Fruit

Western Australia’s fruit growing industries extend from Kununurra in the far north to Albany on the cool south coast.

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development works closely with industry to improve efficiency and increase returns from the farm gate to export markets.

Strawberries are the highest value export, supplying around two-thirds of the Australian total. Key markets in the last year were Singapore and New Zealand followed by Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.

Steady growth is occurring in the avocado, citrus and mango industries due to additional plantings and efficient production.

Articles

  • close up of avocado flower showing the stamens standing upright, surrounding the stigma in two whirls, also notice the slit openings in the anthers

    Cross-pollinisers for Hass avocado

    28 July 2014

    While Hass avocados are commonly grown in the South-West of Western Australia without a cross-polliniser variety, much interest has focused around the potential benefits of using a suitable cross-p

  • mildly frost damaged brown and curled young leaves

    Growing avocados: frost

    7 July 2014

    The avocado tree, while quite adaptable to a range of climatic conditions, is considered to be sensitive to frost.

  • Irrigate WA

    IrrigateWA

    16 October 2015

    IrrigateWA is an irrigation app that will assist with the implementation of correct irrigation scheduling for a variety of crops, regions and soil types in Western Australia.

  • Orchard visitors using footbath.

    Citrus biosecurity and quarantine

    11 November 2013

    Protecting Western Australian citrus orchards from pests and diseases that could significantly affect their production and therefore the availability of citrus is an important activity of growers,

  • Mature poplar windbreak in Wokalup WA

    Citrus orchard management

    20 November 2013

    Orchard management starts from planning and goes through to harvest to achieve the best marketable yield.

  • Potatoes being processed along a potato wash line

    Current plant biosecurity pest risk analyses

    14 October 2013

    This page summarises information on the status of plant and bee-related pest risk analyses prepared by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.

  • Pansy spot on apple

    Thrips pests in pome and stone fruit

    16 December 2013

    Thrips are small (1-2mm), slender insects, just visible to the naked eye which are an economic pest of pome and stone fruit.

  • Western flower thrips

    Chemical control of western flower thrips

    16 December 2013

    Pesticides are often used to control western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) in horticultural crops. However, western flower thrips is regarded to be a 'pesticide-induced proble

  • Lynfield traps used to monitor for Medfly in strawberry

    Strawberries - not a host of Mediterranean fruit fly?

    6 January 2014

    A two-year research project is underway that aims to establish that commercially-grown strawberries in Western Australia are not a host of Mediterranean fruit fly.

  • Magnet MED device

    Medfly area-wide management project: interim results

    27 February 2014

    'Management of Medfly without cover sprays' is a three-year project jointly funded by Fruit West, Horticulture Australia Ltd, Summerfruit Australia, and the Department of Agriculture and Food, West

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