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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TROPICAL FRUITS (ISTF 2023)FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT – CALL FOR ABSTRACTSThe International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet) and the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China (GDAAS) will be organizing ISTF 2023. The Symposium aims to generate interest in the adoption of smart farming technologies to boost and sustain tropical fruits production, market, and trade. |
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Challenges in developing rambutan as a popular and globally traded fruit TFNet recently held a webinar to discuss the challenges and seek recommendations to increase the visibility of rambutan. |
Not a Myth but Truth: The Potential of Iron for the Management of Citrus Greening Disease – A Revisit |
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TFNet ACTIVITIES |
FRUIT EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD |
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2023 International Symposium on Tropical Fruits (ISTF 2023) 15th TFNet Board of Trustees Meeting WebForum on Recent Developments in the Pineapple Industry |
7th International Symposium on Lychee, Longan and Other Sapindaceae Fruits International Seminar on Jackfruit XIII ISHS International Mango Symposium |
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| Missed our webinars? You can now watch them in our Youtube channel! | We are looking for contributors to our website and newsletters. Contact us at info@itfnet.org. | ||||
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TROPICAL FRUIT NEWS |
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AUSTRALIA: First genetically modified fruit sent for approval |  |
VENEZUELA: Banana fungus may worsen hunger crisis | ||||
| Scientists have submitted Australia’s first genetically modified fruit – a Cavendish banana – to regulators for approval, saying it has been engineered to withstand a deadly fungus that poses a threat to banana growers worldwide. | A resistant fungus which wilts banana and plantain plants and infects soil could worsen the food crisis in Venezuela, where 6.5 million people already suffer hunger, growers groups and a United Nations agency say. | ||||||
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UGANDA: New banana economy: upcycling banana waste to rugs, wigs, packaging and more |  |
INDIA: Untimely rain, windstorm damage banana plantations in Burhanpur | ||||
| Ugandan start-ups are leading the charge in upcycling banana waste into innovative products, transforming the nation’s circular economy. | Sudden rainfall accompanied by strong winds and lightning has again damaged standing banana crops in Burhanpur district. | ||||||
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JAPAN: The secret to US$230 winter mangoes – farmer tricks the fruit |  |
USA: Strong volumes of mango arriving | ||||
| Farmer Hiroyuki Nakagawa has been growing mangoes in the snowy Tokachi region of Japan’s northernmost island, which sells for as much as US$230 each. | The mango industry is enjoying excellent momentum, with record volumes of high-quality fruit arriving in the U.S. this year. | ||||||
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AUSTRALIA: At an average of $6 each, soaring pineapple prices are here to stay |  |
KENYA: First pineapple consignment to Israel to be shipped in June | ||||
| A lack of supply has pushed prices to record highs with the fruit being sold for as much as $14 each and an average of $6 at most supermarkets. | Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi told MPs that Kenya had inked a deal with the Jewish State that will see all Kenyan goods that are admissible in the European Union access the Israel market. | ||||||
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SAUDI ARABIA: Annual papaya production exceeds 4k tons amid self-sufficiency efforts |  |
BANGLADESH: Green papaya prices have soared, no longer a “cheap” food option | ||||
| Saudi Arabia is on course to becoming self-sufficient in papaya, with the production of the tropical fruit increasing to 4,717 tons annually, as the Kingdom pushes to raise the rate of cultivation as part of achieving food security under Vision 2030. | Green papaya, once a cheap vegetable, has now turned so expensive, making it difficult for the poor to source this nutrition-rich item. | ||||||
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NEW ZEALAND: Wind and cold spells avocado shortage, but oversupply and low prices possible later this year |  |
KENYA: Hass avocado industry eyes U.S. admission | ||||
| Cyclone Gabrielle and cold snaps in spring last year mean avocados are scarce on supermarket shelves, a grower and supermarket supplier say. | The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the USDA has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of fresh Kenyan Hass avocado into the U.S. | ||||||
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VIETNAM: Dragon fruit exports continue to fall amid intense competition |  |
INDIA: Karnataka farmers pin hopes on Malaysian red jackfruit variety Dang Surya | ||||
| According to the General Department of Customs, Vietnam’s dragonfruit exports have been plummeting since 2019 because of intense international competition. | The cultivation of Dang Surya, a red jackfruit variety of Malaysian origin, in Karnataka’s coastal region appears to be promising, going by the yield in the orchards of two farmers. | ||||||
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CHINA: Scientists find passion fruit can kill fruit fly eggs |  |
BRAZIL: Four companies are dedicated to cultivation and export of red guavas | ||||
| Chinese scientists have recently discovered that passion fruit can directly kill the eggs of fruit flies, providing a new method to control the pest, according to a Science and Technology Daily report. | In Brazil, red guava is a widely cultivated and appreciated fruit, and its export potential has been explored by several producers. | ||||||
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VIETNAM: Local Musang King durian prices plunge by half |  |
THAILAND: Green light for pomelo to US | ||||
| Loan in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 8 is selling a kilogram of Musang King durian flesh at VND650,000 ($27.68), down by half from early March. | The United States will start to import Thai pomelos next month from Thailand after years of negotiations, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. | ||||||
RECENT LITERATURE ON TROPICAL FRUIT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT |
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Low-temperature-induced regulatory network rewiring via WRKY regulators during banana peel browning Shared pedigree relationships and transmission of unreduced gametes in cultivated banana Boundary line method to update critical soil phosphorus and potassium levels in banana plantations in Santa Catarina |
Proximate Analysis of Avocado Pear and Green Mango: Evaluation of Macro and Micro-Nutrient Content of Peels, Fruit and Seed Mango Anthracnose Disease: The Current Situation and Direction for Future Research Sooty blotch and flyspeck on mango (Mangifera indica L.) caused by Peltaster-like species in Malaysia |
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Ex vitro rooting of minicutting of Carica papaya L. single shoot from tissue culture The effect of proteolytic enzymes from the papain of papaya sap (Carica papaya L.) and the streplin of serut sap (Streblus asper L.) with different temperatures of enzyme addition in making Dangke |
Shelf life estimation of pineapple chips by a water sorption isotherm curve approach Rapid identification and characterization of pineapple fruitlet core rot pathogens on the ‘TN20’ cultivar in Taiwan |
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Using Google Trends to predict and forecast avocado sales Automated detection of internal fruit rot in Hass avocado via deep learning-based semantic segmentation of X-ray images Supercritical CO2 Extraction of Oil from Dried Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Fruit Pulp: Oil Yield, Solubility, and the Oil Characteristics |
Conservation, distribution of eleven durian species and hybrid detection by applying molecular marker Nutritional and Phytochemical Content of Freeze-Dried Fruits of Two Philippine Bignay (Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng) Cultivars Caramel colour pigments from black sapote (Diospyros digyna): obtention and food application |
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