Australian banana industry: Status and RandD update

• Chapter Authors : Williams, R.


• Document type : Conference paper


• Year of publication : 2005


• Conference : 3rd BAPNET Steering Committee Meeting, Guangzhou (CHN), 2004/11/23-26


• Book title : Advancing banana and plantain RandD in Asia and the Pacific


• Editors : Molina, A.B.; Xu, L.B.; Roa, V.N.; Van den Bergh, I.; Borromeo, K.H.


• Publisher(s) : INIBAP-ASPNET


• Place of publication : Los Baños (PHL)


• Pages : 19-36


• Language(s) : English


• Abstract : Banana production in Australia over the past three years has been hrough a period of very difficult times. In north Queensland, the major production area for Cavendish, recovered from the outbreak of black Sigatoka in 2001 through to 2003. Survey results have now indicated the eradication programme that was implemented has been successful, however throughout this period banana price have been very depressed resulting in many medium and small growers exiting the industry. The larger companies have taken up this loss on production by planting more.


• Keywords : PEST CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; RESEARCH; VARIETIES; PROCESSING; PLANT INTRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND


• Open access : Yes


• PDF :


• Musalit document ID : IN060544

If you want to link this record, use this url : www.musalit.org/seeMore.php?id=9864