TFNet News Compilation (Page 149)

In a bid to revive the banana fiber industry in the municipality of Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte,  the Department of Trade and Industry – Davao del Norte Provincial Office pushed for a market linkage between Marsman Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative (MARBCO) and TADECO Homes – a leading exporter ofContinue Reading

  Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) Regional Standing Committee Chairman Ahmad Jawad said that the average export of Pakistani mangoes during the last five years was around 90,000 tonnes only despite the fact that the country produces around 1.8 million tonnes of mango annually but exportContinue Reading

  Sigfrido Molina of Sigfrido Fruit is cautious about harvest forecasts for avocados, but is upbeat on pricing ahead of the season in October.   Speaking with www.freshfruitportal.com, he emphasizes that unlike some avocado-growing nations, Spain’s three production provinces of Málaga, Granada and Cádiz in Andalusia have just one bloom eachContinue Reading

  The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) chairman has said that the council attaches great importance to collaborate with China in various sectors including agricultural development for ensuring food security and poverty alleviation in South Asia.   Presiding over a meeting with a four-member Chinese delegation held at the PARCContinue Reading

by Bryson Masse, motherboard   A Canadian team has invented a new way to make sure that fruit stays fresh for longer, by spraying them with a nano-scale formula. Jay Subramanian, a professor of tree fruit breeding and biotechnology at the University of Guelph, and his group have developed a treatmentContinue Reading

by Miriam Taylor, newslodi   The Center for Scientific Research of Yucatan (CICY) developed two new types of papaya Maradol, known as Kanput and Chakput, which have nutrients that prevent disease such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome.   In an interview with the News Agency of the National Council of Science andContinue Reading

by Conrad M. Cariño, Manila Times   Radiation can fight the mango pulp weevil (MPW) or Sternochetus frigidus in mango, which can help the Philippines pass the quality standards for the United States market for tropical fruits, according to government researchers.   The Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) of theContinue Reading

    The Sigatoka group of fungi The Sigatoka disease complex is a cluster of three closely related fungi–yellow sigatoka (Pseudocercospora musae), eumusae leaf spot (Pseudocercospora eumusae) and black sigatoka (Pseudocercospora fijiensis)–which emerged in quick succession during the last century as destructive pathogens on banana.   Yellow sigatoka was theContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet     All indications suggest 2016 will be another record export campaign for Australian navel oranges.   According to a update issued by peak industry body Citrus Australia, the country’s export programmes have been bolstered by reduced crops from South Africa, favourable exchange rates across aContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet     An international consortium, led by scientists from the Wageningen University & Research Centre, claims to have unravelled the DNA of pseudocercospora fijiensis, the fungus that causes the black Sigatoka disease in bananas.   Gert Kema, a professor in tropical phytopathology at Wageningen University, saidContinue Reading

by Mohammed Shafeeqe, Times of Oman     Dates are synonymous with the Middle Eastern life as we know that there are few more appealing ways to round off a meal in the Sultanate than eating a handful of sweets and succulent dates. These tasty fruits have been a key partContinue Reading