From left are a winter melon, jujubes, luffa squash, Asian pears and Chinese long beans, all grown at Gene Peng's orchard southwest of Lawrence. It’s a busy season at Jujube Orchard, where Gene Peng ...

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 ...

The future of the fast growing West Australian jujube industry is threatened by a shortage of trees. Jujubes, also known as Chinese Dates, are a drought and salt tolerant fruit that have been grown in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A jujube tree may not be the first fruit that springs to mind for a backyard. That should change, though, as there are some tangible benefits to growing a jujube tree. These include the facts that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have sequenced the genome of the dry jujube. They identified the genomic region that underlies the sugar and acid content of the fruits -- a key factor in jujube domestication -- as well ...