Stink bugs feed as nymphs and adults on the fruit and pods of plants which maximizes their chances to render a crop unmarketable.
These bugs have been documented to feed on many of our important agricultural crops including apples peaches grapes soybean peppers tomatoes corn and cotton.
#School-based gardening encourages healthier eating in childrenschool-based gardening schemes can increase the amount of fruit
The results showed that children who took part in the school-based gardening project ate 26 per cent more fruit and vegetables.
It's time to send your college students care packages of fruit veggies and exercise gear instead.
A shocking 95 percent of college students fail to eat the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables (five or more servings a day) and more than 60 percent report not getting enough physical activity (three
surveyed reported low fruit and vegetable consumption and low physical activity. Other unhealthy behaviors or conditions--alcohol binge drinking tobacco use
which there were students who engaged in all five unhealthy behaviors/conditions (alcohol binge drinking tobacco use insufficient fruit
minority communitieslow-income and minority communities and people participating in food assistance programs are more likely to consume fewer fruits
To help promote the purchase of nutrient-dense foods WIC provides cash value vouchers (CVV) to participants specifically for fruit and vegetable products.
and inclusion of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables to maximize convenience. The study took place in the form of focus groups in areas of metro Phoenix with high WIC enrollment.
and detract from convenient redemption of CVV for fruits and vegetables. The researchers suggest future studies examine the prevalence of the issues raised by the participants the impact of new strategies to improve WIC
#Lots of fruits, vegetables, but lots of high-fat snacks: Home food environment of overweight womenthe home is an important microenvironment in models of obesity
The women all of whom lived with at least 1 other person reported an average of 14 types of fruits and vegetables in their home 4. 6 unhealthy foods in the home during the past week and 1. 8
although fruit and vegetables in the home were plentiful the methods of preparation and availability of high-calorie foods in the home may be contributing to obesity.
The ESR also imports up to 75-80%of its fruits and vegetables from distant places like California.
But there are also many urban centers where people don't have access to fresh fruits and vegetables and there are a substantial number of people who are food insecure.
Our ambitions are now to extend this microbial approach to cantaloupe leafy greens and other crops that have lately been responsible for outbreaks of food-borne Salmonella and E coli.
The structures'passive heating and cooling capabilities can offer growers a cost-effective way to extend the growing season for high-value crops such as fruits vegetables and cut flowers.
and spinach during the winter season in the southwestern United states. Using high tunnels can be an important advantage to local farmers helping to extend growing seasons for fruits
#Increasing diversity of marketable raspberriesraspberries are the third most popular berry in the United states. Their popularity is growing as a specialty crop for the wholesale industry
As consumer interest in the health benefits of colorful foods increases small growers are capitalizing on novelty fruit and vegetable crops such as different-colored raspberries.
Authors of a newly published study say that increasing the diversity of raspberry colors in the market will benefit both consumers and producers.
Producers will need to know how fruit of the other color groups compare with red raspberries with regard to the many postharvest qualities noted the University of Maryland's Julia Harshman corresponding author of the study published in Hortscience
) Raspberries have an extremely short shelf life which can be worsened by postharvest decay. Postharvest susceptibility to gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) drastically reduces the shelf life of this delicate fruit.
The main goal of our research was to compare the postharvest quality of different-colored raspberries that were harvested from floricanes under direct-market conditions with minimal pesticide inputs Harshman said.
The researchers said that although there is abundant information in the literature regarding red raspberry production in regard to gray mold very little research has been conducted on postharvest physiology of black yellow or purple raspberries.
The researchers analyzed 17 varieties of raspberries at the USDA's Agricultural Research center in Beltsville Maryland examining each cultivar for characteristics such as anthocyanins soluble solids titratable acids ph
color firmness decay and juice leakage rates ethylene evolution and respiration. In comparing the four commonly grown colors of raspberry we drew several important conclusions they said.
The mechanisms controlling decay and juice leakage are mediated distinct and by both biotic and abiotic factors.
which the authors say accounts for the tart raspberry flavor consumers expect. Yellow raspberries had the lowest levels of anthocyanins and phenolics.
Their TA was lower than red raspberries but their ratio of soluble solids to TA was the second highest.
Although yellow raspberries were among the firmest varieties at harvest they were found to be very susceptible to gray mold particularly after being harvested on overcast cool humid days.
Purple raspberries--a hybrid between red and black raspberries--had the third highest anthocyanin and phenolic content
and their flavor was intermediate between black and yellow raspberries. Similar to black raspberries their ability to resist juice leakage was poor and cool weather tended to exacerbate this the authors said.
the berries that produced the highest ethylene rates rotted the most quickly Harshman said. Our findings have great impact
because they open the door for potential disease mitigation strategies that center around lowering ethylene emission rates on berries to reduce decay.
The authors say that their findings should also be useful to plant breeders who can use the information to screen raspberry germplasm to look for berries to use as material for generating more decay-resistant fruit.
and increase the sugar concentration of fruit like salt and water stresses the authors said They noted that basal wire coiling is less complex than other treatments such as subjecting tomato plants to salt or water stress
Several months after the application of the treatment marketable fruit harvested from the first to third trusses of the treated plants had average weights that were 49%to 89%of the weights of fruit from control plants.
The juice of fruit from the first to third trusses in the treated plants had soluble solids concentrations of 116%to 120%sucrose concentrations of 263%to 483
%and fructose and glucose concentrations of 135%to 155%compared with juice from corresponding control fruit.
and fruit number compared with either the 5 -or 15-lb/acre rates and yields and fruit number equivalent to the hand-weeded weed-free treatment.
This research determined that a sequential postdirected application of pelargonic acid at 10-lb/acre in 40-gal/acre can consistently produce satisfactory weed control with low crop injury to produce weed-free
#Irrigation, soil management strategies investigated for cold climate sweet cherryprevious research efforts have identified several management strategies to improve establishment of new plantings of sweet cherry trees.
The authors of a new study say that until now little research has been conducted on water requirements for sweet cherry.
which have been researched intensively worldwide for several other tree fruits said Gerry Neilsen lead author of the study.
of two sweet cherry cultivars to a variety of nutrient and water management strategies (Hortscience February 2014.
Experiments were conducted in a cold climate where variable spring temperatures among years allowed the team to evaluate climate effects on growth productivity and fruit quality.
Research was conducted in a sweet cherry orchard of'Cristalina 'and'Skeena'cultivars on the dwarfing rootstock Gisela 6 at the Pacific Agri-Food Research center in Summerland.
Several soil management treatments which improved establishment of sweet cherry on Gisela 6 rootstock were continued for three fruiting seasons;
Analyses revealed that cherry fruit size was affected minimally by soil and water management although variations were associated closely with variations in cropload.
The mitigation of these effects at low cropload suggests that variations in cropload can make an important contribution to year-to-year variation in sweet cherry fruit quality
Exposing the whitefly to a heady aroma of cucumber courgette watercress watermelon cabbage and bean the team found the insects became temporarily disorientated.
Researchers behind a new comprehensive school nutrition and wellness program say you get further by offering kids a carrot--literally in this case--by giving them reasons to be excited about fruits
In a randomized control study the researchers found 4th-graders who participated in the nutrition program ate substantially more fruits
Most children do not meet current dietary guidelines for eating fruits and vegetables. Rachel Scherr will present the findings during the Experimental Biology 2014 meeting on Sunday April 27.
The antioxidants found in many fruits and vegetables exert their healthful benefits by capturing reactive oxygen molecules.
and can provide access to sustainably produced fruit and vegetable crops without the associated food miles.
me out to the ballgameâ##doesnâ##t exactly conjure up images of apple slices and kale chips.
for instance from exotic tomatoes or pineapples of which there are a great variety--but also from any other fruit or vegetable that is a part of our diet.
#Late freeze kills fruit buds, study showsthe recent late cold snap could mean less fruit this year.
or even some sort of small fruit bush that was in flower it very likely could have killed the fruit buds said Ward Upham Kansas State university extension agent in horticulture.
Upham says the recent freezes may have killed fruit buds that already sprouted. Apricots and peaches are most likely to be affected since they bloom earlier than other fruits.
To check if your fruit buds survived pick a bud from the tree and cut it open from the base to the top.
If the inside is green the bud is still healthy. However if the inside is brown
or tan don't expect it to produce any fruit. Upham suggests pulling 10 to 20 buds off each tree to get a percentage of the amount of fruit damaged.
Fruit buds are damaged usually when it is 28 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. Apricots and peaches aren't the only fruits to be affected by this year's unruly weather.
We did have some damage from the cold winter temperatures Upham said. The fruiting canes of thornless blackberries and raspberries were lost so we won't have fruit from those plants this year.
While the fruit may be lost the trees will survive so there should be plenty of fruit next year.
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#Fires in the Primorsky Province of Russiathe uncontrolled method of managing agricultural areas each year turns the entire southern tip of Primorsky Province into an enormous firebed enveloping up to 40 percent of the entire territory.
#New technology for greenhouses developedagricultural and fruit producers could acquire high-tech greenhouses at a considerably less cost thanks to experts from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas (UAZ) in the North of Mexico developing computer systems to control
and almond ranked fifth and coconut water ranked eighth among the popular nonalcoholic beverage trends in restaurants for 2014.
Horticultural crops Davies noted are 50 percent of the farm-gate value of all crops produced in the U s. He also made the connection between the consumption of fruits
and gathering fruits and tubers to cultivating livestock and plants. It seems so straightforward and yet the more scientists learn the more complex the story becomes.
This includes seeds that remain attached to the plant for harvesting (a trait called nonshattering) reduced branching and robust growth of the central stem and bigger fruits seeds or tubers.
Only 4 percent of respondents reported having an aversion for vegetables 3 percent for fruit and 1 percent for tinned fish.
Examples include true yams cassava breadfruit and malangas. Their preparation such as fried mashed or boiled was also important.
One of our favorite dishes was Mofongo a meal composed of green plantain mashed to form a hollow ball that is then cooked with a filling inside.
and fruits from their trees but are not selling medicinal tree products because they do not have access to markets Farmers stated they would sell medicinal products
So using lime to prevent soil acidification could help lock the cadmium in the soil.
Species that may become more widespread include American basswood black cherry green ash white ash and white oak. Climate change is expected also to intensify several stresses that forests already face such as damaging insect pests and diseases drought and wildfire.
Researchers emulated the protective mechanism of peaches and other fruit which releases toxic hydrogen cyanide to keep the kernels from being eaten.
and fewer detections of black-backed woodpecker (8 percent) gray jay (8 percent) olive-sided flycatcher (6 percent) boreal chickadee (3 percent) and rusty blackbird (2 percent).
The number of boreal wetlands occupied by five species--rusty blackbird gray jay yellow-bellied flycatcher olive-sided flycatcher
Using a screening method that previously identified a compound in apple peel as a muscle-boosting agent a team of University of Iowa scientists has discovered now that tomatidine a compound from green tomatoes is even more potent for building muscle and protecting
Adams and his team previously used this same research strategy to discover that ursolic acid a compound from apple peels promotes muscle growth.
which usually triggers reactions to carrots celery almonds apples peaches and pears in those with sensitive systems.
Those with grass allergies should avoid melon tomatoes and oranges Leija warns. And ragweed allergies are linked also to allergies to bananas cantaloupe cucumber zucchini and chamomile tea.
While many people experience minor reactions to certain foods that are basically harmless others have extreme reactions.
Difficulty breathing and itchy rashes are signs to go to a board-certified allergist or in extreme cases straight to the emergency room says Leija who has been performing the Gottlieb Allergy Count for more than two decades.
In research led by Owen Hoekenga a Cornell University adjunct assistant professor scientists extracted roughly 1000 biochemicals or metabolites from the fruit of tomatoes.
These tomatoes had been engineered genetically to delay fruit ripening--a common technique to help keep fruits fresher longer.
The researchers then compared this metabolic profile from the GM fruit to the profile of its non-GM variety.
Extracting and analyzing hundreds metabolites at once gives researchers a snapshot of the fruit's physiology
However the biochemicals related to fruit ripening did show a significant difference--no surprise because that was the intent of the genetic modification.
As part of the study marginal lands surrounding productive blueberry fields were planted with a mix of 15 native perennial wildflowers.
Once the wild bees were more abundant more flowers turned into blueberries and the blueberries had more seeds
and were larger. Based on the results a two-acre field planted with wildflowers adjacent to a 10-acre field of blueberries boosted yields by 10-20 percent.
This translated into more revenue from the field which can recoup the money from planting wildflowers.
Honey bees do a great job of pollinating blueberries and we're not suggesting that growers stop using them he said.
#Chowing down on watermelon could lower blood pressure, study suggestsbe sure to pick up a watermelon--or two--at your local grocery store.
It could save your life. A new study by Florida State university Associate professor Arturo Figueroa published in the American Journal of Hypertension found that watermelon could significantly reduce blood pressure in overweight individuals both at rest and while under stress.
The pressure on the aorta and on the heart decreased after consuming watermelon extract Figueroa said.
The study started with a simple concept. More people die of heart attacks in cold weather because the stress of the cold temperatures causes blood pressure to increase
It turned out that watermelon may be part of the answer. Figueroa's 12-week study focused on 13 middle-aged obese men
For the first six weeks one group was given four grams of the amino acid L-citrulline and two grams of L-arginine per day both from watermelon extract.
The results showed that consuming watermelon had a positive impact on aortic blood pressure and other vascular parameters.
Figueroa has conducted multiple studies on the benefits of watermelon. In the past he examined how it impacts postmenopausal women's arterial function and the blood pressure readings of adults with pre-hypertension.
They found that one particular type of antioxidant in cocoa prevented laboratory mice from gaining excess weight
Andrew P. Neilson and colleagues explain that cocoa the basic ingredient of chocolate is one of the most flavanol-rich foods around.
That's good for chocolate lovers because previous research has shown that flavanols in other foods such as grapes
Cocoa has several different kinds of these compounds so Neilson's team decided to tease them apart
and antidiabetic bioactivities of the flavanols in cocoa particularly at the low doses employed for the present study the researchers state.
#New evidence linking fruit and vegetable consumption with lower mortalityeating seven or more portions of fruit and vegetables a day reduces your risk of death at any point in time by 42%compared to eating less than one portion reports a new UCL study.
Researchers used the Health Survey for England to study the eating habits of 65226 people representative of The english population between 2001 and 2013 and found that the more fruit
and vegetables they ate the less likely they were to die at any age. Eating seven or more portions reduces the specific risks of death by cancer and heart disease by 25%and 31%respectively.
The research also showed that vegetables have significantly higher health benefits than fruit. This is the first study to link fruit
and vegetable consumption with all-cause cancer and heart disease deaths in a nationally-representative population the first to quantify health benefits per-portion
and the first to identify the types of fruit and vegetable with the most benefit.
Compared to eating less than one portion of fruit and vegetables the risk of death by any cause is reduced by 14%by eating one to three portions 29%for three to five portions 36%for five to seven portions and 42%for seven or more.
and each portion of fresh fruit was associated with a smaller but still significant 4%reduction.
We all know that eating fruit and vegetables is healthy but the size of the effect is staggering says Dr Oyinlola Oyebode of UCL's Department of Epidemiology
The clear message here is that the more fruit and vegetables you eat the less likely you are to die at any age.
Vegetables have a larger effect than fruit but fruit still makes a real difference. If you're happy to snack on carrots
or other vegetables then that is a great choice but if you fancy something sweeter a banana
or any fruit will also do you good. The findings lend support to the Australian government's'Go for 2+5'guidelines which recommend eating two portions of fruit and five of vegetables.
The UK Department of health recommends'5 a day 'while'Fruit and Veggies--More Matters'is the key message in the USA.
Our study shows that people following Australia's'Go for 2+5'advice will reap huge health benefits says Dr Oyebode.
However people shouldn't feel daunted by a big target like seven. Whatever your starting point it is always worth eating more fruit and vegetables.
In our study even those eating one to three portions had a significantly lower risk than those eating less than onethe researchers found no evidence of significant benefit from fruit juice
and canned and frozen fruit appeared to increase risk of death by 17%per portion.
The survey did not distinguish between canned and frozen fruit so this finding is difficult to interpret.
Canned fruit products are almost four times more popular than frozen fruit in Europe *so it is canned likely that fruit dominated this effect.
Most canned fruit contains high sugar levels and cheaper varieties are packed in syrup rather than fruit juice explains Dr Oyebode.
The negative health impacts of the sugar may well outweigh any benefits. Another possibility is that there are confounding factors that we could not control for such as poor access to fresh groceries among people who have preexisting health conditions hectic lifestyles
13. 0m tons of canned fruit and vegetables were sold in the EU in 2008 compared to 3. 7m for frozen fruit and vegetables.
Sliced apples in Burger king's ads were identified as apples by only 10 percent of young viewers;
and said And I see someâ#are those apples slices? The researcher replied I can't tell youâ#you just have to say what you think they are.
http://youtu. be/Tl9uhuewztyburger King's depiction of apple slices as'Fresh Apple Fries'was misleading to children in the target age range said principal investigator James Sargent MD co-director Cancer
In 2010 Mcdonald's and Burger king began to advertise apples and milk in kids meals. Sargent and his colleagues studied fast food television ads aimed at children from July 2010 through June 2011.
Of the four healthy food depictions studied only Mcdonald's presentation of apple slices was recognized as an apple product by a large majority of the target audience regardless of age.
#Eating fruits, vegetables linked to healthier arteries later in lifewomen who ate a diet high in fresh fruits
Previous studies have found that middle-aged adults whose diet consists of a high proportion of fruits
or stroke but the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption during young adulthood and heart disease later in life was less clear.
To study this concept researchers evaluated the association between dietary intake of fruits and vegetables in young adults and the presence of coronary artery calcification (CAC) 20 years later.
Specifically women who reported consuming the most fruits and vegetables (eight to nine servings a day for a 2000-calorie diet) in their 20s were 40 percent less likely to have calcified plaque in their arteries in their 40s compared with those who ate the least amount (three to four servings
Several other studies have suggested also that a diet high in fruits and vegetables is less protective in men
At the start of CARDIA (1985-1986) women and men were asked about their consumption of different fruits
Researchers then calculated the average number of servings of fruits and vegetables per day and adjusted them to a 2000-calorie diet.
People were divided into three groups based on self-reported fruit and vegetable intake: high moderate and low.
with colorful fruits and vegetables at each meal or snack. Based on these recommendations adults who consume a 2000-calorie a day diet should be consuming 2. 5 cups of vegetables and two cups of fruit a day--a big jump from
what the average American usually gets from their diet according to government figures. Fruits and vegetables are packed with vitamins minerals fiber antioxidants
and other things that are known to promote good health. Plant-based diets in general have also been linked to greater longevity less cancer lower cholesterol lower blood pressure
and healthier body weight Miedema emphasized that more studies are needed to further define the relationship between fruits vegetables
and cardiovascular disease in men and women in addition to determining the best ways to increase compliance with a diet high in fruits and vegetables in the U s. population.
#Prestorage conditioning, diphenylamine improve condition of honeycrisp applesince the introduction of'Honeycrisp'apples in 1991 the variety has become a consumer favorite for its unusual texture and delicious flavor.
and can be damaged by controlled-atmosphere conditions long-term storage of the apples can be challenging.
Carolina Contreras and Randy Beaudry from the Department of Horticulture at Michigan State university and Nihad Alsmairat from the Department of Horticulture and Crop science at the University of Jordan published a study in Hortscience that revealed some important information for apple producers.
whether'Honeycrisp'apples were controlled susceptible to-atmosphere injury to determine the relative influence of O2
Fruit were conditioned at 3â C 10â C and 20â C for 5 days and then exposed to one of nine different storage treatments.
The extent of the injury was higher for those fruit in an atmosphere with elevated CO2 for each level of O2.
and fruit production continues for several years although succeeding crops are progressively smaller and of lower quality and new leaves do not grow to their typical size.
According to the authors of a new study observations of infected citrus suggest that photoassimilate transport takes place in newly developed phloem tissue of young flush and of the older supporting branches and trunk.
The scientists collected fully expanded and developed tissue from HLB-affected trees from 5-year-old'Valencia'orange trees that had been determined previously to be infected with CLAS.
#Peaches inhibit breast cancer metastasis in micelab tests at Texas A&m Agrilife Research have shown that treatments with peach extract inhibit breast cancer metastasis in mice.
Agrilife Research scientists say that the mixture of phenolic compounds present in the peach extract are responsible for the inhibition of metastasis according to the study
when the mice were consuming the peach extract said Dr. Luis Cisneros-Zevallos a food scientist for Agrilife Research in College Station.
Furthermore after determining the dose necessary to see the effects in mice it was calculated that for humans it would be equivalent to consuming two to three peaches per day.
which showed that peach and plum polyphenols selectively killed aggressive breast cancer cells and not the normal ones Cisneros-Zavallos said.
The previous work as well as the present one was conducted by Cisneros-Zevallos Dr. David Byrne both with Agrilife Research;
because it shows in vivo the effect that natural compounds in this case the phenolic compounds in peach have against breast cancer
The study was conducted using the peach variety Rich Lady. However according to Cisneros-Zevallos most peach fruit share similar polyphenolic compounds
but might differ in content. The study also determined that the underlying mechanism by which peach polyphenols are inhibiting metastasis would be by targeting
and modulating the gene expression of metalloproteinases. In general peach fruit has chemical compounds that are responsible for killing cancer cells
while not affecting normal cells as we reported previously and now we are seeing that this mixture of compounds can inhibit metastasis said Cisneros-Zevallos.
We are enthusiastic about the idea that perhaps by consuming only two to three peaches a day we can obtain similar effects in humans.
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