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| ISSUE 72: MAY 2022 |  |
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| AARDO co-organizes seminar on Farm2Plate | FAO Food Price Index retreated slightly in April from the all-time high registered in March | ||||
| Shobhit University, AARDO, and Colearning are organizing an International Webinar Series on Open Source Digital Technologies towards Self-Reliant India on May 28, 11:30 am | FAO's Markets and Trade Division (EST) reports on the prices of major and minor food commodities for April 2022. | ||||
FRUIT EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD |
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| 14th International FRUTIC Symposium in 2022 Asia Fruit Logistica 11th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance |
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TROPICAL FRUIT NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD |
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VIETNAM: Japan increases Vietnamese banana imports |  |
COSTA RICA: Calling on natural defenses to turn back banana pandemic | ||||
| According to AEON Co Ltd, Vietnamese bananas gain foothold in Japan thanks to their competitive prices, and a good taste. | MUSA research focuses on rhizosphere microbiology and how they may help to prime banana plants’ natural defenses and sustain its roots. | ||||||
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SWITZERLAND: Generating energy from banana peel |  |
PHILIPPINES: Bananas get promotion boost | ||||
| A study by researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne aims to extract hydrogen from biomass made up of banana peels. | The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has committed P3m (USD570,000) to fund a new Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) marketing campaign in Japan. | ||||||
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CHINA: Hongxing Global Agri-Wholesale ripens 19,000 boxes of bananas daily |  |
ECUADOR: Plan for the banana sector revealed as war in Ukraine slows exports | ||||
| Hongxing Global Agri-Wholesale fruit trading center in the city of Changsha is one of the largest banana ripening centers in South-Central China | The Ecuadorian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and BanEcuador presented a proposal “to relieve financial pressure” faced by banana producers due to the war in Ukraine. | ||||||
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NEPAL: Banana farmers in Nijgadh devastated after storm destroys their crops |  |
INDIA: Banana farmers ask compensation for loss due to rain | ||||
| A heavy storm recently destroyed banana fields and felled the rows of plants that farmers were nurturing for harvest and market. | Farmers engaged in banana cultivation are lamenting that the government has left them to fend for themselves after the recent rain coupled with strong winds destroyed hundreds of their banana plants in Trichy district. | ||||||
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AUSTRALIA: Green light for mango projects |  |
PAKISTAN: Mango production to suffer severely | ||||
| Australian mango growers will benefit from a A$2.7m (USD1.9m)injection into extension and communication projects. | Mango farmers' dreams of raking in big profits were shattered by an unusual spike in temperatures coupled with water shortages and unexpected windstorms in the months of March and April. | ||||||
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BANGLADESH: Mango growers fear lower yield |  |
INDIA: How climate change is killing the ‘king of fruits’ mango | ||||
| Farmers said that due to inclement weather, the number of mango flower buds was lower this year with trees opting to grow more leaves. | Untimely rainfall from climate change has affected the production of mangoes in India. |
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SINGAPORE: NUS researchers upcycle pineapple leaves into low-cost fat trappers |  |
INDIA: Farmers distribute 10,001 pineapples for free in Thrikkakara as protest | ||||
| Pineapple leaf fibres could hold the key to cheaper weight-loss supplements with the added benefit of being greener and more sustainable for the environment. | Pineapple farmers from Vazhakkulam distributed 10,001 best-quality pineapples free of cost to people in the Thrikkakara Assembly constituency to protest against what they said was a steep fall in demand for the fruit and subsequent dip in prices. | ||||||
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JAPAN: New pineapple variety registered with MAFF |  |
THE BAHAMAS: “Sweetest” pineapple festival is back | ||||
| Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) has given temporary legal protection to the pineapple variety Tainung No. 23. | The popular Pineapple Festival in Eleuthera will run June 3-4 on the island of Eleuthera, the heart of the country’s pineapple industry. | ||||||
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BRAZIL: World’s tallest papaya tree discovered |  |
INDIA: Invasive pest, Thrips parvispinus, a major threat to agriculture | ||||
| Brazilians Tarcísio Foltz and Gilberto Franz (both Brazil) discovered the world’s tallest papaya tree, standing at 14.55 m (47 ft and 8.83 in) tall. | Black thrips, a highly polyphagous pest has become a major insect pest in recent days for papaya, chili, and capsicum crops in India. | ||||||
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AUSTRALIA: Fruit dumped in Queensland amid bumper harvest and rising transport costs |  |
KENYA: How avocado trees are transforming communities | ||||
| Avocado Australia’s Chairman said the avocados were dumped because of an oversupply in the domestic market amid favourable growing conditions, particularly in Western Australia. | Members of GLOBAL G.L.O.W., working with the Rift Valley Reading Association in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, are transforming communities. | ||||||
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MALAYSIA: Durian prices expected to double this year |  |
THAILAND: First railway export of durians reaches China successfully | ||||
| Durian fans, especially those who love premium varieties like Musang King and Black Thorn, will have to deal with an expected 100% price increase during this year’s durian season. | The first cargo train fully loaded with Thai durian reached China through the new Chinese-Lao railway service. | ||||||
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BANGLADESH: Dragon fruit can be now cultivated out of season |  |
SOUTH AFRICA: Dragon fruit industry stabilizing amid growth | ||||
| Dragon fruit can now be grown all round the year using electric bulbs as an alternative to daylight. | Dragon fruit production is gaining ground in South Africa as farmers get to grips with production methods and market demand grows. | ||||||
RECENT LITERATURE ON TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT |
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First report of Neopestalotiopsis clavispora causing leaf spot disease on banana (Musa acuminate L.) in China The prediction of drying performance of banana rings dried by osmo-solar dehydration method Combined inoculation of phosphate solubilizing bacteria with mycorrhizae to alleviate the phosphate deficiency in banana |
Effect of potassium nitrate spray on the flowering and fruiting of mango varieties grown in Uganda Synthesis & characterization of some biologically active benzothiazepine derivatives by using mango juice as a green catalyst Effects of the addition of mango residue on solution combustion synthesis of iron oxides |
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Genomic analyses reveal domestication history and transgenic insertions in papaya Carica papaya represents a new host of 16SrI-B subgroup phytoplasma associated with yellow symptoms in China Territorial zoning of Brazilian areas favorable to Anastrepha curvicauda (Diptera: Tephritidae) in papaya crop. |
Utilization of pineapple leaf fiber as an added material for environmentally friendly earthquake-resistant concrete repair at LPG Lombok-Indonesia Terminal Development and application of edible coating on dried pineapple exposed to Ohmic blanching Competitiveness of pineapple: Focus on The Southeast Asian region |
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Storability and fruit properties of Hass avocado as affected by the moringa seed oil, algae extract and Arabic gum postharvest treatments Investigation on effects of avocado extract as eco-friendly inhibitor for 201 stainless steel corrosion in acidic environment The use of avocado seed self-assembly monolayer films for the catalysis of methanol electrooxidation reaction |
First report of soft rot of pitahaya fruit caused by Gilbertella persicaria in Mexico Removal of heavy metals from wastewater using low-cost biochar prepared from jackfruit seed waste The effect of mangosteen pericarp (Garcinia mangostana Linn) extract on inhibits the growth of bacteria Escherichia Coli ATCC 25922 and bacteria Staphylococcus Aureus ATCC 25923 |
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