Courgette (zucchini)

"The difficulties in growing organic courgettes due to virosis in the field are testing us, but we're responding with appropriate agronomic measures to continue to guarantee production quality for our commercial partners," says Roberto Giadone, President of Natura Iblea, an Italian company that
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Kai is Sakata's latest zucchini launch and the first to include resistance to the New Delhi virus. Cecilio Fernández, a zucchini and cucumber product promoter, is sure that this variety will have an excellent reception. "The New Delhi virus is a great concern for farmers, and there is a clear
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With Kai K.O. New Delhi, that's how emphatic was the presentation of Sakata's latest launch in courgettes and the first to include resistance to New Delhi. The Almeria field has been waiting a few weeks for 'the secret to winning the battle' to be revealed and when the
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At Fruit Attraction, one of the leading trade fairs in the fruit and vegetable sector, Semillas Fitó and Colle d'Oro have formalised a strategic alliance aimed at expanding and consolidating the CRÜ courgette brand throughout Italy. This agreement represents a commitment in the
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Traditional dark green zucchini continue to be the most popular vegetable produced and consumed in Italy. Fall is the key period for sowing in central and southern Italy, while the choice is increasingly veering towards varieties resistant to the New Delhi Virus (ToLCND), a disease spread by
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The Crisis Committee of the Interprofessional Organization for Fruits and Vegetables of Andalusia (HORTYFRUTA) has decided to deactivate the extension of the rule for Andalusian green zucchini after verifying the improvement of the situation in recent days. The objective is to avoid market
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The Crisis Committee of the Andalusian Fruit and Vegetable Interprofessional, HORTYFRUTA, has met again to analyse the market situation of the products that affect it, especially the black/long aubergine. read more

The Crisis Committee of the Interprofessional Organisation of Fruit and Vegetables of Andalusia, HORTYFRUTA, has decided to deactivate the Extension of the Standard for Andalusian green courgettes after analysing its favourable evolution during the last few days and thus avoid the
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The Italian pumpkin campaign is now in full swing, with its different varieties such as Butternut, Long Violet and Moscata. The national persimmon campaign is proceeding smoothly, with the start of sales of the Vanilla variety from Campania. Hot weather damages some productions, from chestnuts
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Parthenocarpy is a biological trait naturally present in courgettes. This attribute allows fruit formation in the absence of pollination by female flowers. read more

Average September 2023 vegetable prices remain lower compared to the same period last year. This applies to a large proportion of species. Starting with tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes, green beans, peppers and ending with aubergines.

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Average September 2023 vegetable prices remain lower compared to the same period last year. This applies to a large proportion of species. Starting with tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes, green beans, peppers and ending with aubergines.

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The members of the Interprofessional Organisation of Fruit and Vegetables of Andalusia, HORTYFRUTA, held the first meeting of the season in the province of Granada this week to analyse the start of the season and the performance of fruit and vegetable products, especially courgettes.
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The members of HORTYFRUTA, Andalusia's Fruit and Vegetable Inter-branch Organization, held a meeting in the province of Granada this week to analyze the beginning of the campaign and the behavior of fruit and vegetable products, especially zucchini and cucumber. read more

COAG Almeria denounced "the non-compliance with the Food Chain Law just as Almeria's fruit and vegetable campaign is starting, as some products are being sold below production costs, especially zucchini and cucumber, which, to date, are being auctioned below 30 cents." read more

Until a few years ago, the Abenhardt vegetable farm was completely devoted to carrots. In addition to conventional and organically produced carrots, the innovative family business based in Datteln now also produces and packages organic Hokkaido and zucchini for trade throughout Germany. "The
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In the 2022/2023 campaign, Spain exported 368.77 million kilos of zucchini, i.e., 17.94% less than in the 2020/2021 campaign, in which it exported the largest amount in history, according to Hortoinfo figures. read more

This year there will be no great novelties. The company is committed to following the same trend as in previous years, maintaining volumes in almost all products (lettuce, courgette and watermelon). But the exception that proves the rule will be cauliflower. "We are going to increase the
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Kohlrabi, celeriac, sweet potatoes, pak choi, turnips: these are only some of the fall products Sipo started selling this week as part of its "Sapori del Mio Orto" range. As the season changes, consumption is slowly veering towards fall products and the company from Rimini is not going to be
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