MANILA, Philippines - One of the most efficient and fastest methods of propagation in the horticultural field is the leaf-eye or leaf-bud method of propagation. The methodology is based on the ...

Q : I thought that this might be of interest (see reader's photo). We have managed to propagate a pineapple from the top of a grocery store fruit. It took three years, and some neglect in the back of ...

A couple of weeks back, I received a news tip and photo from V. Guagenti of Virginia Beach. While preparing for a BBQ, she saved the top from a pineapple and planted it in a pot. She watered and fed ...

As their Latin name indicates, pineapples are truly "excellent fruits"--and thanks to a freshly completed genome sequencing project, researchers have gained a new understanding of how human ...

More than a dozen Ministry of Agriculture employees have undergone training as efforts to recommence the propagation of the Antigua Black pineapple in Cades Bay intensify. The Inter-American Institute ...

The grocery store is not just a place to buy food, it is a place to buy seeds and plants to grow more food in the garden. Food is increasingly expensive, and so are seeds and plants from nurseries, ...

When I go to the produce department to pick out a pineapple, I look for one with the greenest leaves and at least some yellow on its rough outer skin. I also give it a sniff, hoping to catch a whiff ...

Workers at Cades Bay Agricultural Station plant tissue-cultured Antigua Black Pineapple seedlings as part of the second phase of the Antigua Black revitalization project. The second phase of planting ...