From September to December, Paraguay’s capital, Asuncion, is a riot of colour, with yellow or reddish mangoes hanging from trees and lapacho trees displaying purple or white flowers. But until a few years ago, those splendid colours were also an annoyance, meaning that the streets would soon be littered withContinue Reading
The Proceedings for the 2017 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF2017) is now available to download at the symposium website: http://www.itfnet.org/istf2017/proceedings.php ISTF2017 was held in Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji on 23-25 October 2017, organized by the Fijian Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet), and Fiji InstituteContinue Reading
In a sweet gesture of generosity, a Queensland mango farmer is giving away his entire crop of juicy fruit to charities and people in need. Brian Burton was taken off-guard when his bumper crop of Kensington Pride mangoes came on three weeks early. “Normally we start picking now.Continue Reading
Tropical Fruit Growers of New Zealand membership has soared since a Northern Advocate report in March last year publicised the potential for profit in growing bananas, pineapples and other tropical plants in Northland and other warmer parts of New Zealand. Back then, the group had about 20 members experimentingContinue Reading
It is nearly the season of mangoes again – the Philippines’ national fruit. But the association of mango growers and the provincial government are again concerned of cecid fly infestation here. Cecid fly resembles a bigger mosquito that attacks mango trees at night. They leave circular black marks onContinue Reading
International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) and Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) held a meeting on 10 January 2018 at the TFNet headquarters to discuss possible collaborations on projects or activities. The meeting was attended by 4 TFNet staff and 6 CABI staff, including TFNet CEO Dr. DesaContinue Reading
Mango cultivators of Malda are apprehending a drop in production in the summer because of the current cold weather and intense fog. The farmers said absence of sunshine raised the possibility of fungal attacks and impeded the maturation of flowers into fruits. “We have been experiencing cold weatherContinue Reading
Cambodia’s mango shipments have been routinely blocked before making it to the international market, with the Ministry of Agriculture claiming the mangoes are not of a high enough quality to meet the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements necessary to ship outside of the Kingdom. According to Hean Vanhan,Continue Reading
The king of fruits mango is again expected to be more dearer in the coming season, due to severe damage caused to the mango flowering across the state. With the prevailing severe cold, snow and fog during the nights and increasing temperatures during the day, the mango flowering is subjectedContinue Reading
After nine years of negotiations, good news came to Vietnam’s agriculture sector in September when dragon fruit hit shelves in Australia, making the country the first to be licensed to export fresh dragon fruit to the stringent market. It represented a milestone in local dragon fruit conquering the world.Continue Reading
Scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur have developed a model to select the ideal combinations of temperature and pressure conditions to inactivate fruit-degrading enzymes during the processing of mango pulp. It is hard to miss why the mango is considered the king of all fruits – itsContinue Reading
Avocado sales to China are expected to more than double this year as demand continues to grow for the fruit from the country’s expanding middle-class population. “It appears to just double every year, from what we’ve seen,” Steve Barnard, president of Oxnard, California-based Mission Produce, the world’s largest distributorContinue Reading
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