by Carien Daffue | Feb 23, 2023 | fruit industry
JUSTIN CHADWICK Citrus Growers Association of Southern Africa Southern African citrus growers packed for export 164,8 million (15 kg) cartons to be delivered to global markets in 2022. While this is an increase of 3,2 million cartons when compared to 2021, it is 5,7...
by Carien Daffue | Nov 28, 2022 | fruit industry
Mukondeleli Munzhedzi SUBTROP Subtrop Journal The EU approval period for use of Prochloraz will end at end-December 2023. This means the EU MRL for Prochloraz will be adjusted down to 0.01 mg/kg, and growers will not be able to rely on this post-harvest treatment to...
by Carien Daffue | Nov 28, 2022 | fruit industry, Spraying
The future prospects of glyphosate herbicide for the management of weeds in subtropical fruit orchards Charlie Reinhardt PROFESSOR IN AGRONOMY, NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY Subtrop Journal While crop production is beset with several daunting challenges, herbicides have made...
by Carien Daffue | Nov 28, 2022 | fruit industry
Stephan Schoeman1 and Regina Cronje2 1SOETKALMOES CONSULTATION 2ARC-TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL CROPS Fruit abscission is a normal physiological process to produce a good crop with quality fruit. External factors can lead to excessive fruit drop and production loss. With...
by vf_admin | Jul 13, 2022 | climate change, fruit industry
The physics and chemistry of climate change have been around for more than a 100 years. The intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC), who was established in 1988 on the basis of what the scientists were saying, published the very first assessment report in...
