato yellow leaf curl disease Tomato yellow leaf curl disease…

05/07/2021

Spain: growing concerns over a possible water shortage at the end of the season…

…while a number of crop inputs have increased in price In a few weeks, the processing…

24/06/2021

EU: renewal process of approval of Glyphosate

Last proposal does not foresee a change to the existing classification  EFSA and the European Chemicals…

21/06/2021

California: Water shortages reduce planned tomato acreage

Dangerous heat waves in much of the western U.S. could soon break all-time temperature records. In…

11/06/2021

Robot assisted weeding: an effective alternative to herbicide treatments

The ANATIS weeding co-bot At the end of May, a demonstration event organized by the French…

10/06/2021

Spain: New mechanism to control tomato ripening discovered

Universitat Politècnica de València opens the door to producing tomatoes of a higher commercial and nutritional…

07/06/2021

The CropScope agricultural ICT platform

Kagome and NEC today announced the enhancement of CropScope, its agricultural ICT platform, which Kagome has been…