Syngenta Vegetable Seeds completes acquisition of Brazilian vegetable seed company
Syngenta Vegetable Seeds announced it has completed the acquisition of Feltrin Sementes, a Brazilian vegetable seed company serving smallholder growers and home gardeners in 40+ countries. With

Eden seeks Ecovelex approval
Eden Research plc, a company focused on sustainable biopesticides, today (3 July) announced that it has applied for the authorisation of Ecovelex – a treatment that will protect seeds from being

Europatat welcomes the Polish Seed Trade Association as new member
Europatat has welcomed the Polish Seed Trade Association (PIN), the only chamber of commerce in the seed industry in Poland. The origins of the formation date back to the 90s of the twentieth

A Tunisian company offers processed chili seeds for cosmetic and textile use
"The processing of chili seeds, a sector that has so far remained overlooked, has the potential to become an actual industry," says Tunisian producer Hamza Khefifi, CEO of Grainella. According to

Opportunities for Sicily with the cluster tomato from Cora Seeds
Perspectives and opportunities for cluster tomatoes in Sicily. This is the title of the meeting promoted by Cora Seeds, reserved for a group of selected Sicilian producers, that the seed company

Syngenta's innovations in brassicas for spring cycles
In Viterbo, producers are preparing for the planning of the next brassica campaign. An extremely reliable partner is Syngenta Vegetable Seeds, one of the world's leading players in the segment,

Cluster tomatoes, new opportunities for Sicily
After a participation at Macfruttutta focused on tomatoes - with the presentation of the new ToBRFV-resistant range and the high-flavour line Euphoria - Cora Seedcontinues on its path to enhance

“The new Ronvine tomato is a high-tech variety, resistant to ToBRFV”
BASF Vegetable Seeds (Nunhems® brand) has developed the Ronvine, a new seed variety for grape tomatoes that is resistant to the Tomato Brown Rough Fruit Virus (ToBRFV). "We have developed the

Construction begins on project to help agriculture researchers conserve nut and fruit crops for today and tomorrow
Renovation and construction of nearly 35,000 square feet of screenhouses and greenhouses began on June 15 at the Lewis Brown Research Farm in Corvallis, Ore. The project supports the Agricultural

Today marks 64 years since New Zealand re-branded the Chinese gooseberry as kiwifruit
Today marks 64 years since New Zealand re-branded the Chinese gooseberry as kiwifruit. The first kiwifruit seeds were brought to New Zealand in 1904 by the principal of Wanganui Girls' College,

GRoW Harvesting Robot picking tomatoes at Axia Vegetable Seeds
The GRoW Harvesting Robot, a collaborative effort by Ridder and MetoMotion, is picking XR ToBRFV-resistant tomatoes in Axia Vegetable Seeds' demo greenhouses in the Netherlands. This demonstration

The first variety of Chilean seedless mandarin seeks to position itself in the US
Isabelina, a new mandarin variety from the Citrus Genetic Improvement Program of the Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering of the Catholic University (UC), is an early, easy-to-peel,