How oxidative stress impacts on quality of tomatoes
Organic tomatoes contain more vitamin C and oxidative components than conventional tomatoes. This is what a study carried out by the Federal University of Ceara in Brazil has recently published on on PloS One “the impact of Organic Farming on Quality of Tomatoes is Associated to Increased Oxidative Stress during fruit development” . Organic agriculture exposes...
Integrated pest management systems
During the past decade the European union has invested much efforts towards an integrated and sustainable agricultural policy. New policies have been defined with the objective of finding improved nutritional safety for both consumers and for the environment. One of the consequences we have seen in agriculture is radical change in pest management practices. Agriculture...