A severe hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 230 km/h and gusts exceeding 280 km/h, passed through south Florida's main area of tropical and subtropical fruit production on 24 Aug. 1992. Various types of damage to crops and trees are described. In general, older and taller trees suffered...

The Tropical Fruit Growers of South Florida is a group of commercial growers who organized nearly 20 years ago to represent our industry. Chris Rollins, who is the current director of Miami Dade's Fruit and Spice Park, spearheaded the idea to form this organization. Chris saw that there were many...

Fourteen tropical fruits from south Florida (red guava, white guava, carambola, red pitaya (red dragon), white pitaya (white dragon), mamey, sapodilla, lychee, longan, green mango, ripe mango, green papaya and ripe papaya) were evaluated for phenolic compounds, anti-oxidant activity, ascorbic acid ...

A severe hurricane struck Dade County, Florida on 24 Aug. 1992 and devastated much of the acreage of subtropical and tropical fruit crops. A survey was conducted 10-15 months later, in avocado, lime cv. Tahiti [Citrus latifolia], mango, carambola, guava, longan, litchi, mamey sapote [Pouteria ...

Recently, occurrence of rugose spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus, was noticed in Purba Midnapur and Howrah districts of West Bengal during April 2019 on coconut (Cocos nucifera), banana (Musa spp.), mango (Mangifera indica), sapota (Manilkara zapota), Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis...

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...

South Florida has become an important trading and distribution centre for tropical fruits and vegetables in the USA. Production of tropical crops in S. Florida increases each year, while the seaports of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach and the several international airports in the area...

Production of avocados, limes, mangoes, Annona spp., carambolas, longans, Calocarpum sapota [Pouteria sapota], pawpaws, passion fruits, and several other tropical fruits, in southern Florida is discussed.

In southern Florida during January 1977, unusually cold conditions with temperatures falling to -6.7 deg C occurred for 12-14 h on 3 consecutive nights. Many subtropical and tropical fruits proved hardier than expected. The relative cold hardiness of over 130 species was recorded. Butia capitata,...

In 2004 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FTBG) received a donation of 20 acres in the agricultural district of Miami-Dade County from Mr. Frank Williams. The property had approximately 19 acres of commercial avocados, consisting of modern varieties with current commercial potential. A preliminary ...