Papaya, banana and mango planters often face the problem of post-harvest diseases – ringspot or Anthracnose – where black spots on the fruits will grow bigger, causing the fruits to turn bad.

As the Queensland mango picking season looms, the industry is forecasting a drop in national production.

It may look like overgrown vegetation to some but these plots in Nanning in southern China are gold to Edwin Hooy and his partners.

The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has identified a root-knot nematode in Guava cultivated in Dindigul region. The department of nematology has suggested farmers either to take preventive steps or destroy the affected plants.

A North Queensland watermelon farmer whose farm was hit hard by a devastating virus may finally be able to plant a crop on his farm next year.

Fruit and vegetable exports are expected to reach US$2 billion this year as more and more countries have opened their door to Vietnamese fruits and vegetables.

People, who like the taste of durian and believe that it has some medicinal qualities, call up the Government Horticultural Farm in Burliar in The Nilgiris and leave their contact numbers so that they can pick up the fruit when it is harvested.

Researchers have sequenced the genome of Australia’s most popular mango, the Kensington Pride, unlocking the path to mango traits most desired by consumers and growers.

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (September 18) that two durian samples and a loofah sample were detected with pesticide residues at levels exceeding the legal limit. The CFS is following up on the cases.

An Australian study revealed that Indian subcontinent is a major hub of the long-distance Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) movements.

Banana farmer M. Thangaraj of Sirumugai was joyous. He was ready to harvest the bananas in a few days. But the squall of September 4 changed all that. “It lasted only a few minutes and came at a time when the buyer was in my farm,” he says.

Exotic fruits from Malaysia are becoming popular in Norway because of their good quality, according to the Malaysian Agricultural Representative Office at The Hague.

A Malaysian delegation has visited Qingdao in Shandong province to talk about exporting Malaysian dragon fruit to the Chinese market.

Government officials from Costa Rica and China signed the required sanitary protocols Tuesday for allowing the entry of Costa Rican pineapples, tuna and crayfish into the Asian market.

Delegates attending this week’s 11th International Mango Symposium have been told the global demand for mangoes is on the rise.

Micro Labs Limited, a Bengaluru-based pharmaceutical company, on Wednesday launched Caripill, made from carica papaya leaf extracts, to help increase platelet count in patients suffering from dengue.

PHILIPPINES: Durian faces threat from climate change, new crops

Climate change and a shift in preferred crops are threatening to reduce the supply of durian and lead to a shortage in supply of the world-famous pungent fruit in Southern Mindanao, a region known for durian production.

AUSTRALIA: Banana industry thanks the Northern Territory for its efforts to eradicate Banana Freckle Disease

The chief executive of the Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC) is in Darwin to see the ongoing Banana Freckle eradication program, and says the wider industry is grateful for the work being done.

Costa Rican pineapple exports were significantly lower in the first half of 2015 compared with the previous year, with adverse weather conditions and unfavourable exchange rates contributing to the decline.

Asian guava orchards can bring nine times the profit as mango and avocado, all staples of South Florida’s agricultural sector, a new University of Florida study shows.

The Dominican Republic government plans to buy bananas directly from growers and resell in domestic markets in a bid to prevent price speculation.

German fresh produce importer Port International has taken delivery of Europe’s first banana shipments from Haiti for 60 years, according to a report on the Fruchthandel Magazin website.

A group of dragon fruit producers from the town of Algeciras in the department of Huila in the south west of Colombia are preparing to make their first shipments to Japan and South Korea.

U.S. consumers spend significantly more money in retailers when avocados are included in their baskets, according to new research from the Hass Avocado Board.

PAKISTAN: PAD advises farmers to sow lychee in Sep-Oct

Agriculture experts have advised the farmers to complete the plantation of lychee saplings in their orchards in September and October.