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10 Jun 2022
The insect-suction robot that cleans a whole strawberry field
Lygus rugulipennis is the most important of the strawberry pests. To combat this insect, the Spanish company Agrobot has launched BugVacuum, a self-propelled vacuum cleaner capable of sucking up insects by autonomously navigating between the rows. The
06 Jun 2022 The Tummelberry (Rubus 'Tummelberry') is a hybrid berry patented in 1984 01 Jun 2022 The popular German TV programme MarktCheck recently broadcast an investigation to shed light on the background of a market that brings blueberries to supermarket shelves at prices of 1€ per 100g. What is behind these prices? The
Tummelberry, the big and juicy hybrid originated in Scotland in 1984
Germany, a TV investigation sheds light on the dark side of the berry industry