Banana farmers of South Gujarat are reaping benefits of a good harvest this year compared to past few years thanks to the new cultivation technology adopted from Philippines. This year the fruit is selling at Rs 200 (USD 3.00) per 20kg in the wholesale market compared to Rs 125-130 (USDContinue Reading
Thought to have been domesticated in South Asia by 9,000 BCE, jujube has been enjoyed across the region for a very long time. Today, it would be hard to find a place in Bangladesh more closely associated with the fruit than the village of Bhatpara in Mandabaria union of Jhenidah’sContinue Reading
The sudden rise in temperature over the last few days has exposed the much-loved Alphonso mangoes to the risk of sunburn and fruit dropping. Mango growers said that the heat spell has come a little early this year, with day temperatures soaring above 35 degrees C in Ratnagiri. Continue Reading
The festival is the first attempt by the Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA) to boost banana cultivation. Thiruvananthapuram hosted the National Banana Festival on Sunday, in which over 150 varieties of the state’s favourite fruit were displayed. From south Kerala’s own Kappapazham (red banana) toContinue Reading
The provincial agriculture department has chalked out a plan to promote guava fruit cultivation in selected districts of the province. The concept of the programme was to expand cultivation of guava fruit on large scale. If successful, the programme would be replicated in other districts of the Punjab.Continue Reading
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) developed a PAU Fruit Fly Trap — an eco-friendly technology for the management of fruit flies in kinnow, guava, mango, pear, peach, and plum. Different types of fruits too were developed by the team, and some of them invented seedless fruits of mixed breed. Continue Reading
Guava has managed to hold its own ground in Lucknow’s mango belt. Several new varieties have been developed and the near-extinct, indigenous varieties from the region are back in business. The reason being that varieties from Lucknow are fast gaining ground in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra and west UP. FarmersContinue 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
The “Thai” variety of guava being sold in the city has found many takers because of its juicy, red pulp. However, despite what its name suggests, the variety is grown within the country itself. Vendors say that they purchase the fruit from the wholesale market of Gaddiannaram in LB NagarContinue Reading
Edible wild banana species discovered, the second such on the island in two years Botanists in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been quietly going bananas. And it is not their fault, for the islands are a biodiversity hotspot that hosts seven different species of wild banana that weContinue Reading
Even as the production of custard apple (sitaphal) is gradually declining due to the shrinking forest cover and fast-paced industrialisation in the coal belt areas of the district, the Horticulture Department has drawn up an ambitious plan to promote custard apple cultivation in the tribal sub-plan (TSP) mandals. TheContinue Reading
The scientists at the Horticulture Research Station here have identified a variety of tamarind with a red coloured pulp which could help the farmers of the State and especially those of the Rayalaseema districts. Dr. B. Sreenivasulu, senior scientist, told The Hindu that the new variety had a redContinue Reading
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