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    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

In a bid to revive the banana fiber industry in the municipality of Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte,  the Department of Trade and Industry – Davao del Norte Provincial Office pushed for a market linkage between Marsman Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative (MARBCO) and TADECO Homes – a leading exporter ofContinue Reading

  Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) Regional Standing Committee Chairman Ahmad Jawad said that the average export of Pakistani mangoes during the last five years was around 90,000 tonnes only despite the fact that the country produces around 1.8 million tonnes of mango annually but exportContinue Reading

  Sigfrido Molina of Sigfrido Fruit is cautious about harvest forecasts for avocados, but is upbeat on pricing ahead of the season in October.   Speaking with www.freshfruitportal.com, he emphasizes that unlike some avocado-growing nations, Spain’s three production provinces of Málaga, Granada and Cádiz in Andalusia have just one bloom eachContinue Reading

  The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) chairman has said that the council attaches great importance to collaborate with China in various sectors including agricultural development for ensuring food security and poverty alleviation in South Asia.   Presiding over a meeting with a four-member Chinese delegation held at the PARCContinue Reading

by Bryson Masse, motherboard   A Canadian team has invented a new way to make sure that fruit stays fresh for longer, by spraying them with a nano-scale formula. Jay Subramanian, a professor of tree fruit breeding and biotechnology at the University of Guelph, and his group have developed a treatmentContinue Reading