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Agri-Science E-Zine

Whether it's better food, a cleaner environment or innovative new products and methods, we look to science to bring us to new horizons of opportunity.

The stories in this section offer a glimpse of the science under way at 19 research centres across the country to make Canada a world leader in agriculture and food.

Features

New fruit tree for southern British Columbia and Ontario New fruit tree for southern British Columbia and Ontario Here's another new homegrown fruit treat that could become a lunchbag standard: the persimmon. The Asian persimmon can be grown in Canada, alongside traditional stalwarts as the apple and pear.

 

Work can be a bowl of cherries Work can be a bowl of cherries There are many varieties of sweet cherries grown around the world that can trace their roots back to the breeding program at Summerland, starting from 1936.

 

Photo of students participating in the Tomatosphere program and studying the growth of tomato plants Tomatosphere - It's outa this world! What do 500,000 tomato seeds and an astronaut have in common? They have both travelled to a place where they are exposed to weightlessness and higher radiation than on Earth.

 

Photo of a red wine and cheese combination Wine and Cheese Matchmaking It's been a long day and dinner is still a while away. What would really hit the spot is a glass of wine and a little something.

 

Crop residue map obtained by satellite imagery Tracking Farmland from Space As farmers across the country prepare their land for the growing season, satellites hundreds of kilometers above the Earth are capturing images of these tillage activities.

 

Photo of corn being grown for silage How to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck Producers should review their seeding rates for silage corn production as many are likely seeding at less-than-optimum rates.

 

Photo showing a variety of potato sizes, colors and shapes Plants That Changed the World: Potato Take a look at the humble potato. It's a brown, starchy underground stem that is really mostly water (80%).

 

Tobacco Study Offers Hope in Treating Debilitating Disease Tobacco Study Offers Hope in Treating Debilitating Disease A recent study using tobacco plants is offering hope in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).