FruitsEmbrapa pinpoints a banana gene that could be edited to resist Panama disease
Researchers in Bahia found the susceptibility gene MusaDMR6 surges after Fusarium infection, making it a candidate target for breeding or CRISPR editing.
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Patiya farmer grows yellow 'Suryadim' watermelon on trellises in the monsoon
A 28-year-old agri-entrepreneur in Patiya, Chattogram, has grown the small yellow 'Suryadim' watermelon on 40 decimals of trellised land this monsoon and is selling it at Tk 120 a kilogram.
FruitsVirginia lets 169 frost-hit wineries buy more outside grapes while vineyards recover
After spring frost and freeze caused severe losses, Virginia's ABC authority granted automatic waivers so farm wineries can source more fruit from vineyards they do not own or lease.
FruitsAlentejo wine estate moves its grape harvest to the night to escape extreme heat
Herdade das Servas in Portugal tested night picking in 2024 and made it standard last year; its winemaker expects more of the region's producers to follow.
AgribusinessStonier Wines buys Seppelt as Treasury Wine Estates sheds brands
The family-owned Mornington Peninsula producer has bought Seppelt's Great Western winery and vineyards, the first brand Treasury Wine Estates has sold as it cuts its portfolio to fewer than 30.
AgribusinessJudge backs Legendary Fruit's $231 million purchase of bankrupt Brewster Heights
A US bankruptcy judge said he will approve the sale of Gebbers Farms' flagship Brewster Heights Packing and Orchards to Legendary Fruit Company, keeping the Washington tree-fruit business running.
AgrotechDutch fruit grower says driverless tractors need implements that talk back
Peter Baars mows his apple and pear orchards with an autonomous Fendt and maps every tree with a roof camera, but says full trust needs tractor and implement to communicate and stop themselves.
FruitsGeorgia overtakes Florida as top US watermelon grower in 2025
The United States grew 3.87 billion pounds of watermelons in 2025, and Georgia moved ahead of Florida on more acres and above-average yields, a USDA Economic Research Service chart shows.
FruitsSouth African fruit exporters must turn bigger crops into better returns, Absa says
Absa's AgriTrends spring report says citrus exports have grown to about US$2.5bn but need more markets, while port delays in Cape Town cost the table grape chain more than R3bn.
FruitsApple grower Bostock signs Korean gold kiwifruit deal in challenge to Zespri's export monopoly
Hawke's Bay grower John Bostock has secured southern-hemisphere rights to the Haegeum gold kiwifruit and wants to export it, which current rules reserve to Zespri.
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A young Chattogram grower turns eight decimals into a watermelon plot
In Rangunia, Chattogram, Mohammad Nur Uddin planted more than 400 seedlings of two varieties on eight decimals and has nearly a thousand melons on the vines.
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Polytunnels bring an off-season watermelon crop to Kurigram
In Rajarhat, Kurigram, farmer Zaman Mia is growing off-season and year-round watermelon under polytunnels with mulching and pheromone traps.
FruitsEmbrapa's BRS Áurea pear aims to cut Brazil's reliance on imported pears
Bred over twenty years for southern Brazil, the new pear resists leaf spot, scab and fruit fly and needs little winter chill, in a country that imports 90–95% of its pears.