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Uncovering the Pineapple's Genetic Secrets |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / SCIENCE AND SOCIETY |
| Author: Marcia Wood |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2006 |
| Size: 940 Words, 6,349 Characters |
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Despite fierce global competition, producers of pineapples at lush, scenic fields of the Hawaiian Islands have persevered. Hawaii's sun-drenched pineapple farms yield more than 215 million pounds of fragrant, premium fruit each year, worth about $80 million to growers.
Native to South America, probably Paraguay or Brazil, pineapple was once a rare delicacy in northern climes. Today it's plentiful, usually moderately priced, and always a great nutrition buy. It contains no fat or cholesterol, has very little sodium, and is high in vitamin C.
Whether you like it fresh, crushed, or juiced, this luscious tropical fruit is enormously popular. In fact, it's America's fifth favorite fruit: We each eat about fourteen pounds of it every year!
But it's not pineapple's sweet taste o...
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...can handle) or to fend off attack by their worst natural enemies, such as mealybugs or microscopic worms called nematodes.
While all this work is going on, pineapple plants continue to flourish in paradise. Discoveries made by the Hawaii researchers should help ensure that this flavorful favorite will always have a place in the Hawaiian sun.
© 2005 Agricultural Research magazine.
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