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		<title>New website launched!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New webpages have now been added within a campaign space we are calling &#8216;Growing Futures&#8217;&#8211; why Growing Futures you may ask, well this is where you&#8217;ll now find case studies demonstrating exactly how our research adds value to the industries we work with. It&#8217;s full of video, photos, articles, podcasts and more so enjoy! Following [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=plantandfood.info&#038;blog=22810256&#038;post=588&#038;subd=plantandfoodblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 190th Birthday Gregor Mendel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822 – January 6, 1884) was an Austrian  scientist and Augustinian friar who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the new science of genetics. Mendel demonstrated that the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants follows particular patterns, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance. Although the significance of Mendel&#8217;s work was not recognized until the turn of the 20th century, the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=plantandfood.info&#038;blog=22810256&#038;post=480&#038;subd=plantandfoodblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bumblebees and Pollination</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much of the food we eat every day relies on pollination services provided by honeybees. But honeybees are in a bit of strife these days – in New Zealand, varroa mite is having a huge impact on hive productivity, and the mites have developed resistance to two of the three chemicals used to control them. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=plantandfood.info&#038;blog=22810256&#038;post=567&#038;subd=plantandfoodblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How plant science improved household incomes in Nepal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between 2003 and 2011 Plant &#38; Food Research, in partnership with the Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Department of Livestock Services (DLS), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, with financial support from The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (UN-FAO) and the NZ Aid Programme of MFAT, has been involved in a programme designed to develop [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=plantandfood.info&#038;blog=22810256&#038;post=563&#038;subd=plantandfoodblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Breeding Psa resistant kiwifruit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Blueberries hasten muscle recovery</title>
		<link>http://plantandfood.info/2012/05/28/blueberries-hasten-muscle-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 03:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As seen on One News London fruit sellers may want to stock up on New Zealand blueberries after a study found athletes who eat them recover faster from exercise. Plant &#38; Food Research and Massey University School of Sport and Exercise scientists have worked on the research, which has just been published in the Journal [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=plantandfood.info&#038;blog=22810256&#038;post=548&#038;subd=plantandfoodblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pipfruit breeding still producing premium pears</title>
		<link>http://plantandfood.info/2012/05/18/pipfruit-breeding-still-producing-premium-pears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plant &#38; Food Research’s Pipfruit breeding programme has been running for more than 60 years.  Pictured above is an as yet unnamed pear variety simply called PremP109, a new potential cultivar recently expanded into commercial production through PREVAR and AIGN. Plant &#38; Food Research has around unique 80 pears trees like PremP109 within our Motueka [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=plantandfood.info&#038;blog=22810256&#038;post=538&#038;subd=plantandfoodblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NZ horticulture exports close to $3.5 billion</title>
		<link>http://plantandfood.info/2012/05/08/nz-horticulture-exports-close-to-3-5-billion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 02:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand’s horticulture industry now accounts for $1 in every $13 of exports, with an annual value of close to $3.5 billion. According to Fresh Facts, the annual publication outlining New Zealand’s horticultural facts and figures, horticultural exports in the year to 30 June 2011 totalled $3.46 billion, an increase of 3% on the previous [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=plantandfood.info&#038;blog=22810256&#038;post=534&#038;subd=plantandfoodblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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