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Research Matters - Grafting plants for disease resistance

27 Apr 2012

Grafting is an important tool in the battle against the pests and diseases of vegetable crops, especially for members of the Cucurbitaceae (such as cucumbers and melons) and Solanaceae (such as tomatoes, eggplants and peppers) families.

Science Into Practice - Mapping tomato root zone micro-organisms

27 Apr 2012

A diverse range of micro-organisms is commonly found on tomato roots and surrounding growing medium.

Research Matters - Flowering in blackcurrants

13 Apr 2012 | by Dr Ken Cockshull

Blackcurrants have to reach a certain size before they are able to respond to day length, the environmental signal that triggers stems to stop growing and to form flowers. The present experiments examined the effect of summer temperatures on stem growth and flower initiation and development under natural...

Research Matters - Reducing cracking in cherry tomatoes

06 Apr 2012 | by Dr Ken Cockshull

Cherry tomatoes are susceptible to cracking during storage and can then be infected by Botrytis. In the experiments reported here, cherry tomatoes were picked when red and were then dipped for 10 minutes into a variety of different liquids.

Science Into Practice - Impact of irrigation on onion crops

06 Apr 2012 | by HDC

An estimated 85 per cent of Rijnsburger dry bulb onion crops are irrigated following a recent move in the industry to production on light soils to improve quality and aid crop management. But there is little scientific evidence to support current irrigation practices and some growers are concerned that...

Research Matters - Chlorophyll fluorescence

23 Mar 2012 | by Dr Ken Cockshull

Growers are always interested in techniques that might enable them to detect stress in their crops more quickly. One such technique is chlorophyll fluorescence because it can be used as an indicator of photosynthetic activity.

Science Into Practice - Eradicating powdery mildew in ornamentals

23 Mar 2012 | by HDC

Powdery mildews of rose and herbaceous perennials are widespread, common and potentially very damaging diseases. While fungicides still remain the primary method of control, the efficacy and crop safety of individual fungicides against powdery mildew diseases on different crops is likely to vary.

Research Matters - Efficient watering of containers

16 Mar 2012 | by Dr Ken Cockshull

Growers and researchers are well aware of the need to use water efficiently (HW, 20 May, 9 September and 11 November 2011). The present research examined how to deploy a limited number of moisture sensors to predict the substrate water content of a large number of containerised trees.

Research Matters - Stimulating roses mechanically

27 Jan 2012 | by Dr Ken Cockshull

Young rose plants produced for cultivation in gardens are now most commonly raised in containers and sold in spring. Customers are usually seeking compact, well-branched specimens and such plants can be produced in many different ways.

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