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15 Vegetables That Can Help Protect Your Heart: They’re Already in Your Kitchen
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (1058+ words) Your next heart-health intervention may not be found in a pharmacy.It could be sitting in your kitchen. From ugu and okra to tomatoes, spinach, garden eggs and beetroot, vegetables provide fibre, potassium, folate, vitamins, minerals and other plant compounds…...
Scientists Map a Genome-Editing Roadmap to Cold-Resilient Peppers
12+ hour, 23+ min ago (70+ words) Peppers are among the world’s most valuable vegetable crops, prized for their culinary versatility, vibrant pigments, and nutritional content, yet they remain dangerously vulnerable to cold. Even brief exposure to chilling temperatures can disrupt membrane integrity, suppress photosynthesis, and throw…...
Specific Fruit Choices Raise Flavanol Intake - and Most Diets Fall Short
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1161+ words) For centuries, people have relied on fruits, tea, and cocoa not only for nourishment but also for their health-promoting compounds. Today, researchers have identified one group of those natural compounds — flavanols — as especially important for cardiovascular health. Flavanols are plant…...
Tomato study finds a ‘Golden Hour’ that could help crops survive drought
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (1408+ words) Hebrew University researchers found that tomato drought resilience may depend on when plants use water, not just how much. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Tomato plants may hold one of their best drought defenses in a daily rhythm. New research from the Hebrew…...
The James Hutton Institute joins precision pollination project to help transform UK fruit production
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (214+ words) The James Hutton Institute is playing a central role in a new UK research and innovation project that aims to make pollination in commercial fruit production measurable, manageable and more resilient, helping growers improve yields while supporting the development of…...
Optimizing tomato plant growth with microbes
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (324+ words) Yet individual microorganisms have difficulty sustaining themselves in crops and remaining functional in the fluctuating environment of an agricultural field. This is where microbial communities can help. However, the composition and function of such a community change depending on plant-specialized…...
Texas conference to train new fruit growers in orchard management
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (211+ words) The Texas New Fruit Grower's Conference will take place on October 15 and 16, 2026, providing training for new and prospective fruit growers on orchard and vineyard establishment and management. Organised by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, the one-and-a-half-day event is aimed at…...
Texas New Fruit Growers Conference | Katy, TX
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (260+ words) Ready to turn your passion for fresh fruit into a thriving business or a rewarding hobby? Join us at the Texas New Fruit Growers Conference to learn from top experts and kickstart your orchard journey. Hosted by the Texas A…...
Eggplant genetics and biotechnology advance crops for food security
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (780+ words) Eggplant, one of the world’s most beloved vegetables and a staple of cuisines from South Asia to the Mediterranean, is getting a twenty-first-century makeover....
Pomegranates Could Unlock a New Treatment for Heart Failure
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (559+ words) A compound produced in the body after eating pomegranates improved heart function by up to 80% in experimental models of a type of heart failure with limited treatment options. For people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, the heart can…...