Fruits News (Page 220)

The economic integration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2015 might threaten the local durian farming industry, a small Davao-based company said over the weekend. ”We have a lot of durian farmers, but if other ASEAN countries’ come in, their varieties will be better than ours. We’reContinue Reading

by Carmen Brown, ABC.net.au   Consumers can expect to pay more for lychees this Christmas, as pickers start harvesting a lighter than expected crop in Far North Queensland.   The Australian lychee season usually begins during October, but the popular fruit is only just starting to trickle onto domestic marketsContinue Reading

Increased plantings will help offset some of the impacts of rain on papaya volumes in the Mexican state of Colima, where one fruit company expects exports will remain in line with last year.   Coliman sales representative Alberto Peña said the wet weather in September led to fungal problems in someContinue Reading

by Keith Bacongco, Mindanews   Two years after supertyphoon Pablo devastated vast plantations, the banana industry is still struggling to recover, the Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) revealed.   PBGEA President Anthony Alexander Valoria said Wednesday that almost 14,000 hectares of banana plantations were destroyed due to strong winds andContinue Reading

by Reuel John F. Lumawag, Sunstar Davao   THE buying price for bananas exported to China has dropped in the recent months to less than P100, an industry leader said.   “The prices in China were not as good as they were two months ago,” Stephen Antig, Philippine Banana Growers andContinue Reading

by Marty McCarthy   The dragonfruit crop in south east Queensland is starting to flower, and when the fruit emerges it’s sure to catch your eye.   The fruit’s bright pink and green exterior looks like the scales you’d expect to see on a dragon.     The flesh inside isContinue Reading

Every now and then, patients with all sorts of imaginable medical problems ask me if commercially prepared guyabano (soursop fruit) products can help cure them.   Usually promoted through direct marketing, guyabano extracts in capsules, juices and tea preparations are claimed to have protective effects from all sorts of cancers.Continue Reading

The cherimoya season, which started in late September, is currently moving forward at a great pace in the areas of La Vega de la Palma and Motril due to the high temperatures, which have yet to drop below 25 degrees Celsius, which results in a quicker ripening.   “The fruitContinue Reading

by Pearl Thevanayagam   First the European Union banned Indian mangoes early this year citing infestation and now Sri Lanka is forbidden to export its fish due to unethical fishing practices.    The European Union will not lift a finger when it comes to asylum seekers who land on theirContinue Reading

by  Emanuela Fontana   Papaya, Carica papaya L., is a large perennial plant with rapid growth. It is an important fruit for Malaysian economy after durian and banana. The most popular cultivar in the local and export market is “Eksotika II”, however postharvest pathogens cause significant losses.    Anthracnose by Colletotrichum gloeosporioidesContinue Reading

By Katie Lepri   Michael Hass wears a white lab coat as he leans over the liquid nitrogen to grind a brittle a leaf from a mango tree with mortar and pestle into fine white powder. He is attempting to break the leaf cells open in order to extract DNA,Continue Reading