Plant & Food Research
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Plant & Food Research is a New Zealand-based science company under pinning the growth of plant and marine-based food industries through science and inovation.
Culturing new seafood products in the laboratory is the focus of a new $9.6 million programme funded by the New Zealand Government.
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TASMAN — A new collaboration between Clayton Hops and Plant & Food Research will see new varieties of hops being grown in Aotearoa New Zealand, offering brewers worldwide exciting novel flavours.
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The first new varieties from a joint New Zealand – Viet Nam dragon fruit breeding programme are set to be launched to the global marketplace.
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ROTORUA — Plant & Food Research will be leading a national team of researchers looking at native honey composition and the characteristics that appeal most to consumers, thanks to new funding from the High-Value Nutrition National Science Challenge.
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A research programme to reduce the use of chemical pesticides on apple orchards has benefited New Zealand’s pipfruit industry by as much as $113 million in export earnings.
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Broccoli and blueberries may have positive effects for those suffering with digestive problems, new research suggests.
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An expanded breeding programme will result in new varieties of wheat and barley being made available for New Zealand growers, delivering high yields and improved resistance to disease.
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New tool aims to help wine growers - www.bunchrot.co.nz Auckland, 25 January 2012 A new tool is set to help the wine industry more accurately train staff to make visual estimates about the severity of bunch rot among the vines.
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New Zealand Crown Research Institute, Plant & Food Research, has launched a new blog at www.plantandfood.info aimed at communicating more of the Institute's news, events and research activities with the public.
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Adding gold kiwifruit to your diet may lead to less suffering from symptoms of common illnesses such as colds, research suggests.
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Research has shown that the loss of native birds and bats from New Zealand ecosystems can have serious consequences for the survival of native plant species.
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22 September 2011 - Plant & Food Research scientist Dr Jim Walker has been recognised for his 30 year research career with the presentation of a prestigious New Zealand Plant Protection medal.
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The New Zealand Poplar and Willow Research Trust (NZPWRT) will be formally launched by the Minister of Agriculture, Hon.
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A short video explaining the work of the Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (PGSC), an international team of scientists including Plant & Food Research, and the research recently published in Nature.
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The Apple Futures programme, initiated in 2008, incorporates pest monitoring, disease models and biological controls to reduce chemical residues on New Zealand-grown apples.
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8 July 2011 The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (PGSC), an international team of scientists including Plant & Food Research, has published its findings in the international journal Nature.
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Scientists have unravelled the genetic secret of a Christmas favourite – the strawberry.
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Plant & Food Research scientists have helped discover the key to one of biology's most well-known experiments -- the gene that controls pea flower colour, used by Mendel in his initial studies of inheritance.
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Dr Bob Fullerton outlines how to look for PSA in an orchard and best management practices.
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16 November 2010 Minister of Research, Science and Technology, the Hon Dr Wayne Mapp, today released Statements of Core Purpose for each of New Zealand’s eight Crown Research Institutes, including Plant & Food Research.
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1 November 2010 Discovering how plant foods reduce appetite and keep people feeling fuller for longer is a new Plant & Food Research programme receiving investment from New Zealand food companies and government.
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13 October 2010 Landing lights for bees, or nature’s way of inviting bees to sample the nectar and pollen in a flower gives us beautiful flowers often with intricate colour patterns.
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Plant & Food Research scientists have helped discover the key to one of biology's most well-known experiments – the gene that controls pea flower colour, used by Mendel in his initial studies of inheritance.
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30 August 2010 Analysis of the complete DNA sequence of apple suggests that a major step in evolution of the fruit was caused by a catastrophic environmental event, possibly the same one that killed the dinosaurs.
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The Sauvignon Blanc Programme - the world's most comprehensive research investigation into Sauvignon blanc grapes and wine - is set to build upon the discoveries of recent years and offer new tools to New Zealand's wine industry thanks to new funding.
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$450 million leap in exports helps set new record Auckland, New Zealand, 8 June 2010 – New Zealand's horticulture industry has continued to grow, recording its highest ever annual returns last year.
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A preliminary study by New Zealand company Plant & Food Research shows that natural chemicals from blackcurrants may help breathing in some types of asthma.
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AUCKLAND, 7 January 2010 Plant & Food Research Chief Scientist, Dr Ian Ferguson, was among the deserving New Zealanders recognised in the 2010 New Years Honours list, being appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to horticultural science.
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The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) has named Plant & Food Research scientist, Dr Mark Goodwin, as the 2009 Researcher of the Year, for the pollination research that he and his team have carried out over recent years.
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NELSON — NELSON, November 11 th 2009 - Plant & Food Research's Nelson based Seafood Research Unit is set to formally open a new Bioprocessing Laboratory on November 12th .
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AUCKLAND, 9th November 2009 - The Hon Dr Wayne Mapp, Minister of Research Science and Technology, has announced a $35.7 million dollar investment into a seven-year ZESPRI/Plant & Food Research programme to develop new kiwifruit varieties.
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Dr Mark Goodwin receives medal for pollination research.
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Plant & Food scientist recognised for most commercially-applicable finding .
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View the video here The New Zealand Winegrowers annual report was released earlier this week and revealed a growing problem of over supply of grapes.
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A mini-lecture by Dr Richard Espley on the genetic processes that lead to red flesh in apples.
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Scientists at Plant & Food Research have received funding to encourage science collaboration with Spanish and Italian researchers.
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A preliminary study by the New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research suggests that natural chemicals found in blackcurrants may help balance the impacts exercise can have on the body.
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Plant & Food Research scientists are investigating ways to control the destructive varroa mite, a cause of major devastation to honey bees.
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Auckland, New Zealand. 6 May 2009. New Zealand agriculture relies on bees, and research is looking at how best to manage and optimise bee pollination practices.
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Studies at Plant & Food Research have shown that manuka honey, a high value honey made by bees who feed predominantly from flowers of the tea tree bush, has a specific mixture of compounds which results in its antimicrobial properties
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A time lapse video showing the construction of a scale cap by the armoured scale insect Hemiberlesia lataniae is being used to assist scientists with their understanding of the host plant selection behaviour of this important kiwifruit pest.
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Plant & Food Research is hosting insect experts from around the world will meet in New Zealand this week to discuss novel insecticide-free ways of controlling moth pests.
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Researchers at Nutrigenomics NZ, a collaboration between Plant & Food Research, AgResearch and The University of Auckland, have found that curcumin, the major yellow constituent of turmeric spice, reduces inflammation in model systems of Crohns disease.
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Research by Plant & Food Research, in collaboration with Lincoln University, has shown that lycopene, an antioxidant found in high levels in tomatoes, is only released in small amounts when digested by humans.
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New Zealand's hottest apple variety, JAZZ, developed by New Zealand Crown Research Institute, Plant & Food Research, has made it's way into the Australian market thanks to some Kiwi ingenuity by marketing body ENZA.
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Potato eaters in New Zealand have almost certainly eaten the nations number one cultivar bred by scientists at Plant & Food Research.
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A new floricane raspberry cultivar has been introduced by a horticultural research team from New Zealand and Canada.
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Potato Calculator enables growers to optimise nitrogen and water use Potato growers in North America, Australia and New Zealand are saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in fertiliser and irrigation costs thanks to new technology developed by scientists at Plant & Food Research.
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Investigating Rhododendron biodiversity through genetics Auckland, New Zealand.
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Christchurch, 23 MARCH 2009 - Nitrogen applications to potato crops can be managed accurately for optimum yields and to reduce nitrogen leaching a Plant & Food Research scientist told the international potato industry members gathered at the 7th World Potato Congress in Christchurch today (Monday 23rd March).
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