Fruits News (Page 148)

by Madura McCormack, The Courier-Mail     DISEASED banana plants on a Tully property will be destroyed, 17-months after the deadly Panama disease was detected.   Biosecurity Queensland will build a high-security fence around the boundary of the property, destroy the bananas, and plant ground cover to prevent the spread ofContinue Reading

    The Mango Development and Processing Centre, established at Madikere Cross in Chintamani taluk of Chickballapur district, has been opened up for the service of mango cultivators after a long wait.   Though the construction work of the centre, set up by the Karnataka State Mango Development and MarketingContinue Reading

  It is quite common to see banana bunches weighing about 20-25 kg in the market. But, a farmer from Theni district has produced a bunch with 257 bananas of the Grand Naine variety. The bunch was the major attraction for farmers and visitors, who attended the foundation day ofContinue Reading

by  Jodie Gunders, Matt Brann, and Anna Vidot, abc News   Both countries this week announced they’ve agreed on rules for market access, which will allow Australian watermelons, along with pumpkins, to be sold in Japan.   Australia’s trade agreement with Japan has already eliminated tariffs on pumpkins and watermelons, withContinue Reading

  Avocados may not be a common item in the diet of the average Indian, but with a population that is on track to being the world’s largest after 2022 there is a bright future for the crop in the South Asian nation.   It’s an export opportunity that the NewContinue Reading

    Mango is the most loved seasonal fruit in India. However, physicians advice diabetes patients to stay off from the delicacy.   Researchers at the Maharana Pratap University for Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT) are making efforts to modify a mango variety with less glucose content that even the diabetesContinue Reading

by Mark Stevenson, The Australian   Americans’ love for avocados and rising prices for the highly exportable fruit are fuelling the deforestation of central Mexico’s pine forests as farmers rapidly expand their orchards to feed demand.   Avocado trees flourish at about the same altitude and climate as the pineContinue Reading

by Sivaganga, The Hindu   The Department of Horticulture has proposed to take up high-density mango and guava cultivation and introduce hybrid papaya under National Horticulture Mission this year by offering a total subsidy of Rs. 3  crore (USD 446571.90) to farmers.   Addressing a district-level seminar on fruit cultivation hereContinue Reading

by Maarten Gernay, Fresh Plaza     “So far this year, the rainfall in Huaping county’s mango district is relatively average. Even though the cold air currents of the beginning and end of spring 2016 had an influence on the small amount of mango trees that were blooming at that time,Continue Reading

by  Ritwik Roy, International Business Times      World’s banana supply is facing a lethal threat from a fast-advancing disease compound, known as the Sigatoka complex. University of California plant pathologist Ioannis Stergiopoulos believes that this disease has the power to wipe out bananas from the world in the next fiveContinue Reading

by D Vincent Arockiaraj, times of india     Cavendish banana comprises 60% of the total banana cultivation in India. Recently, Fusarium wilt has begun infecting Cavendish banana cultivation across the country, said director of the National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), Trichy, Dr S Uma.   Speaking at a meetingContinue Reading