Commercially grown tropical fruits in Australia are classified under the established or the emerging industries. The former industries include avocado, banana, lychee, mango, passionfruit, and papaya. The research, development, and extension (RD&E) of the established industries is primarily...

Research projects on the following crops are summarized: avocados, bananas, berry fruits (strawberries, Rubus spp.), Citrus, custard apples (Annona), Litchi, Macadamia, mangoes, pawpaws, passion fruits, persimmons, pineapples, stone fruits, carambolas (Averrhoa carambola), Casimiroa edulis, coffee, ...

Research reports are presented in the following 5 sections: (1) Ornamental crops (assessments on Dendrobium, rose, Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos spp.) and Gypsophila cultivars; assessment of annual cut flower crops; foliage plant shipping trial; nutrition of Western Australian native plants in Central ...

The report gives an overall market guide of wholesale market prices for avocado, carambola, coconut, durian, fig, guava, jackfruit, mangosteen, papaya, rambutan and star apple sold in Australian wholesale markets over the period January 1994 to December 1996. The markets analysed for the report...

There was a highly significant, linear relationship between acetone-extractable leaf chlorophyll and leaf optical densities estimated using a portable chlorophyll meter (SPAD-501) in experiments on cashew, mango, Litchi, rambutan, jackfruit, durian, custard apple (Annona reticulata) and carambola...

Bananas: Control of Mycosphaerella musicola and M. musae with several chemicals; and location of virus particles in the phloem of shoots affected with bunchy top. Guavas: Evaluation for processing, canning, freezing and juice and jam production. Mangoes: Quality trials. Pineapples: Control of...

Notes are given of the names of a number of fruits. In each case the preferred name is given first. This is followed by the botanical name and then by synonyms. Loquat (Eriobotrya japónica) or Japanese medlar, Japanese plum or biwa; feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana) or pineapple guava; cheri-moya (Annona...

All the varieties known to be grown in Australia are listed with the initials of the States in which they are found of pome, stone and citrus fruits, nuts (temperate and tropical), berry fruits (including currants and gooseberries), tropical and sub-tropical fruits (avocado, banana breadfruit,...

Research and extension programmes on postharvest handling and marketing of fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants are described. Crops covered include apples, avocados, bananas, carambolas, Citrus, longans, litchis, mangoes, pawpaws, pineapples, rambutans, cucurbits, tomatoes, and foliage and...

The plant kingdom harbours many diverse bioactive molecules of pharmacological relevance. Temperate fruits and vegetables have been highly studied in this regard, but there have been fewer studies of fruits and vegetables from the tropics. As global consumers demand and are prepared to pay for new...