The nutritive value of Australian tropical fruits is discussed and data on their composition are tabulated. The following fruits are dealt with: Apricot, avocado, banana, banana passion fruit, custard apple, feijoa, guava, jujube, jack fruit, mango, orange, passion fruit, pawpaw, pineapple, ...

Consumer demand for healthful and convenient food began to merge with advances in industrial processing and handling of fresh-cut fruit. The needs for tropical fruits such as durian, jackfruit and pineapple to be marketed in fresh-cut/ready-to-eat forms is greater compared with temperate fruits...

Fruitspotting bugs (FSB) Amblypelta nitida Stål and Amblypelta lutescens lutescens Distant (Hemiptera: Coreidae) are major native pests in subtropical and tropical horticultural crops in Australia, and key pests in avocado. Until now, using a single targeting approach, namely broad-spectrum...

The climate and soil needs, varieties, propagation, culture and uses are described of mangoes, custard apples, persimmons, loquats, rosella, cape gooseberries, Monstera deliciosa and yellow and cherry guavas.

Resin canal discolouration (RCD) is a fruit quality defect found in Australian mangoes, especially on Kensington Pride (KP) cultivar. It occurs sporadically, showing up as red-brown resin canals that form networks through the flesh and irregular brown mottling across the skin. Information on its...

Melon necrotic spot virus (MNSV) was detected in field-grown Cucumis melo (rockmelon) and Citrullus lanatus (watermelon) plants in the Sunraysia district of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia, in 2012, 2013, and 2016, and in two watermelon seed lots tested at the Australian border in 2016....

Research is reported under the following headings: Division of plant industry (pp. 28-45): Weed section: Weed control in onions, beetroots, lettuces, tomatoes, capsicums, cabbages, cauliflowers, beans, peas, cucumbers and pumpkins. Vegetable section: Breeding beans, peas, rockmelons, cauliflowers,...

The method used to achieve tree size control in Valencia oranges on Poncirus trifoliata or on citrange (P. trifoliata × orange hybrid) rootstocks was to deliberately inoculate young trees with budline tissue taken from mildly dwarfing citrus exocortis viroid infected trees. The cropping efficiency...

In Australia persimmons are produced in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. In 2020, 2,772 t of persimmon were produced with a value of $11 M. 'Fuyu' and 'Jiro' are the two main non-astringent varieties grown in Australia. The harvest season starts in March ...

This report presents data from the ABARES Murray-Darling Basin Irrigation Survey from 2006-07 to 2014-15, with a focus on 2012-13 to 2014-15. ABARES provides key financial performance measures for horticulture farms and data on water use and irrigation technology and water trading. This report...