Food waste researcher: We must learn that brown fruit isn't bad fruit
Which bananas end up in your shopping basket— the uniformly yellow ones or those with brown spots?
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News tagged with apple
Aphids suck: Invasive aphid found on Danish apple trees
The spirea aphid, Aphis spiraecola, an invasive pest, has been discovered for the first time in Denmark by University of Copenhagen researchers. The extent of its current distribution remains unknown, but in time, it could ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2021
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Silk Road contains genomic resources for improving apples
The fabled Silk Road—the 4,000-mile stretch between China and Western Europe where trade flourished from the second century B.C. to the 14th century A.D. - is responsible for one of our favorite and most valuable fruits: ...
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Nov 2, 2020
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New app helps students self-monitor behavior, stay on task
Many students face challenges staying focused and on task in the classroom. Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many homes into classrooms, those struggles have become even more challenging for parents, students ...
Education
Sep 24, 2020
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Crunchy, complex: Three new apples released
This fall, apple lovers can look forward to three new varieties from the oldest apple breeding program in the U.S.—located at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York, part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2020
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Research helps explain source of pathogen that causes bitter rot disease
Fungal spores responsible for bitter rot disease, a common and devastating infection in fruit, do not encounter their host plants by chance. Turns out, they have a symbiotic association with the plant, often living inside ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 14, 2020
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Newly discovered pathogen in NY apples causes bitter rot disease
In a study of New York state apple orchards, Cornell plant pathologists have identified a new fungal pathogen that causes bitter rot disease in apples. Also, a second related fungus known to cause rot disease in other fruits ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2020
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MdSUT4.1 participates in regulation of fruit sugar accumulation in apples
Apples are an economically important fruit crop worldwide. Sugar content is an essential component of fruit organoleptic quality, especially fruit sweetness, and thus is given a high priority in apple breeding programs. However, ...
Plants & Animals
May 28, 2020
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Insect virtual reality gives us a fly's perspective of the world
Flying insects are remarkable in their ability to sense and locate food sources and mates as they navigate a complex, 3-D world. Yet, little is known about how they combine different sensory stimuli to find and get to the ...
Plants & Animals
May 18, 2020
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10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West
A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards has rediscovered 10 apple varieties that were believed to be extinct—the largest number ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2020
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