Crops & Flowers
New Thinking
Stunning NZ red-fleshed apple is healthier to the core
Get ready to crunch in! A stunning red-fleshed apple, packed with health-promoting antioxidants, was recently unveiled by Crown Research Institute, HortResearch. The new (non GE) apple’s scrumptious flesh is rich red right to the core, due to the high level of the antioxidant anthocyanin.
New Science
New Value
A versatile tool for better potato management
A potato calculator that matches nitrogen fertiliser to crop demand and reduces leaching has been developed with funding from Horticulture NZ Potato Product Group and Ballance Agri Nutrients.
IRL scientist's breakthrough leads to burgeoning billion dollar cranberry industry
Groundbreaking research by Lower Hutt scientist Dr Lai Yeap Foo into the chemical compounds of the cranberry that inhibit urinary tract infection has resulted in soaring global demand in cranberry-based products.
New initiative for forage brassicas
The future of forage brassicas and their important role in New Zealand pastoral farming has been secured by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, which will lead to the creation of a joint venture between Crop & Food Research and PGG Wrightson Seeds.
Introduction of new crops changed our landscape
The New Zealand landscape and exports changed as Ruakura scientist Jim Douglas introduced new horticultural crops in the latter years of his diverse career. His contribution to agriculture and latterly horticulture was recognised in the Queens Birthday Honours when he was named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Spanish launch for new pest management product
Small bugs mean big risks - and major loss of income - for greenhouse growers around the world. In New Zealand, onion thrips can be devastating to our largest horticultural crop, while capsicum and aubergine crops are also favourites.
Blitzing Grass Grub
Pasture production on parts of a Landcorp Farming Ltd farm in the central North Island has almost doubled thanks to a biocontrol that is blitzing grass grub populations.
Distinctive New Zealand flavours
Creating flavours from New Zealand native plants is the aim of a new, $1 million, Crop & Food Research programme that will see distinctive New Zealand food products developed for niche, high-value, export markets.
New Zealand takes bite of superfruit market
New research into health and nutrition is helping move fruit up the value chain.
On the scent of the clover root weevil
AgResearch's Lincoln-based scientists are hot on the scent of odours that will attract and ultimately trap the clover root weevil - a major clover pasture pest.
Styling plant genes
AgResearch scientists have developed a high-precision DNA test that can accurately diagnose the seed yield potential
