Mangoes

Building a resilient mango industry in Cambodia and Australia through improved production and supply chain practices

Project status: closed

This project has a team of plant scientist from floral biologists, plant nutritionists, entomologists, pathologists, molecular diagnosticians in the Northern Territory and Cambodia to optimise management strategies and increasing integrated pest management work in the region.

Resources

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Mangoes on the Northern Territory Government website
YouTube channel

Impact of climate change on mango production in the NT

Project status: closed

Mangoes are the Northern Territory's (NT) largest horticultural product, and the Territory is the country’s largest grower of mangoes.

Induction of mango flowering is sensitive to minimum and maximum temperatures in May to August (depending on the variety). Flowering is important for fruit set and critical for mango production.

The Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade is working with the Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub and the NT mango industry to use science-based climate change information to better understand the impact of the changing climate on mango production.

Resources

Available on the National Environmental Science Programme website:

Presentations

Manipulating mango flowering

Project status: closed

This project aims to develop management practices with a view to manipulating the mango harvest window. It covers a number of different approaches including manipulating floral induction with growth promoting foliar sprays.

Another approach under investigation is the use of tip-pruning to influence bud development. This project takes advantage of the progressively cooler weather in Katherine to understand the effects of night temperatures on developing mango buds, potentially manipulating fruiting times, and improving productivity and profitability for mango farmers.

Resources

More information

Mangoes on the Northern Territory Government website
YouTube channel

Mango leafhopper management

Studies on the population ecology of mango leafhopper under various conditions and studies on non-chemical methods of control, including insect pathogens and attractants.

Resources

More information

Mangoes on the Northern Territory Government website
YouTube channel

Contact

brian.thistleton@nt.gov.au

Mangoes to the United States

This project looks at improving the performance of Australian mangoes exported to the United States (US), where they are positioned as a premium mango. With the long distance involved, there are risks of either delays or the fruit being subjected to incorrect temperatures in the supply chain which can impact on the premium quality necessary for this market.

The Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade, together with participating growers, exporters and Australian Mango Industry Association, are trialling available monitoring technology in an effort to improve the temperature and location monitoring of Australian mangoes being exported to the US.

Media

Exports of Australian mangoes to America growing rapidly (2016) - ABC Rural

More information

Mangoes on the Northern Territory Government website
YouTube channel

Contacts

michael.daysh@nt.gov.au

New fruit fly systems for mangoes and market access

An ongoing research project looking at various aspects of fruit fly mitigation from population ecology, suppression trials, cage trials and oviposition studies. The main aim is to investigate the host status of hard mature mangoes at commercial harvest.

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Mangoes on the Northern Territory Government website
YouTube channel

Optimising nutrient management for improved productivity and fruit quality in mangoes

This project looks at management strategies to increase the quantity and quality of mango yields, whilst effectively mitigating loss of fertiliser applied nitrogen (N) to the environment. The research team will use stable isotopes to quantify plant N demand, soil supply and current practice N use efficiency (NUE) to develop best management practices for optimising N fertiliser use, including enhanced efficiency fertilisers. The project aims to maximise NUE in the Australian mango industry to increase productivity, profitability and good environmental management.

Investigating the possible contribution of nutrients towards the development of resin canal disorder by evaluating the composition or balance of nutrients in mango fruit.

Resources

Media

Presentations

Optimising nutrients - nitrogen in mango systems of the NT PDF (703.2 KB)

More information

Mangoes on the Northern Territory Government website
YouTube channel

More information and growing advice

View links for growing advice and other information below:

Resources

Improved mango yield forecasting with satellite imagery and targeted ground trothing - English DOCX (1.4 MB)
Improved mango yield forecasting with satellite imagery and targeted ground trothing - Vietnamese DOCX (1.4 MB)
(courtesy of Associate Professor Andrew Robson and Dr Moshiur Rahma, University of New England)
In–field technology for mango quality and quantity - English DOCX (3.3 MB)
In–field technology for mango quality and quantity - Vietnamese DOCX (3.3 MB)
(courtesy of Kerry Walsh and Nick Anderson, Central Queensland University
Magpie geese survey - English DOCX (167.4 KB)
Magpie geese survey - Vietnamese DOCX (170.8 KB)
(courtesy of Amelia Corriveau Charles Darwin University)
Transforming Mango Futures Project - English DOCX (1.2 MB)
Transforming Mango Futures Project - Vietnamese DOCX (468.8 KB)
(courtesy of Dr Geoff Dickinson, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries)