Tree Crop News

Cherries

Blue light increases anthocyanin content in cherries

A research study has shown how light wavelengths can influence the quality of cherries in cold storage.

Fruit Fly

AI diagnostics tool to help identify fruit fly gender

A South Australian company has developed an AI diagnostics tool that combines a microscope and smartphone to deliver agtech solutions.

Marketing & export

ABARES Outlook reports Chile to increase competition against Aussie horticulture exports

CHINA might be lapping up the quality of Australian horticulture products but Chile is intent on making sure the "waking dragon" doesn't fall too far in love with the land Down Under.

Pome fruit

Humble pear gets a makeover

Rocky Varapodio has a plan to bring the humble pear into the 21st century.

Avocado

Using cutlery made from avocados is the cool new way to save the planet

As if we needed any more reasons to love good old avos.

Macadamias - Insect & mite control

Tailoring options for seed weevil control

With macadamia seed weevil Kushchelorhynchus macadamiae (formerly Sigastus weevil) causing devastating crop losses, incorporating indoxacarb into IMP programs is going a long way to helping Northern Rivers macadamia growers.

Citrus

Top results from new citrus insecticide

Exirel insecticide from FMC produced has excellent results against Fuller’s rose weevil on a property at Nangiloc, south of Mildura in Victoria’s Sunraysia district.

Pome fruit - Post harvest

Australian technology company looking to make its mark in cold storage industry

An Australian technology company is looking to expand further into the cold storage and fresh produce industry.

Avocado - Cherries - Citrus - Mangoes - Pome fruit - Marketing & export

'Nude' shopping next big trend

But keep your clothes on....’food in the nude’ means beginning of the end for plastic in supermarkets.

Macadamias - Nuts

Amateur naturalist finds new population of endangered wild macadamias

Thirty-seven new trees of the endangered macadamia jansenii species have been found in Bulburin National Park, south of Rockhampton.

Mangoes

Mango marathon nears finish line as industry produces its second largest harvest on record

There are only a few weeks left to buy mangoes at the supermarket before the national harvest draws to a close. While the official numbers will not be available for another few months, the mango industry is confident that it has produced its second biggest crop on record. "It's looking like we'll produce in excess of 10 million trays," Robert Gray said, chief executive of Australian Mango Industry Association.

Pome fruit

Apple industry introduces measures to stop consumers from biting into floury fruit

Apples are ripening on trees across Australia, but as hundreds of growers head into the orchards for the busy harvest period, in West Australian growers want this year to be different.

Fruit Fly

Port Augusta sterile insects released in Riverland

Port Augusta has joined the fight against a fruit fly outbreak in the the Riverland.

Citrus

Can genetic modification save the US citrus industry?

US citrus is being devastated by disease — will consumers be willing to accept GM citrus and so save the industry?

Citrus

Discovery of pigment in mandarins that helps reduce body fat

Valencian researchers have discovered a pigment, present in mandarins and a few other fruits, that helps reduce body fat by 30%.