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Spotting Leaf Roll Virus
Plant and Food Research is using new technologies, including arificial intelligence and sensing technologies, to help detect a damaging virus that secretly takes hold in grape vines. Audio, Gallery
Spotting Leaf Roll Virus
Plant and Food Research is using new technologies, including arificial intelligence and sensing technologies, to help detect a damaging virus that secretly takes hold in grape vines.
AudioGraeme Clare, the man breeding a bark beetle army to protect our forestry exports
Graeme Clare oversees a bark beetle breeding programme that is crucial to protecting the NZ forestry sector. His team supplies thousands of beetles and eggs for fumigation trials - which aim to reduce… Audio
Graeme Clare, the man breeding a bark beetle army to protect our forestry exports
Graeme Clare oversees a bark beetle breeding programme that is crucial to protecting the NZ forestry sector. His team supplies thousands of beetles and eggs for fumigation trials - which aim to reduce…
AudioTake a sip: tasting beer with Dr Roger Harker from Plant and Food Research
There are some jobs that you just wouldn't mind having – Dr Roger Harker's is one. Part of his job is finding out what people like to eat and drink... and why. As head of the Consumer & Product… Audio
Take a sip: tasting beer with Dr Roger Harker from Plant and Food Research
There are some jobs that you just wouldn't mind having – Dr Roger Harker's is one. Part of his job is finding out what people like to eat and drink... and why. As head of the Consumer & Product…
AudioFruitful results for Vietnam's dragonfruit industry
Plant and Food Research scientists are collaborating with partners in Vietnam to boost that country's dragonfruit industry. They've found a way to train the plants that could double production. Audio
Fruitful results for Vietnam's dragonfruit industry
Plant and Food Research scientists are collaborating with partners in Vietnam to boost that country's dragonfruit industry. They've found a way to train the plants that could double production.
AudioTraining Trees
Plant and Food Research is trialing a radically new way of growing trees. It is training them to grow like candelabra. Audio
Training Trees
Plant and Food Research is trialing a radically new way of growing trees. It is training them to grow like candelabra.
AudioHere comes the snowberry
Blueberries, kiwiberries, boysenberries, loganberries... well, there might soon be another one to add to the mix – the snowberry. Trials are underway to see if there's potential for a commercial… Audio
Here comes the snowberry
Blueberries, kiwiberries, boysenberries, loganberries... well, there might soon be another one to add to the mix – the snowberry. Trials are underway to see if there's potential for a commercial…
AudioScience to solve kiwifruit crisis a winner
A 100-strong team of researchers from Plant and Food Research have won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Prize for using science to solve the kiwifruit PSA crisis. Audio
Science to solve kiwifruit crisis a winner
A 100-strong team of researchers from Plant and Food Research have won the 2017 Prime Minister's Science Prize for using science to solve the kiwifruit PSA crisis.
AudioNew Zealand India Apple Partnership
New Zealand apple experts are working with growers in Himachal Pradesh to improve production of the region's apple trees. Audio
New Zealand India Apple Partnership
New Zealand apple experts are working with growers in Himachal Pradesh to improve production of the region's apple trees.
AudioProtecting grape vines from leafroll virus
Researchers at Plant and Food Research are developing an array of visual and molecular tools to help combat leafroll virus in grape vines Audio
Protecting grape vines from leafroll virus
Researchers at Plant and Food Research are developing an array of visual and molecular tools to help combat leafroll virus in grape vines
AudioHops Research
Ron Beatson is a home brewer - but much more importantly, a big influence on commercial brewing around the world. His career is based around hops - initially a wild plant - but since possibly the 11th… Audio
Hops Research
Ron Beatson is a home brewer - but much more importantly, a big influence on commercial brewing around the world. His career is based around hops - initially a wild plant - but since possibly the 11th…
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