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	<title>Agriculture Business Week &#187; Fruits</title>
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		<title>Candaba&#8217;s Melon Farmers Are On The Comeback Trail</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/candabas-melon-farmers-are-on-the-comeback-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most farmers in Barangay Paralaya in Candaba, Pampanga, Rodolfo Gatbonton believes that melon production was one of the things that made their town famous in the past.
&#8220;Farmers in Candaba pioneered in melon growing,&#8221; he says. &#8220;But too many people producing the same crop caused farmgate prices to fall, making melon production unprofitable. The farmers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bag And Prune Your Pummelo</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/bag-and-prune-your-pummelo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pummelo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most upbeat gentleman farmers we met recently is Rene Florencio, a mechanical engineer who used to manage a well known machinery firm based in Makati. After his retirement, he bought a 20-hectare raw land in Tarlac City which he planted to mango and pummelo.
He is particularly excited about his pummelo because they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tomato Leaf Curl Virus</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/tomato-leaf-curl-virus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/tomato-leaf-curl-virus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leaf Curl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tomato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veggies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leaf curl disease of tomato, locally known to farmers as kulot or kulot ti bulong has been a major constraint to tomato production in the Philippines since the 1990s. Tomato plants affected by the disease are usually stunted and are unproductive. The symptoms on the leaves include interveinal yellowing, upward and downward curling and crinkling. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mangosteen : The Queen Of Tropical Fruits</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/mangosteen-the-queen-of-tropical-fruits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/mangosteen-the-queen-of-tropical-fruits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mangosteen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If durian is the &#8220;king of fruits,&#8221; then mangosteen is the queen. Mangosteen is the queen. Mangosteen is believed to have &#8220;cooling&#8221; effects that counteract the &#8220;intense heat&#8221; emitted by durian. The fact that the fruiting season of these two tropical fruits coincide makes these titles particularly apt.
So much has been written about mangosteen. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers Introduce Practical Way Of Storing Fresh Tomato</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/researchers-introduce-practical-way-of-storing-fresh-tomato/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/researchers-introduce-practical-way-of-storing-fresh-tomato/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 21:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tomato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veggies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tomatoes can be kept field fresh Pr three weeks without using cold storage, according to the researchers from the Laguna-based Philippine. Horticulture Training and Research Center (PHTRC).
One economical alternative is to use the Evaporative Cooling and Modified Atmospheric Packaging (MAP) Technology which prolongs the storage life of fresh tomatoes under ordinary condition using locally available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet Strawberries From Tissue-Cultured Plants</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/sweet-strawberries-from-tissue-cultured-plants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/sweet-strawberries-from-tissue-cultured-plants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 16:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strawberry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tissue cultured]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More and more farmers in La Trinidad, Benguet, have embarked on the planting of chilled tissue-cultured strawberry (TCS) plant materials which were proven to produce higher and better quality berries compared to those that the farmers used to grow from runners, mother plant splits or crowns.
Chilled TCS plant materials are now being promoted by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bagging Protects Pummelo From Pests</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/bagging-protects-pummelo-from-pests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/bagging-protects-pummelo-from-pests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 03:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pummelo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pummelo has a good market potential. That’s because it is not only delicious and nutritious, it is also not perishable, hence it can be transported to distant markets. Local production, however, is insufficient and one big reason is pest infestation.
Good thing there’s a simple way to control infestation of pummelo, and that is bagging. Bagging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing High-Value Fruits and Vegetables(Conclusion)</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/growing-high-value-fruits-and-vegetablesconclusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/growing-high-value-fruits-and-vegetablesconclusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technical Guide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veggies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an easy do-it-yourself guide to managing your own garden of high-value fruits and vegetables.
Chicken manure may be mixed with complete fertilizer and administered 15-15-15 for every hectare. This may be followed with 150 to 200 kilos of ammonium sulfate two to three times every ten to fifteen days. Celery requires regular watering. Hay may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing High-Value Fruits and Vegetables(Part 7)</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/growing-high-value-fruits-and-vegetablespart-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/growing-high-value-fruits-and-vegetablespart-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Veggies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an easy do-it-yourself guide to managing your own garden of high-value fruits and vegetables.
Blackleg may be controlled through crop rotation in three years as these diseases often survive for one to two years in the remains of the crops. Affected crops should be removed from the plant beds and plots. Seed treatment may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Kurikong&#8221; Infests Mango Farms In Central Luzon</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/kurikong-infests-mango-farms-in-central-luzon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/kurikong-infests-mango-farms-in-central-luzon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cecid Fly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurikong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mango]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not many have noticed that there was a decrease in mango harvests from Central Luzon this summer. Mango growers from Bulacan and Nueva Ecija, however, felt the difference with this season&#8217;s harvests ailing behind the expected yield. The culprit is the pest called cecid fly or gall midge. These flies caused infestation in mango arms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BSU Developing New Strawberry Varieties</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/bsu-developing-new-strawberry-varieties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/bsu-developing-new-strawberry-varieties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Strawberry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agribusinessweek.com/?p=1785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Philippines will soon have its own locally-bred strawberries as plant breeders at the Benguet State University (BSU) in La Trinidad, Benguet, are developing two new varieties whose yields and eating qualities are comparable to or even better than that of commercial varieties currently planted by farmers.
Professor Danilo Padua, head of the BSU Strawberry Varietal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dwarf Banana Now Tissued-Cultured</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/dwarf-banana-now-tissued-cultured/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/dwarf-banana-now-tissued-cultured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banana]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One piece of good news is that the banana that looks like a dwarf version of our Saba banana is now being tissue-cultured for commercial planting.
Now christened Mama Sita banana, it was introduced from Thailand a few years back through the initiative of the Mama Sita Foundation. The imported plants were planted in a demo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defoliated Atis Bears Fruit Early</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/defoliated-atis-bears-fruit-early/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/defoliated-atis-bears-fruit-early/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Total defoliation of custard apple, a member of the atis family, really works wonders. The defoliated tree bears fruit much ahead of the normal bearing season. This is one of the practical farming techniques that was observed by participants of the AANI Farm Tour when they visited the Teresa Orchard &#38; Nursery in Teresa, Rizal, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Methods of Propagating Citrus</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/easy-methods-of-propagating-citrus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/easy-methods-of-propagating-citrus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calamansi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citrus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Citrus originates in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of the world. The fruits are notable for their fragrance, partly due to flavanoids and limonoids contained in the rind, and most are juice-laden. The juice contains a high quantity of citric acid, giving them their characteristic sharp flavor. They are also good sources of vitamin C.
Lemons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RP Mango Named By Guinness As World&#8217;s Heaviest</title>
		<link>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/rp-mango-named-by-guinness-as-worlds-heaviest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agribusinessweek.com/rp-mango-named-by-guinness-as-worlds-heaviest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The largest mango which won the “Pinaka” contest in the SUNDAYAG 2009 in Cagayan de Oro last year has been confirmed by the Guinness World Records (GWR) as the heaviest mango in the world, breaking the previous record held by an entry from Hawaii.
The mango weighs 3.5 kilos with a length of 30 cms. and [...]]]></description>
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