SUNNY YEUNG, team manager for the undefeated Blue Blazers under-8 soccer squad, was handing out shiny, mahogany red treats during pregame warmups. “Have a date, Coach,” she said to me. “They’re from ...

Last week I wrote about the Japanese raisin tree, a plant few Americans are familiar with, but a fruit tree worth cultivating in Florida. Also worthy of space in our landscapes is the jujube, a ...

Unlocking the secrets of the Chinese jujube's evolution, a new study presents the most detailed genomic analysis to date. By assembling the haplotype-resolved T2T reference genomes of both wild and ...

Remember the chewy jujube candy we grew up with it? Well, these are not the confection, but rather the fresh fruit with an exotic name that may have inspired the candy’s name. Jujubes, also known as ...

The original jujube - the real jujube - is a fruit, not a candy. The fruit is hardly known in America, but the Chinese have been growing and eating jujubes for more than 4,000 years. Jujube plants ...

Chinese scientists have finished the genome sequencing of the Chinese jujube tree, providing an insight to develop better quality jujube fruits. Jujube trees are indigenous to China with 99 percent of ...

AmeriZao is the new trademarked name for jujube fruit trees tested by New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. “Since these cultivars are originally ...

ZHENGZHOU -- The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) in Central China's Henan province has planned to launch the trading of Chinese jujube futures from April 30. It will be the world's first futures ...

Jujube genome study sheds light on fruit tree's domestication Genome will serve as a resource for jujube breeders working on improved cultivars Date: December 23, 2016 Source: Boyce Thompson Institute ...

When asked to name a delicacy from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, many people mention jujube, a fruit known for its sweet taste and medicinal value. Ruoqiang county, located in the northeastern ...