From a study conducted by the CNR Institute of Science of Food Production, in collaboration with the John Innes Center in Norwich and published in the journal Nature Plants, a new tomato line is designed to counteract the deficiency of vitamin D
According to some estimates, about 40% of the European ... Read More
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May2022
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Mar2022
Dr. Maurizio Vurro, Research Director at the Bari section of ISPA, was recently elected Vice President of EWRS, the European Weed Research Society (www.ewrs.org), an international scientific society of great prestige, dealing with research activities on weeds. In particular, the EWRS acts to:
promote and encourage weed research and management ... Read More
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Sep2021
#EUChooseSafeFood is the key message of the communication campaign "The European Union supports food safety" promoted by the European Union and launched last summer by EFSA - the European Food Safety Agency in 21 countries of the Union.
The goal of this initiative is to reduce the distance between citizens and ... Read More
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Jan2020
Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of gluten-containing grains in genetically susceptible individuals. The consumption of gluten in CD causes self-perpetuating damage to the intestinal mucosal and its functionality becomes severely impaired. For CD patients, the gluten free diet is the only acceptable treatment to ... Read More
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May2019
Fascination of Plants Day
The goal of the "Fascination of Plants Day" is to get as many people as possible around the world fascinated by plants and enthused about the importance of plant science for agriculture and sustainable production of nutritious food, as well as for horticulture, forestry and the production ... Read More
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Feb2019
On the 29th January the final results obtained within the National funded project Safe&Smart of the Cl.A.N. - National Agrifood Cluster were presented during a workshop entitled “The project Safe&Smart: results and perspective”. The workshop took place at “Centro Ricerche ENEA” in Portici (Italy). Partners of the project, under the ... Read More
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Oct2018
On the 18th October 2018 in Brussels was held the 2nd International symposium “Food allergens: regulation, management and detection” organized by CER Groupe and ILVO (BE). Dr. Linda Monaci and Dr. Rosa Pilolli were invited speakers with the keynotes “ThrAll-EFSA project: detection and quantification of allergens in food and minimum ... Read More
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Oct2018
The Meeting entitled “Natural products in pest management: Innovative approaches for increasing their use“ was held from 25 to 29 September 2018.
The Meeting was supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Co-operative Research Programme: Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems (CRP) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
This ... Read More
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Feb2018
The Workshop entitled ‘Technological solutions for shipping perishable fruit & vegetable commodities from Apulia Region’ will held on February 23, 2018 at IFAC SpA, Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy.
This meeting is part of the dissemination activities of the CONTINNOVA Project, funded by Apulia Region "Aiuti a sostegno dei Cluster Tecnologici Regionali”.
The ... Read More
