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New and improved tomato analyzer

Tomatoes come in a variety of sizes and shapes, making them the perfect subject to test shape-analyzing software. The Tomato Analyzer is "rapidly becoming the standard for fruit morphological characterizations," ...

Biology / Other

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Color test enhances tomato analyzer software

When it comes to fresh vegetables and fruits, color is one of the best indicators of quality. Along with texture, size, and flavor, color plays an important role in the business of horticultural crop production and marketing.

Biology /

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Entomologists devise new test for insecticide resistance

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 10-year study has led to a model that assesses the effectiveness of insect refuges in slowing evolution of resistance.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers make less carcinogenic cigarette

(Medical Xpress) -- Though emphasizing that quitting is the best remedy to combat health problems for smokers, Cornell researchers have found a way to make cigarettes less toxic.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Shared flavor compounds show up on US menus, rare in Asian cuisines

North Americans and Western Europeans love a good mix of alpha-terpineol, 4-methylpentanoic acid and ethyl propionate for dinner, flavor compounds shared in popular ingredients like tomatoes, parmesan cheese ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Salads you can trust -- safe farm practices get major test

Ever since 2006, when a deadly batch of spinach killed three people and sickened hundreds, U.S. farm producers, packers and others along the distribution line have argued over how best to protect consumers ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Magnetic tongue' ready to help produce tastier processed foods

The "electronic nose," which detects odors, has a companion among emerging futuristic "e-sensing" devices intended to replace abilities that once were strictly human-and-animal-only. It is a "magnetic tongue" ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Largest rice genetics study finds vast differences in rice

The largest publicly available genomewide association mapping study in rice to date has found that although the five subpopulations of Asian rice -- indica, aus, temperate japonica, aromatic and tropical ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New non-destructive method to estimate leaf area index in vegetables

The productivity and health of horticultural crops depends on the ability of the plant cover to intercept light energy. This ability is a function of the amount of leaf area, the architecture of the vegetation cover, and ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plant pathologist finding Kansas wheat fields a molecular battleground this season

With harvest in full swing, many farmers have found that the brutal combination of high winds, scorching temperatures and minimal rainfall has left most wheat yields looking less like the good or the bad and more like the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Outbreak in Europe blamed on 'super-toxic' strain (Update 2)

(AP) -- Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe's worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Safety of nanoparticles in food crops is still unclear

With the curtain about to rise on a much-anticipated new era of "nanoagriculture" — using nanotechnology to boost the productivity of plants for food, fuel, and other uses —scientists are reporting a huge gap in ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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