Sweet pepper

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The Dutch greenhouse vegetable season is nearing its end. Thus, time to reflect with Oxin Growers' commercial director, Ton van Dalen. "Bell pepper, tomato, and eggplant prices were good, but, unfortunately, cucumber prices were much lower than last year," he begins. read more

Syngenta continues with its calendar of field days to promote its new varieties of California, Arconte and Norris peppers among growers and technicians. After the days held in El Ejido a few days ago, this week it was the turn of Berja. read more

HM.Clause's California pepper catalogue has been expanded with two new varieties. They are Kefren F1 and Serket F1. The seed company has shown them from yesterday until today in a field conference held in Dalías. read more

Data from the statistical service Euroestacom (Icex-Eurostat) analyzed by Hortoinfo reveal that Germany's imports of Turkish peppers have registered a sharp reduction over the last three campaigns. read more

The Belgian greenhouse vegetable season is slowly coming to an end. The switch to lit cultivation is underway, so volumes are generally slightly lower these weeks. "We're now in bell pepper, zucchini, and eggplant's last weeks. The large cucumber volumes are also gone. Like tomatoes, we'll
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New Green Overseas will end its export season of Dutch bell peppers to Japan next week. Last year, high air freight rates caused minimal exports; this year, that restriction came from a different angle. "In September, there were hardly any bell peppers available, and they were very expensive, so
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Morocco increases its exports of sweet peppers to all important destinations, including Germany, reports EastFruit. For several seasons in a row, Morocco has been increasing sweet pepper exports to Germany by 10-20% annually. In the MY 2022/23 (July-June), a record volume of Moroccan bell
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A new biological race of the green aphid or peach aphid, Myzus persicae, has become a real challenge for European pepper growers. Since this new race was detected in 2021 in northern Europe, Koppert has found that it is a race more
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Sakata has presented its new early red bell pepper variety: Checo, which comes to improve and expand its range. It is the first variety with a complete pack of resistances that, in addition to including intermediate resistance to powdery mildew, is also resistant to nematodes. The Checo's strong
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Morocco increases its exports of sweet peppers to all important destinations, including Germany, reports EastFruit. For several seasons in a row, Morocco has been increasing sweet pepper exports to Germany by 10-20% annually. In the MY 2022/23 (July-June), a record volume of Moroccan bell
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Fresca Group has increased its stake in the ownership of major glasshouse complex and salad grower Thanet Earth. read more

With the acquisition of the cucumber breeding company, Sana Seeds, Sakata is expanding its presence in the cucumber market. "We're broadening our portfolio. After substantial investments in recent years in tomatoes and peppers, we've now gained a foothold in cucumbers," said Matthieu Maxant,
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In mid-October, the number of pepper greenhouse plantations being harvested in Almeria increased. Later plantations are in their blooming, setting, and fattening phases. read more

Rijk Zwaan is holding some field days in the Poniente region of Almeria to present its new introduction. It is called Baiao RZ and it is an early California pepper with "the highest resistance to powdery mildew on the market". read more

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Pharr International Bridge this week seized $10.7 million in methamphetamine from a shipment of fresh jalapeño peppers. read more

This time last year at Orlando's Global Produce and Floral show, Divine Flavor introduced its product hero campaign to the industry, launching the company's first-ever product hero', bell peppers. With the campaign initiative geared towards better informing retailers and consumers alike about
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Helice RZ F1(click to learn more), after a testing period in the main Italian pepper-growing areas, gave optimal results, especially in the regions of Campania, Sicily, Piedmont and Veneto. The variety proved to be suitable for the
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Both loose tomato and TOV average prices rose sharply last week at the Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives Association's auctions. Cucumber prices fell for the second consecutive week, while bell pepper prices remain stable across the board. read more

This is the first time that Syngenta has held a pepper conference at such an early date in the El Ejido area. And it has done so to show the potential of its two new products from the beginning of the crop. They are called Norris and Arconte and they are two early cycle red California peppers. read more