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		<title>HortiModel2012: Models for Plant Growth, Environmental Control and Farm Management in Protected Cultivation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary Announcement November 1-5, 2012, Nanjing (China): HortiModel2012: Models for Plant Growth, Environmental Control and Farm Management in Protected Cultivation. Info: Prof. Dr. Weihong Luo, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, No1 Rd Weigang, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China. Phone: (86)25-84399100, Fax: (86)25-84399100, E-mail: lwh@njau.edu.cn]]></description>
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		<title>X International Rubus and Ribes Symposium</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1186</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First announcement and website available June 22-26, 2011, Zlatibor (Serbia): X International Rubus and Ribes Symposium.  Info: Prof. Dr. Mihailo Nikolic, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrado, 6 Nemanjina, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia. Phone: (381)63 801 99 23, Fax: (381)11 21 93 659 or Dr. Brankica Tanovic, Pesticide &#38; Environment Research Inst., 31b Banatska, 11080 Zemun-Belgrade, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 866: I European Congress on Chestnut &#8211; Castanea 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1179</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nuts and Mediterranean Climate Fruits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 866: I European Congress on Chestnut &#8211; Castanea 2009 (ISBN 978-90-66054-14-1) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>V International Symposium on Vegetable Nutrition and Fertilization: Vegetable Farms Management Strategies for Eco-Sustainable Development</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1176</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1176#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fertilization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Symposium DateSymposium initially scheduled for March 2011 September 26-29, 2011, Giza (Egypt): V International Symposium on Vegetable Nutrition and Fertilization: Vegetable Farms Management Strategies for Eco-Sustainable Development. Info: Dr. Ahmed Glala, Hoticultural Crops Technology Department, Agriculture Resarch Division, National Research center, Dokky, 12622 Giza (El-Bhoos Street), Egypt. Phone: (20)122963894, Fax: (20)237601877, E-mail: aaa_glala@yahoo.com]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 865: IV International Symposium on Acclimatization and Establishment of Micropropagated Plants</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1173</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology and Molecular Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Management in Micropropagation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[micropropagated plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 865: IV International Symposium on Acclimatization and Establishment of Micropropagated Plants (ISBN 978-90-66053-96-0) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>International Symposium on Growing Media, Composting and Substrate Analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1169</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Composting for Horticultural Applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Composts in Growing Media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plant Substrates and Soilless Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary Announcement October 17-21, 2011, Barcelona (Spain): International Symposium on Growing Media, Composting and Substrate Analysis.  Info: Prof. Dr. Xavier Martínez Farré, Escola Superior Agricultura (ESAB-EUETAB), Campus Baix Llobregat, Av. Canal Olímpic s/n, 08860 Castelldefels, Spain. Phone: (34)935521094, Fax: (34)935521001, E-mail: xavier.martinez-farre@upc.edu]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 864: III International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruits</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1167</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 864: III International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruits (ISBN 978-90-66053-76-2) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>Robotic vine pruner in development</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1159</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vine and Berry Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand Scientists from Canterbury and Lincoln universities are trying to develop a vine-pruning robot they say could move at walking pace down vineyard rows and save New Zealand&#8217;s horticulture industry $27.5 million a year. The team, led by the Canterbury University&#8217;s Richard Green, has received almost $3m in funding from the Foundation for Research, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science backs apple-a-day cliche</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1154</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fruits and Vegetables and Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pome and Stone Fruits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard the cliche and now here&#8217;s the scientific proof that eating apples can keep the doctor away. A report commissioned by Horticulture Australia Ltd has catalogued the science-backed health benefits of the humble fruit, including reducing cholesterol and the risk of diabetes. &#8220;They are an all-round healthy choice but we want people to really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>X International People Plant Symposium</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1151</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Issues in Horticulture - Sociohorticulture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Landscape and Urban Horticulture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sociohorticulture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 5-8, 2010, Truro, Nova Scotia (Canada): X International People Plant Symposium. Info: Dr. Candice Shoemaker, 2021 Throckmorton, Department of Hort, Forestry, Rec Res, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States of America. Phone: (1)7855321431, Fax: (1)7855326849, E-mail: cshoemak@ksu.edu or Dr. Norman Goodyear, NSAC, PO Box 550, Truro NS B2N 5E3, Canada. Phone: (1)9028936366, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Series: Everything About Peaches</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1147</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peach]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clemson University (USA) Peach research programme is offering an educational video series this summer on YouTube called “Everything About Peaches”.  The fifth episode “The Perfect Peach”has been posted recently.  Links to all of the episodes are noted below.  Use the links below or go to the YouTube website and type in “Everything About Peaches” in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 863: III International Symposium on Longan, Lychee, and other Fruit Trees in Sapindaceae Family</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1145</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 863: III International Symposium on Longan, Lychee, and other Fruit Trees in Sapindaceae Family (ISBN 978-90-66053-16-8) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>IV International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants SIPAM2011</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1142</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicinal and aromatic plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First Announcement and Call for Papers March 24-26, 2011, Djerba (Tunisia): IV International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants SIPAM2011. Info: Dr. Houcine Khatteli, Institut des Régions Arides, Route de Djouf, Km 22,5, 4119 Médenine, Tunisia. Phone: (216)75633121, Fax: (216)75633006, E-mail: h.khatteli@ira.rnrt.tn or Dr. Mohamed Neffati, Institut des Regions Arides (IRA), Route de Djorf Km [...]]]></description>
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		<title>II International Symposium on Underutilized Plants: Crops for the Future &#8211; Beyond Food Security</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1140</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1140#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plant Genetic Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tropical and Subtropical Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underutilized Plant Genetic Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[underutilized horticultural crops]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First announcement June 27 &#8211; July 1, 2011, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) II International Symposium on Underutilized Plants: Crops for the Future &#8211; Beyond Food Security. First announcement available online at http://www.cffsymposium2011.org/news_and_updates.html Info: Festo John Massawe, Nottingham University Malaysia Campus, School of Biosciences, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Malaysia. Phone: (60)389248218, Fax: (60)389248018 E-mail: festo.massawe@nottingham.edu.my E-mail symposium: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 862: XIV International Symposium on Apricot Breeding and Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1137</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1137#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apricot Breeding and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuts and Mediterranean Climate Fruits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 862: XIV International Symposium on Apricot Breeding and Culture (ISBN 978-90-66053-56-4) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>II International Conference on Quality Management of Fresh Cut Produce: Convenience Food for a Tasteful Life</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1134</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1134#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pome and Stone Fruits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality and Post Harvest Horticulture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 17-21, 2011, Torino (Italy): II International Conference on Quality Management of Fresh Cut Produce: Convenience Food for a Tasteful Life. Call for Declaration of Interest and Abstract Submission is open. Program and Deadlines are available on line. Check the Conference Web site: http://www.freshcut2011.org/ Welcome to the Freshcut2011 Conference &#8211; On behalf of the International [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Symposium on Pyrethrum</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1126</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1126#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ISHS Meetings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plant Genetic Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plant Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pyrethrum]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[November 3-4, 2011, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (initially scheduled for November 2010)International Symposium on Pyrethrum, The Natural Insecticide: Scientific and Industrial Developments in the Renewal of a Traditional Industry. For more details and to download the first announcement check out http://www.ishs.org/calendar/]]></description>
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		<title>IX International Symposium on Modelling in Fruit Research and Orchard Management</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1124</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Modelling in Fruit Research and Orchard Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fruit research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary Announcement June 19-23, 2011, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Canada): IX International Symposium on Modelling in Fruit Research and Orchard Management. Info: Dr. Gaetan Bourgeois, 34 des Ancetres, J2W 1P9, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. Phone: (1)4505152017, Fax: (1)4503467740, E-mail: gaetan.bourgeois@agr.gc.ca]]></description>
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		<title>IPPS: 6th International Symposium on Peat in Horticulture</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1132</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[growing media]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[6th International Symposium on ‘Peat in Horticulture’:  ‘Life in Growing Media’ (Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 11 October 2010).  The program is complete and just released. With interesting topics and expert speakers from all over Europe. Take a look at www.veengenootschap.nl and register. Physical and chemical characteristics of growing media have been studied by many these past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I International Symposium on Medicinal, Aromatic and Nutraceutical Plants from Mountainous Areas</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1120</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Announcement July 6-9, 2011, Saas-Fee (Switzerland): I International Symposium on Medicinal, Aromatic and Nutraceutical Plants from Mountainous Areas. Info: Dr. Christoph Carlen, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Department Head, Centre des Fougères, 1964 Conthey, Switzerland. Phone: (41) 27 345 35 11, Fax: (41) 27 346 30 17, E-mail: christoph.carlen@acw.admin.ch Web: http://www.ishs.org/calendar/map_saasfee.pdf]]></description>
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		<title>IV International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1117</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary Announcement October 22-25, 2012, Srinagar (Kashmir) (India): IV International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology. Info: Prof. Dr. F.A. Nehvi, Sher-e-Kashmir Univ.of Agric., K.D. Research Station, Old Ariport &#8211; PO Box 905, GPO Srinagar, J&#38;K, 190001, India. Phone: (91)1942305084, Fax: (91)1942305084, E-mail: f.nehvi@rediffmail.com or Dr. Shafiq Wani, Sher-e-Kashmir Univ.of Agric., K.D. Research Station, Old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Farmers Union (UK): Vital role for science in horticulture</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1110</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[World class science from financially stable facilities is vital if the British horticulture industry is to remain competitive and able to rise to the joint challenges of both growing food and protecting the environment, the NFU warned. Sarah PettittNFU horticulture board chairman Sarah Pettitt sounded the note of caution ahead of the NFU/HDC summer conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vital fruit and berry collection set for destruction</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1107</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s largest scientific repository of fruits and berries, outside St Petersburg, Russia, could be bulldozed later this year to make way for new homes. This week Cary Fowler, director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust in Rome, Italy, called for scientists to intervene to prevent &#8220;the largest intentional, preventable loss of crop diversity in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$11.5m investment boost for pipfruit research</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1104</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Pome and Stone Fruits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[apples]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Zealand and Australian pipfruit growers say they will invest $11.5 million in new apple and pear cultivars over the next five years through their joint venture company, Prevar Ltd. Prevar was formed in 2004 to commercialise trees bred by Hortresearch, which is now part of the big state science company Plant and Food Research. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VII International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1099</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1099#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nuts and Mediterranean Climate Fruits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Announcement and registrations online October 17-22, 2010, Agadir (Morocco): VII International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal. Info: Dr. Akka Oulahboub, Moroccan Assoc. Cactus Development, Av. Mohamed BeLaarbi Alaou, BP 6598, Rabat Instituts, Rabat, Morocco. Phone: (212)537776450, Fax: (212)537774667, E-mail: aoulahboub@yahoo.fr Web: http://www.cactus-congress.com/]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 861: VI International Walnut Symposium</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1094</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 861: VI International Walnut Symposium (ISBN 978-90-66052-96-3) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>International Conference on Germplasm of Ornamentals</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1092</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ornamental Genetic Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ornamentals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plant Genetic Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary announcement July 16-20, 2012, Beijing (China): International Conference on Germplasm of Ornamentals. Info: Prof. Qi Xiang Zhang, College of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, No.35, Qinghua East Road-Haidian Dist., Beijing 100083, China. Phone: (86)1062338005, Fax: (86)1062336126, E-mail: zqx@bjfu.edu.cn or Dr. Guijun Yan, School of Plant Biology MO84, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 860: IV International Symposium on Breeding Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants &#8211; ISBMAP2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1090</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1090#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 860: IV International Symposium on Breeding Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants &#8211; ISBMAP2009 (ISBN 978-90-66052-70-3) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>International Workshop on Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1083</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plant Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality and Post Harvest Horticulture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First announcement October 25-28, 2010, Leesburg, Virginia (United States of America): International Workshop on Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities. Info: Dr. Michael Wisniewski, Usda-Ars, 2217 Wiltshire Road, 25430 Kearneysville, United States of America. E-mail: michael.wisniewski@ars.usda.gov or Dr. Samir Droby, Aro, The Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, 50250 Bet Dagan, Israel. E-mail: samird@volcani.agri.gov.il Web: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 859: International Symposium on Molecular Markers in Horticulture</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1087</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology and Molecular Biology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 859: International Symposium on Molecular Markers in Horticulture (ISBN 978-90-66052-28-4) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>III International Symposium on Landscape and Urban Horticulture</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1080</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1080#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Landscape and Urban Horticulture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary Announcement June 29 &#8211; July 3, 2011, Nanjing (China): III International Symposium on Landscape and Urban Horticulture. Info: Prof. Dr. Wuzhong Zhou, Institute of Tourism &#38; Landscape Archit., Southeast University, No. 2 Si Pai Lou, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210096, China. Phone: (86)2583692608, Fax: (86)2583690357, E-mail: wzzhou@seu.edu.cn E-mail symposium: sec.luh2011@gmail.com Web: http://www.luh2011.org/]]></description>
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		<title>VI International Symposium on Edible Alliaceae</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1076</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 09:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Announcement May 16-19, 2011, Fukuoka (Japan): VI International Symposium on Edible Alliaceae. Info: Assist. Prof. Masayoshi Shigyo, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida 1677-1, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan. Phone: (81)839335842, Fax: (81)839335842, E-mail: shigyo@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp E-mail symposium: isea2011@convention.co.jp Web: http://www2.convention.co.jp/isea2011/]]></description>
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		<title>I International Symposium on Sustainable Vegetable Production in South-East Asia</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1068</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 15:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability through Integrated and Organic Horticulture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vegetable production in South East Asia is an economically very important sector that generates an income for millions of smallholder farmers and larger scale agricultural companies. Because of the large added value, vegetable production is often characterized by a very intensive input of both on farm (organic manures) and off-farm (agrochemicals) agricultural inputs. On the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>II ISHS Genetically Modified Organisms in Horticulture Symposium: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1066</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1066#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 15:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Biotechnology and Molecular Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genetically Modified Plants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 12-16, 2011, Nelspruit (South Africa): II ISHS Genetically Modified Organisms in Horticulture Symposium: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future. Check out the website at http://www.gmo2011.co.za/ and download the first announcement. Need more info: Contact the convener Ms. Adri Veale, University of Pretoria, Faculty of Natural and Agric. Science, Department of Genetics, 0002 Pretoria, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pineapple News 17 (May 2010)</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1064</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 13:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISHS Pineapple Working Group Newsletter Pineapple News Volume 17 (May 2010) is available online. More details: check out the ISHS Pineapple Working Group page at http://www.ishs.org/science/]]></description>
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		<title>VIII International Symposium on Artichoke, Cardoon and their Wild Relatives</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1062</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1062#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 09:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary Announcement April 10-13, 2012, Viterbo (Italy): VIII International Symposium on Artichoke, Cardoon and their Wild Relatives. Info: Prof. Mario-Augusto Pagnotta, Dipt. di AgroBiologia e AgroChimica, Universita&#8217; della Tuscia, Via S.C. de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy. Phone: (39)0761.357242, Fax: (39)0761.357423, E-mail: pagnotta@unitus.it or Prof. Dr. Francesco Saccardo, Dip.di Produzione Vegetale, University of Tuscia, Via S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 858: III International Conference Postharvest Unlimited 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1060</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1060#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 08:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quality and Post Harvest Horticulture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 858: III International Conference Postharvest Unlimited 2008 (ISBN 978-90-66052-06-2) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan State University works to improve production of natural sweetener</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1056</link>
		<comments>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1056#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 08:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ISHS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicinal and Aromatic Plants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world’s leading supplier of all-natural, zero-calorie sweeteners is tapping Michigan State University (USA) to help develop sweeter, more robust varieties of a South American plant. PureCircle Ltd. engaged MSU Department of Horticulture researchers to help breed proprietary varieties of Stevia rebaudiana. Native to Paraguay, this offshoot of the chrysanthemum family has been known for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Horticulture offers multiple career choices for the scientifically minded</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1050</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 12:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All areas of horticulture will need scientific expertise in the years ahead, says Gavin McEwan.  Horticulture is sometimes seen as a career route for the less academically inclined. But it actually offers opportunities for advanced research in many areas that are set to grow in importance given the ongoing pressures of rising global population, environmental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Conference on Organic Greenhouse Horticulture</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1045</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 07:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability through Integrated and Organic Horticulture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary announcement October 11-14, 2010, Bleiswijk (Netherlands): International Conference on Organic Greenhouse Horticulture. Info: Dr. Carin van der Lans, Research Organic Protected Horticulture, Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture, Postbox 20, 2665 ZG, Bleiswijk, Netherlands. Phone: (31)317-485516, E-mail: carin.vanderlans@wur.nl Web: http://www.organicgreenhousehorticulture.com/]]></description>
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		<title>VII International Pineapple Symposium</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1041</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 07:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 13-15, 2010, Johor (Malaysia): VII International Pineapple Symposium. Info: Tengku Ab Malik Bin Tengku Maamun, Director Horticulture Research Ctr., MARDI Headquarters, GPO Box 12301, 50774 KUala Lumpur, Malaysia. Phone: (60)389437263, Fax: (60)389487590, E-mail: tamtm@mardi.gov.my E-mail symposium: ips2010_sec@mardi.gov.my Web: https://anjungnet.mardi.gov.my/Conference.nsf/PineApple?OpenPage]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 857: IX International Controlled Atmosphere Research Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1048</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 04:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 857: IX International Controlled Atmosphere Research Conference (ISBN 978-90-66051-79-9) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>Intellectual property right systems for plant characteristics to change soon?</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1036</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday 19 April the Ministers of Economic Affairs and of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality in the Netherlands sent a letter to the Netherlands Parliament concerning the role of patent law in plant breeding. This letter was accompanied by the report “Breeding Business”, compiled by Wageningen UR as requested by the Dutch Government. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universidad de Talca, Chile: earthquake recovery programme</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1023</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 27, 2010 a major earthquake followed by three consecutive tsunamis caused massive devastation in South-Central Chile. The Maule Region, where the University of Talca is located, was one of the areas with greatest damage. Even though the University buildings and laboratories had been damaged the greatest concern is the difficulties that students will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISHS Board Meeting at new Headquarters</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1032</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last meeting of the ISHS Board prior to the IHC2010 congress took place in Leuven, Belgium at the new ISHS Headquarters on April 10-11, 2010 after three days of successful visits to the Research Center of Jülich (Germany), The Botanical Garden of Bonn University (Germany), the Fruit Crop Research Center of Klein Altendorf (Bonn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>V International Symposium on Persimmon</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1021</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary announcement October 20-26, 2012, Wuhan, Hubei Province (China): V International Symposium on Persimmon. Info: Prof. Dr. Zhengrong Luo, Deptartment of Pomology , Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Shizishan, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China. Phone: (86) 27 8728 2677, Fax: (86) 27 8728 2010, E-mail: luozhr@mail.hzau.edu.cn]]></description>
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		<title>II International Symposium on Soilless Culture and Hydroponics</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1018</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First announcement available online May 15-19, 2011, Puebla (Mexico): II International Symposium on Soilless Culture and Hydroponics. Info: Dr. María de las Ni Rodríguez Mendoza, Area de Nutriciòn Vegetal. IRENAT, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillo, Texcoco Edo. Méx, 56230, Mexico. Phone: (52) 595 95 51030, Fax: (52) 595 95 1 01 98, E-mail: marinie@colpos.mx E-mail symposium: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I International Symposium on Wild Relatives of Subtropical and Temperate Fruit and Nut Crops</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1015</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 19-23, 2011, Davis, CA (United States of America): I International Symposium on Wild Relatives of Subtropical and Temperate Fruit and Nut Crops. First Announcement available: http://wildcrops2011.ucdavis.edu Organized under the auspices of the International Society of Horticultural Sciences and hosted by the USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Davis, in cooperation with the Plant Sciences Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acta Horticulturae 856: International Symposium on Vegetable Safety and Human Health</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1012</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acta Horticulturae 856: International Symposium on Vegetable Safety and Human Health (ISBN 978-90-66051-58-4) is available. Check out www.actahort.org]]></description>
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		<title>V International Symposium on Acclimatization and Establishment of Micropropagated Plants</title>
		<link>http://www.ishs.org/news/?p=1010</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preliminary announcement October 16-22, 2011, Nebraska City, NE (United States of America): V International Symposium on Acclimatization and Establishment of Micropropagated Plants. Info: Prof. Paul E. Read, Univ. Nebraska, Inst. of Agr., &#38; Nat. Resources, Dept. Hort., 377 Plant Sci., East Campus, Lincoln, NE 68583-0724, United States of America. Phone: (1)402-472-2854, Fax: (1)402-472-8650, E-mail: pread@unl.edu [...]]]></description>
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