MAX FACTS
hydroponic news, tips and trivia
MAXFACTS
hydroponic news, tips and trivia
New Integrated Building Model Might
Improve Fish Farming Operations
Aquaculture researcher Andy Danylchuk and his colleagues at the University of
Massachusetts Amherst are offering an affordable, more holistic and sustainable approach to indoor fish production. By melding building design, fish ecology and aquaculture engineering techniques, they created the first-of-its-kind
“building-integrated aquaculture” (BIAq) model, which will allow fish farming
operations to be located close to markets and to succeed even in cold climates.
(Source: sciencedaily.com)
Fixing Flavorless Tomatoes
Know how homegrown tomatoes taste so much better than
the hothouse hybrids at the local grocery? Now scientists know
exactly why. Flavor intensity traces to 12 different compounds
and sweetness to another 12, including eight that were also
important for overall flavor.
“This is the first step to restoring good flavor in commercial
tomatoes,” stated one of the researchers. “One could do worse
than to be known as the person who helped fix flavor.”
(Source: treehugger.com)
in the Know
Scientists believe they’ve pinpointed the last crucial piece of the puzzle of how
plants “know” when to flower. According to research, determining the proper
time to flower, important if a plant is t