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| ISSUE 77: OCTOBER 2022 |  |
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TFNet’s international webinar series on minor tropical fruits highlights passionfruit The international webinar on ‘Enhancing global consumption and trade of passionfruit’ was held on 29 September 2022 and organized by the International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) with Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GAAS), China, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Bintulu, Malaysia and Fruit Tree Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GDAAS), China. |
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| TFNet to hold the 8th General Assembly on November 22 | More info coming soon | ||||
TFNet ACTIVITIES |
FRUIT EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD |
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8th Session of the TFNet General Assembly & 14th Board of Trustees Meeting Workshop on Management of Bacterial Diseases in Banana WebForum on Recent Developments in the Pineapple Industry
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11th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance Regional Symposium on Transforming Agriculture & Forestry in the Pacific through Science & Technology XIII ISHS International Mango Symposium |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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| Proceedings of the 2021 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (discounted rates for TFNet members) | Report on the International Webinar on ‘Developing the jackfruit for global consumption and markets’ | ||||
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TROPICAL FRUIT NEWS |
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MALAYSIA: FAMA sets up saba banana collection, export center |  |
The Search Is on for Mysterious Banana Ancestors | ||||
| The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) is setting up a saba banana collection and export center at the Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park. | The banana family tree as a whole is even more diverse than previously thought, according to a study in the journal Frontiers in Plant Science. | ||||||
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AUSTRALIA: NT government releases plan to address banana freckle disease outbreak in the Top End |  |
PHILIPPINES: Race for cavendish survival | ||||
| Since first being detected in May, banana freckle has spread to more than 40 properties across the Northern Territory’s Top End region. | The Philippine Cavendish banana has been keeping its head barely above water, despite growing stiff competition from Latin American growers | ||||||
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AUSTRALIA: Mango farmers battle storms, geese and worker shortages to get fruit to market |  |
US halts Haitian mango imports | ||||
| Australia’s mango season is heating up with about 500,000 trays being picked and packed but growers are facing plenty of challenges to get fruit to market. | Beginning at the end of January 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture will no longer permit the import of mangoes from Haiti. | ||||||
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CAMBODIA: Fruits export under pressure, China’s main market |  |
PERU: The cold will affect mango production | ||||
| The fruits market in Cambodia is expanding and consumption is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1 percent over the next 5 years. | The low temperatures will affect the 2022-2023 campaign’s mango production, where the fruits are detaching from the trees affecting more than 30,000 hectares of mango in the San Lorenzo valley. | ||||||
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MALAYSIA: Pineapple Industry Board plans to introduce night farming method |  |
BANGLADESH: Papayas float above rising seas | ||||
| The Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (LPNM) plans to introduce the night farming method for pineapple planting from next year in efforts to increase pineapple exports | Farmers in low-lying regions of Bangladesh are braving rising sea levels by cultivating their crops aboard hand-woven rafts. | ||||||
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KENYA: Global avocado craze is a business opportunity in Africa |  |
USA: Avocado surplus results in giveaway of 380,000 fruits in Philadelphia | ||||
| Farmers in Kenya are starting to shift from traditionally grown maize to avocados because of their better prices and yields. | Avocados, the fruit known as “green gold” because of their ability to generate billions of dollars for producers, are apparently so abundant right now that South American farmers are just giving them away. | ||||||
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MALAYSIA: Durian exports to China affected by regional trade pact |  |
USA: SFA Gardens receives grant to research pineapple guava production | ||||
| Malaysia’s participation in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement is expected to boost economic performance through its facilitation of trade deals. | SFA Gardens recently received grant support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service to investigate the potential of pineapple guava as a new, low-input fruit and ornamental crop for production in Texas. | ||||||
RECENT LITERATURE ON TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT |
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Nutritional demand of 'Grande Naine' and 'Prata Comum' banana bunches in two growing seasons MpSNAC67 transcription factor of banana regulates stress induced senescence through salicylic acid dependent pathway Multi-site fungicides suppress banana Panama disease, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 |
Continuous hydrolysis of mango peel pectin for the production of antibacterial pectic oligosaccharides in packed-bed reactor using immobilized polygalacturonase Resource Use Efficiency and Constraint Analysis of Mango Cultivation in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh First report of seedling stem blight of mango caused by Neofusicoccum parvum in Italy |
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High susceptibility of Tetranychus merganser (Acari:Tetranychidae), an emergent pest of the tropical crop Carica papaya, towards Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. and Beauveria bassiana strains An intelligent label using sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and carrageenan for monitoring the freshness of fresh-cut papaya |
Fruit collapse incidence and quality of pineapple as affected by biopesticides based on Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma harzianum Modified pineapple waste as low-cost biomass for removal of Co(II) from simulated and real treated wastewater in batch and continuous system |
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Evaluation of traditional freezing and electromagnetic field-assisted freezing in the physical and sensory properties of avocado (Persea americana Mill) variety Hass First Record of Colletotrichum anthrisci Causing Anthracnose on Avocado Fruits in Chile Pollinator efficiency of avocado (Persea americana) flower insect visitors |
Phylogenetic relationship of superior durian (Durio zibethinus) cultivars native to South Kalimantan, Indonesia Effects of Red Dragon Fruit on Color Stability of Self-Adhesive Flowable Composite Utilization and Processing of Starfruit into Various Food Products in Watesari Village, Balongbendo District, Sidoarjo Regency |
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