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Apple variety bred specifically for a hot climate unveiled

It was the hottest June in American history, and the fourth-hottest worldwide. The floor is lava; June 2021 was the hottest June in North American history. (Image credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery) If the melting power cables in Portland, Oregon, weren't enough of an indication, new satellite data confirms what many sweat-drenched Americans could have guessed: June 2021 was the single hottest June on record in North America. The new data comes courtesy of the European Union's Copernicus program, which produced climate measurements from billions of observations taken by sat...

Supplied A new variety of climate-resistant apple, called HOT41A, is getting good reports from growers in hot climates like Spain and Italy, Turners & Growers says. A variety of New Zealand apple bred to be resistant to climate change is proving a success in European countries like Italy, Spain and France, fruit and vegetable producer T&G Global says. The variety, called HOT841A, can be grown in a range of geographies and was the first variety of apple commercialised by T&G under an industry breeding project called the Hot Climate Programme. The programme, which is half-owned by Plant and F...