<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/09/fifth-international-pawpaw-conference-ksu.php" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>09/17/2025</pubDate><title>Fifth International Pawpaw Conference held at Kentucky State University</title><author/><summary>The Fifth International Pawpaw Conference was held at Kentucky State University’s Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, September 9–11, 2025. More than 200 researchers, growers, and producers from around the world gathered to share advances in cultivation, breeding, and commercialization of pawpaw (Asimina triloba), the largest edible fruit native to the United States.</summary><image><img src="/brand-identity-approved-images/Pawpaw%20Conf%20-%20Lead%20Image.jpeg" alt="Placeholder"/></image><caption/><description>The Fifth International Pawpaw Conference was held at Kentucky State University’s Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm in Frankfort, September 9–11, 2025. More than 200 researchers, growers, and producers from around the world gathered to share advances in cultivation, breeding, and commercialization of pawpaw (Asimina triloba), the largest edible fruit native to the United States. The conference drew participants from across North...</description></item>