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FNQ banana roadshows are back this August and September!
The roadshows will feature an array of topics across a broad spectrum of industry-funded research including recent findings from the integrated pest and disease management project, yellow Sigatoka research, new varieties and the pre-commercialisation trials, the new benchmarking project and more!
The events are open to commercial banana growers and industry stakeholders.
Click here for the full agenda and details on how to RSVP.
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.