
Solar energy project at Sundrop Farms among Clean Energy Award finalists
The large solar project that provides Sundrop Farms Australia with energy and fresh water is nominated for the Clean Energy Council’s 2018 Innovation Award.

New LED lamp rates highly in hybrid lighting trial
A trial with hybrid lighting (SON-T + LED) at Dutch tomato nursery Gebroeders Koot has yielded good results. The LED lamp used in the

Tool for accurately estimating vine tomato crops
The Plantalyzer is a unique tool for accurately estimating vine tomato crops. It counts the number of vine tomatoes on the plant in the

Special packaging material keeps tomatoes fresh for 30 days
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Hyderabad have succeeded in keeping tomatoes fresh for 30 days using special food packaging material.

“Quality is our guideline and we are continuously striving for better”
More than ten years ago the Austrian horticultural families Kainz and Mayer decided to join forces and set up a new business. Their aim

‘We are committed to high standards of quality, food safety and sustainability’
Founded in 1971, Mexican vegetable grower Agrícola Zarattini is a family business that produces peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, asparagus and strawberries. Having started out with

Pioneering climate control solution in tomato greenhouse
Golden Fresh Farms, based in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA, is a high-tech tomato producer selling to leading grocery retailers in North America. In Greenhouses spoke

Penicillium
Penicillium chrysogenum is a beneficial fungus whose Latin name means “painter’s brush”, after the shape of the branched hyphae bearing rows of black/grey spores.

First trial with dynamic light recipe in tomatoes ups production by 8%
There’s a lot of work going on into LED lighting at the moment. We already know from past research that light colour impacts on

Plantalyzer works as automatic counting system for tomatoes in greenhouses
HortiKey is contracting Wageningen University and Research Centre and Berg Hortimotive for the realisation of the Plantalyzer. The Plantalyzer automatically measures the tomatoes in