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Coating tomato fruit with edible gum arabic has been found to enhance their shelf-life © The Ewan (CC BY-SA)

Coating tomato fruit with edible gum arabic has been found to enhance their shelf-life © The Ewan (CC BY-SA)

Here’s a taste of some of the latest stories about plant health, including analysis of the impacts of biotech crops, the role of salt tolerant plants in food production and 6 inventions that can help to prevent harvest loss.

Click on the link to read more of the latest plant health news!

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  1. Thought+Food on 6th November 2014 at 2:49 PM

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