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		<title> Topics in Subtropics</title>
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		<copyright>&#x2117; &amp; &#xA9; 2013 UC ANR</copyright>
		<itunes:subtitle> Topics in Subtropics</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:author> Mary Lu Arpaia</itunes:author>
		<itunes:summary> A collaborative blog by UC farm advisors and specialists in subtropical horticulture in California.</itunes:summary>
		<description> A collaborative blog by UC farm advisors and specialists in subtropical horticulture in California.</description>
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			<itunes:name> Mary Lu Arpaia</itunes:name>
			<itunes:email> mlarpaia@ucanr.edu</itunes:email>
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		<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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				<title> HLB backyard</title>
				<itunes:author> Ben Faber</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle> Electronic &#8220;sniffer&#8221; for determining HLB</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary><![CDATA[At a recent conference on Postharvest Technology Advances, Cristina Davis from the UC Davis Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering presented information on the development of a device that can smell out trees infected with Huanglongbing (HLB).
Scientists at UC Davis are refining a mobile chemical sensor that can detect diseased citrus trees by sniffing their volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOCs are emitted by all types of plants and contribute to their distinctive odors
HLB...<br clear="all">]]></itunes:summary>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:14:51 PST</pubDate> 
				<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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				<title> avocado fusarium</title>
				<itunes:author> Ben Faber</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle> Invasive Ambrosia Beetle/Fusarium Complex</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Invasive Ambrosia Beetle/Fusarium ComplexA Public Meeting<br clear="all">]]></itunes:summary>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:51:58 PST</pubDate> 
				<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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				<title> Avocado Farming with High Water Costs</title>
				<itunes:author> Ben Faber</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle> Avocado Farming with High-Priced Water.  Can It Remain Profitable?</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Water prices in San Diego County continue to increase and there is no end in sight, especially with periodic drought years and California losing some share of its Colorado River water.&#xa0; It is easy to see the response from growers; water is being turned off in many of our districts leaving acres and acres of dying trees.&#xa0; The water districts get nervous because there is not enough money coming in to cover their fixed costs, so they raise the price of water.&#xa0; And, they raise it...<br clear="all">]]></itunes:summary>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:56:36 PST</pubDate> 
				<itunes:explicit>Clean</itunes:explicit>
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