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Pome fruit - Marketing & export

What the UK FTA means for Australian apples

Future growth in exports by only a few percentage points would be significant for Australian producers.

Almonds - Avocado - Citrus - Mangoes

$28 million program to improve farm productivity

The program will optimise orchard systems to help produce more fruit and nuts per hectare.

Avocado - Spraying equipment & application

Spray technology reaches new heights in avocados

"Spraying costs have significantly lowered, and crop losses are reduced due to better spray coverage."

Fertilisers & nutrition

GYP-FLO gypsum still the best!

Fine particle size formulation is ideal for fertigation.

Disease & weed control - Insect & mite control - Organic farming - Spraying equipment & application

Guide shows importance of pesticides

Reference guide will outline the essential role pesticides play in agriculture, environmental conservation and human health.

Mangoes

NT grower scoops Honey Gold grower award

Good results attributable to intensive fertiliser and irrigation program, and attention to detail.

Citrus

Decoded genome of little-known disease offers hope for citrus

Benign infection can potentially send medicine into plants.

Pome fruit - Packaging & labelling

Zetapack soft solution for Kalafatis Fresh Produce

Zetapack grader is designed for fruits that are not suited to mechanical grading.

Citrus - Fertilisers & nutrition

Enhancing fruit colour

Increased colour grades across a range of fruit - particularly citrus.

Avocado

Putting the future of avocados on ice

Cryopreservation aims to preserve important avocado cultivars and key genetic traits.

Tropical trees

NT tropical fruit grower expanding durian production

Top end farm also grows jackfruit, pomelo and mango.

Citrus - Disease & weed control

CRISPR/Cas technology could enable early diagnosis of citrus greening disease

A US led team of scientists has developed a diagnostic test for early detection of citrus greening

Fruit Fly

Parasitoid wasps: The focus of a new biocontrol program for QFF

Project focuses on the use of Australian parasitic wasps, or parasitoids, that specifically attack QFF.

Flowering, thinning & PGRs

Using ‘directed evolution’ to develop a natural tool against Varroa

Potential for Metarhizium fungi to be a chemical-free way of neutralising Varroa mites

Avocado - Fertilisers & nutrition

Soluble calcium boosts avocado fruit quality

Calcium plays a vital role in cell structure and strength.

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