USA: Illinois researchers to develop gender-bending papayas

Nov 2, 2009 - stltoday.com

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have received a $3.1 million National Science Foundation grant they hope will fund research that leads to the development of papayas that only produce hermaphrodite offspring. ... read more...

India: Lucknow farmers benefiting from papaya farming

Lucknow, Nov. 9 (ANI): Farmers in Lucknow have taken up papaya cultivation believing it to be a lucrative option over other crops. “Every 3-4th day, we are dispatching seven to eight quintals of papaya while rest of the fruit will give dividends by November only. It is a lucrative option,” said Ashish Mishra, a papaya farmer. ... read more...

USA: September Papaya Harvest Improves

WASHINGTON - Nov 10/09 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya production is estimated at 2.39 million pounds for September 2009, up 3% from August but 3% lower than September 2008, according to the latest crop production estimates from the USDA.

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