by Business Insider Florida oranges had their worst crop in 70 years. They’re facing a deadly disease called citrus greening, spread in the body of the invasive Asian citrus psyllid. Today, nearly every citrus grove in Florida is infected with the disease. If an orange tree were to remain untreated,Continue Reading
SOURCE: The Star The first cargo train fully loaded with Thai durian has reached China on Sunday through the new Chinese-Lao railway service, Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on said. The shipment consisted of 500 tonnes of durian fruits in 27 containers, according to Thai news agency (TNA). The ministerContinue Reading
SOURCE: Joe McCarthy, Global Citizen Avocado trees have shallow, fibrous roots that are good at holding topsoil in place. They’re also fast-growing, and can yield fruit in a few years. When members of GLOBAL G.L.O.W., working with the Rift Valley Reading Association in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, were thinking ofContinue Reading
by Produce Report There was a time in China when the storage and ripening of bananas was a major pain point for fruit distributors and wholesalers. That was before high-capacity, modern banana ripening facilities had been built. Nowadays, owing to banana ripening operations such as the one that opened lastContinue Reading
by Andrew Dunne, Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine/Phys.org In the 1950s, the “Gros Michel” variety of banana was wiped out by Panama disease. The banana crop in some locations was basically eliminated by the disease of fusarium wilt, caused by a pathogen that enters the plant through theContinue Reading
by D. Balasubramanian, The Hindu In the 1985 science fiction film Back to the Future, a flamboyant inventor modifies his car into a plutonium-powered time machine and travels back and forth in time. During a visit to the year 2015, he updates his engine so that it will now takeContinue Reading
by Lisbeth Zumba, Expreso translation: Freshplaza Producers and authorities continue to define a short-term solution for the fruit that hasn’t been sold since the war conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, and whose value would amount to more than $45 million, according to Acorbanec. This week, representatives of theContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jobaer Chowdhury, The Business Standard Dragon fruit can now be grown all round the year! A group of scientists from Khulshi Agricultural Research Centre in Chattogram have successfully grown the exotic fruit, which is a summer fruit, in winter. Usually, dragon fruit is cultivated from April to October, consideredContinue Reading
SOURCE: Jahnavi R, DHNS, Deccan Herald A city-based biotech lab has developed a desi variety of table-top papaya, which lasts up to two weeks, unlike the regular variety. Developed by Thomas Biotech Lab, the papaya variety, christened ‘Dawn Delight’, grows only up to three or four feet and is bestContinue Reading
SOURCE: FAO Markets and Trade War drives large increases in international prices for wheat, maize and vegetable oils World food commodity prices made a significant leap in March to reach their highest levels ever, as war in the Black Sea region spread shocks through markets for staple grains and vegetableContinue Reading
SOURCE: Vietnam Plus The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is seeking to expand the areas under various fruits to help increase farmers’ incomes and exports. The country’s largest fruit-growing province has 14,000ha under durian in Cai Lay and Cai Be districts and Cai Lay town, 9,000ha under dragon fruitContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Nation Thailand The Nation Thailand spoke to Sanchai Puranachaikere, president of the Thai Fresh Fruit Traders and Exporters Association, on the problems arising from China’s zero-Covid policy. “We still have no clue in which direction we should go because China has a zero-Covid policy. Which means, there canContinue Reading