Promising pome season in South Africa thanks to new blush pear varieties

Jeanne Fourie, a new variety specialist at Tru-Cape, said Cape Blush is harvested just before or shortly after New Year, making it one of the earliest pear varieties in South Africa.

December 03 , 2024

Brazil has a new sweeter and more lucrative blackberry

'BRS Terena,' a blackberry that combines high productivity, greater sweetness, lower acidity, and improved post-harvest shelf life.

November 29 , 2024

UF/IFAS presents promising citrus hybrid tolerant to HLB

The two standout varieties are a grapefruit-orange hybrid called Triumph, and a pummelo-hybrid named UF-914. 

November 29 , 2024

Prevar announces new disease-resistant apple variety

Snow Hardy, Prevar's Commercial Manager, spoke with FreshFruitPortal.com about the launch and features of GoodnessMe.

November 28 , 2024

New apple from Washington picks a global licensing partner

Washington State University reported that the new global licensing partner will manage sales of the licensed WA 64 trees and budwood to growers for planting or grafting in orchards.

November 20 , 2024

Trials show efficacy of insecticides against HLB in regions where citrus production is expanding

Fundecitrus researcher Marcelo Miranda from Brazil explained that the results of the initial studies are very positive.

November 20 , 2024

Project seeks to fight drug trafficking in Ecuador's banana industry using AI

Criminal groups linked to drug trafficking use banana exports to smuggle drugs into different markets.

November 18 , 2024

ILA halts negotiations with USMX over automation

The ILA says that management introduced their intent to implement semi-automation—a direct contradiction to their opening statement where they had said that neither full nor semi-automation would be on the table. 

November 15 , 2024

FAO's Director General says transforming agrifood systems is the only solution to climate crisis

Dongyu says a more efficient, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable agrifood system is essential to achieve the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.

November 15 , 2024

Introduction of bacteria is found to reduce mold growth in blueberries

After researchers performed in vitro assays to evaluate the effects and activity of blueberries infected with strains of B. cinerea, results showed that in the presence of the bacteria, the severity of gray mold on blueberries was reduced by a little over 71%.

November 15 , 2024