News From GrowerMagazine.comhttp://www.GrowerMagazine.comNews From GrowerMagazine.comCopyright 2010 - All Rights ReservedOrganic strawberries top conventional ones in Washington studyhttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838845Organic strawberries topped conventionally grown ones in shelf life and dry matter in a comprehensive study by Washington State University.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:01:47 GMThttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838845Exact shows off low-dust almond harvesterhttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838844Today, they showcased their new low-dust almond harvester in an almond orchard near Farmington, Calif., to great reviews. The harvester has been six years in the works, says Doug Flora, whose family owns Exact.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:58:00 GMThttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838844Team drafts genetic roadmap of the applehttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838836An international team of researchers, including a group from Washington State University, has completed a draft sequence of the apple genome.Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:24:29 GMThttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838836Watermelon seeds go the way of the Edselhttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838835Seeds in watermelons may be going the way of the LP phonograph record or the eight-track tape. And watermelon seed-spitting contests may be following.Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:23:10 GMThttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838835Florida traps 2 Oriental fruit flies near St. Petersburghttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838829State inspectors have picked up two male Oriental fruit flies in a trap in a grapefruit tree in Safety Harbor, a community in Pinellas County, Fla.Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:47:52 GMThttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838829California melon fruit fly quarantine expandshttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838828The Kern County Agriculture Commissioner has expanded the quarantine after two additional melon fruit flies were found near the rural town of Mettler, west of Bakersfield, Calif.Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:01:42 GMThttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838828Online marketplace links produce buyers with sellershttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838827A group in Oregon has launched an online marketplace that's a cross between Ebay and Facebook called Foodhub.Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:00:40 GMThttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838827Pests continue to frustrate California grower-shippershttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838822The California Department of Food and Agriculture has ended the Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine in San Diego County, but has implemented several others in the state for other pests.Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:01:40 GMThttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838822San Diego remains hopeful about apple moth eradicationhttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838820Officials in San Diego are hopeful that mating disruption will help them eradicate the light brown apple moth that was found near the city's Balboa Park.Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:32:49 GMThttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838820Red-, orange- and blue-colored produce aids brain healthhttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838819Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging say walnuts and black rice also help by removing debris that would hamper brain function.Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:27:26 GMThttp://www.GrowerMagazine.com/Home/IndustryNewsLanding/tabid/73/Default.aspx?tid=2&cid=838819