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A growers' guide to ant related problems and their management
Ants are commonly found in plantings of bananas across Australia. Ants find suitable sites to nest including in the ground, behind old leaf sheaths, inside decaying pseudostems or on weeds and leaf trash surrounding the plants. Depending on the species, ants play a different role on the farm and have different effects on production.
Read more about the different types of ants commonly occurring on farms and how to manage them. Click here to find out more.
Protecting crowns improves fruit quality for Sellars Bananas
Sellars Bananas are renowned for producing premium quality bananas. However, frustratingly, even when supplying the best quality fruit at the farm gate, fungal organisms can wreak havoc with consignments down the supply chain.
Naomi Brownrigg shares their experience with the post-harvest quality issue of Crown end rot (CER) and what they have put in place to manage it.
Read more about Naomi’s case study here.