News (Page 165)

by Antonio L. Colina IV, Manila Bulletin   The Southern Mindanao Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development Consortium (Smaardec) will embark on a large-scale study in a bid to combat the dreaded Fusarium wilt, or the Panama Disease, in bananas.   In an exclusive interview, Smaardec Deputy Director ReyniloContinue Reading

  Harvest forecasts for mangoes were much higher than what has finally been obtained, although about 20,000 tonnes will be reached, which according to José Linares, president of the Spanish Association of Tropical Crops, makes it the second largest harvest ever to be achieved in Spain.   The fruit’s demandContinue Reading

by Gabrielle Easter, Fruitnet     Ecuador will begin its first airfreight of fresh mangoes to China this month since gaining access earlier this year.   President of the Mango Ecuador Foundation, Sergio Cedeño, said the first airfreight shipments would begin this week, with seafreight shipments to be trialled inContinue Reading

by Rohit P.S, The Hindu   While the jury is still out on the fruit, sale and use of papaya leaf extract is seeing a rise in the city, thanks to increase in dengue cases.   The use of papaya for treating several health problems has been documented in textsContinue Reading

by Charlie McKillop and Marty McCarthy, abc news     Authorities say the latest possible detection is on a different property to the Tully Valley farm, owned by the Robson family, which has been under strict quarantine since March last year.   Last month, the banana industry agreed to increase grower levies to fund the purchase ofContinue Reading

by Courtney Fowler, abc news     The initiative, being coordinated by the Northern Territory Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, is studying commercial varieties of jackfruit, rambutan and passionfruit.   Senior horticulturalist Mark Hoult said the emphasis of his research was on increasing production, improving fruit quality, consistency and newContinue Reading

by Matthew Jones, Fruitnet     Additional fruit from the Northern Territory could see Australia’s mango trade with the US double over the 2016/17 season, according to ABC Rural.   Around 100 tonnes of Queensland-grown mangoes were shipped to the North American nation last season. The first consignment of Northern Territory-grownContinue Reading

    Australia has given the green light for Vietnamese fresh mango to be imported into the country after nine years of negotiations, making it the second Vietnamese fruit, after litchi, to be presenting in the demanding market.   The Việt Nam Trade Office in Australia said the first shipmentsContinue Reading

by Ians, I4U News   Wastage of mangoes cultivated in India, the world’s top producer, due to flawed post-harvest practices can be countered by tweaking certain genes in the “King of Fruits”, say Indian researchers who have identified the ones most prominently involved in ripening of the juicy ‘dashehri’ variety.Continue Reading

    “Now is the ideal moment to harvest our mangoes,” states Sigfrido Molina, manager of Sigfrido Fruit. Despite there being large producers which kicked off early this year, this producer, importer and exporter has been one of the last to start their Spanish mango campaign.   “Two years ago,Continue Reading

by Daniel Fitzgerald, abc news     An early start to the wet season saw more than 100 millimetres fall over a few days in the main melon-growing regions around Katherine and Mataranka.   Mataranka melon grower Kane Younghusband said the rain was likely to prolong harvest for another few weeks.   “SomeContinue Reading