Mangoes
Find out information on current partnerships and research activities with the mango growers.
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.
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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.
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- Final report: Impact of climate change on flowering induction in mangoes in the Northern Territory
- Summary report: impact of climate change on flowering induction in mangoes in the Northern Territory
- Factsheet: what do fewer inductive days mean for mango cultivars in the Katherine region
- Factsheet: what do fewer inductive days mean for mango cultivars in the Darwin region
- Workshop summary - Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub
- Workshop report - Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub
- Case study fact sheet - Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub
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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
- Manipulation of mango flowering fact sheet PDF (476.6 KB)
- Impact of pruning time on bud and shoot development (maturity) in honey gold and calypso mangoes in Katherine fact sheet PDF (569.3 KB).
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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.
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- Managing mango leafhoppers and other associated species affected through systemic insecticides in mango orchards at Darwin, Australia [2011]
- YouTube video - Sampling for mango leafhoppers
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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.
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Contacts
Email 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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Contact
Email Brian Thistleton (entomologist) on brian.thistleton@nt.gov.au
Email Madison Clonan (VHT project) on maddison.clonan@nt.gov.au
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
- More profit from nitrogen - optimising nutrient management for improved productivity and fruit quality in mangoes - May 2019 PDF (1.7 MB)
- More profit from nitrogen - optimising nutrient management for improved productivity and fruit quality in mangoes - May 2019 DOCX (2.0 MB)
- Optimising nutrient management for improved productivity and fruit quality in mangoes fact sheet PDF (1.4 MB)
- Optimising nutrient management for improved productivity and fruit quality in mangoes - mango grower project update - November 2017 PDF (1.8 MB)
- YouTube video - Measuring N2O emissions
Media
- New research to better use nitrogen in mango production (2017) Irrigation Australia
- Quantifying nitrogen use efficiency in tropical mango production systems (2017) Top Paddock
- Understanding plant available nitrogen in the mango root zone (2017) Top Paddock
- New study at the cutting edge of mango nutrient use (2017) Top Paddock
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More information and growing advice
For growing advice and other information, go to the Northern Territory Government website.
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)
Presentations
The following presentations were given at the 2019 AMIA Mango Conference:
- Advances in mango production 2019 PDF (2.1 MB)
- Quality management in supply chains - disinfestation updates PDF (306.4 KB)
- Optimising nutrients - nitrogen in mango systems of the NT PDF (703.2 KB)
- More profit from nitrogen update handout PDF (1.7 MB)
- Mango varieties for future climates PDF (1.8 MB)
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Media
- Remote sensing and mango variability project to benefit NT industry (2018)
- New research to better use nitrogen in mango production (2017) Irrigation Australia
- Quantifying nitrogen use efficiency in tropical mango production systems (2017) Top Paddock
- Understanding plant available nitrogen in the mango root zone (2017) Top Paddock
- New study at the cutting edge of mango nutrient use (2017) Top Paddock
Last updated: 14 July 2021
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