TFNet News Compilation (Page 145)

by Ians, I4U News   Wastage of mangoes cultivated in India, the world’s top producer, due to flawed post-harvest practices can be countered by tweaking certain genes in the “King of Fruits”, say Indian researchers who have identified the ones most prominently involved in ripening of the juicy ‘dashehri’ variety.Continue Reading

    “Now is the ideal moment to harvest our mangoes,” states Sigfrido Molina, manager of Sigfrido Fruit. Despite there being large producers which kicked off early this year, this producer, importer and exporter has been one of the last to start their Spanish mango campaign.   “Two years ago,Continue Reading

by Daniel Fitzgerald, abc news     An early start to the wet season saw more than 100 millimetres fall over a few days in the main melon-growing regions around Katherine and Mataranka.   Mataranka melon grower Kane Younghusband said the rain was likely to prolong harvest for another few weeks.   “SomeContinue Reading

by Kelly den Herder, Fresh Plaza     August and September are the months when Panama’s pineapple production reaches its peak, unlike the production of Costa Rica, which falls due to the natural flowering. Currently, prices of pineapples in the European market are very high due to the lack of supplyContinue Reading

by Matt Brann, abc news     The early fruit from Kununurra is expected to fetch a premium price, with previous years suggesting a price-tag of up to $100 a tray.   Based in Kununurra, Geoff Warnock, from the Australian Mango Industry Association, said the quality of the first fruit lookedContinue Reading

by  Meenal Tatpati, The Hindu     On a particularly sultry summer’s day last year, my colleagues and I were trudging uphill through the dense forests of the Niyamgiri hills. A few minutes into the hills, and the sticky sweet aroma of ripe mangoes wafted up our noses. As weContinue Reading

by Courtney Fowler, abc news     The collaborative research project between the Northern Territory and Queensland governments has seen 27 varieties of banana planted, looking for signs of tolerance or resistance to the disease.   Department of Primary Industries (DPI) director of plant industries Bob Williams said three months intoContinue Reading

by Carl Curtain, abc news     The Federal Department of Agriculture has released a draft report proposing the importation of dragon fruit from the South-East Asian country, provided quarantine and food safety measures are met.   The report identifies seven species of pests, fruit fly and mealybug, which would require risk managementContinue Reading

    A significant portion of Panama’s banana cultivation has been damaged by winds that pummeled the country’s Atlantic coast near the Costa Rican border last week.   Atlantic Banana Cooperative (Coobana) labor director Chito Quintero told www.freshfruitportal.com the wind and rain hit the Bocas del Toro region on Sept. 21.   “ForContinue Reading

    Storms and winds in the Peruvian jungle at the beginning of September did not affect the quality of the fruit and vegetable production. Elizabeth Cruz, from Agroexport Ucayali, reported that, “The hurricane force winds in Iquitos had implications for agriculture, but we don’t yet know how great. ThisContinue Reading

by Carlos P Poggio, Fresh Plaza     Many Ecuadorian producers of mango are enjoying the good yields that were forecast and are anticipating that an early mango harvest will give them a strategic advantage in new markets. Libya Piñeres, who works at Rinursa, a company that produces and exports mangoes,Continue Reading