FIELDS of watermelons have been exploding like landmines in China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals. FIELDS of watermelons have been exploding like landmines in China after farmers ...

Some watermelon farmers in China have been left perplexed about why their fruit has been exploding. An investigation by Chinese Central Television blamed the overuse of a type of growth chemical. But ...

BEIJING: Watermelon fields in eastern China are a mess of burst fruit after farmers abused growth chemicals in an attempt to make extra money but ended up ruining their crops, state media reported ...

Fields of watermelons have been exploding like landmines in China after farmers gave them overdoses of growth chemicals during wet weather. About 20 farmers around Danyang city in Jiangsu province ...

Many have been attracted to melon farming because of the price the crop fetches. Those with exploding fruit were reportedly using forchlorfenuron for the first time and put it on too late in the ...

A number of farmers in eastern China have been left baffled by a series of exploding watermelons. Farms in the Jiangsu province have lost acres of fruit after their watermelons began to detonate one ...

Farmers in eastern China have been left perplexed after their watermelons began to explode one by one. An investigation by state media found farms in Jiangsu province were losing acres of fruit ...

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