Spain: Watermelon exporters look forward to weather improvement
While it is true that Almeria's watermelon campaign has been delayed by adverse weather conditions, the market is currently well-supplied, although demand is not as high as it should be at this time of the year due to Europe and Northern Spain's cold temperatures and bad weather. "With the earliest varieties we had a lower performance per square metre, but at the moment production volumes ..
Agriculture Carnival held in Beijing
A seedless mini watermelon is seen during the 1st Agriculture Carnival at the Strawberry Expo Park in Changping District, Beijing, capital of China, March 23, 2013. Opened Saturday, the carnival will continue till May 12, highlighting the latest agricultural science, technologies and creative agricultural projects. (Xinhua/Li Xin)..
seven months for preservation of watermelon pollen
Recently, Lin Yi form Zhejiang province submit to a national patent application for a long-term preservation of watermelon pollen. Lin Yi and her colleagues cost more than three years to get the result. watermelon pollen can be only save a few days. They can save pollen more than seven months and the fruit set rate can be more than 50% using preserved pollen in the early spring time instea..
US: Scientists seek genetic diversity in watermelons
Scientists are analysing the wild watermelon - hard, white, small and bitter - for genetic traits that might help develop cultivated forms that are more resistant to diseases. An international team of more than 60 researchers, led by Zhangjun Fei at Cornell University¡¯s Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, sequenced and published the domesticated watermelon genome for the first time in ..
Chinese scientists decode watermelon genome
An international team led by Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, BGI, and other institutes has completed the genomic sequence of watermelon ( Citrullus lanatus ) and the resequencing of 20 watermelon accessions. An international consortium of more than 60 scientists from China , the United States , and Europe has published the genome sequence of watermelon..
Seedless watermelon contain high lycopene and non-GM successfully grown in Malta
¡°The consumer is not always simply looking for what is tasty to consume but also what is good for them.¡± Charles Zahra is a young farmer who under the Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems has successfully started growing and selling seedless watermelons. ¡°We chose the watermelon to check the varying levels of lycopene, which is also found in tomatoes, which is a cartenoid known for it..
