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Building competitive banana production systems for a sustainable future

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Lindsay, S. J. (2014) Building competitive banana production systems for a sustainable future. Project Report. Horticulture Innovation Australia.

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Abstract

This project began with the objective of investigating the factors influencing the maintenance of crop uniformity in bananas. A continuous ratooning system is the standard banana production system in north Queensland, the main Australian production region, and it is characterised by increasing non-uniformity with successive crop cycles. By the end of the third crop cycle bunch emergence and harvest are spread evenly throughout the year. While this contributes to a continuous fruit supply it has been shown to reduce labour input efficiency for activities target to a specific stage of plant development such bunch emergence or harvest.

Item Type:Monograph (Project Report)
Corporate Creators:Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Queensland
Business groups:Horticulture and Forestry Science
Keywords:bananas ; labour efficiency ; crop phenology ; crop uniformity ; ethephon ; residue analysis ; nurse-suckering
Subjects:Plant culture > Tree crops
Plant culture > Food crops
Plant culture > Fruit and fruit culture > Culture of individual fruits or types of fruit > Bananas
Live Archive:27 Oct 2025 00:49
Last Modified:27 Oct 2025 00:49

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