BSS, Rajshahi :
Use of fruit bagging method has started in different mango orchards in the region boosting its yield of exportable safe, hygiene and disease-free mango in two districts.
With the breakthrough, use of harmful chemical, insecticides and pesticides has been reduced drastically opening up a new door of exporting mango of the two districts, famous as delicious fruit to various foreign markets.
Mango researchers and scientists revealed this while addressing a daylong seminar titled “Proper use of Fruit Bagging Technology” at Bagha Upazila Parishad Hall room in the district on Monday. Department of Agriculture Extension hosted the seminar for mango growers of the area.
Senior Scientific Officers of Regional Horticulture Research Station Dr Sharof Uddin and Mustafizur Rahman addressed the seminar as focal persons with farmer Azizul Alam in the chair. Upazila Agriculture Officer Sabina Begum, Additional Agriculture Officer Naznin Sultana and Agriculture Officer Hafizur Rahman also spoke.
Referring to his research findings Dr Saraf Uddin says bagged mangoes had high recovery of marketable fruits over the non-bagged ones.
He says mango is the leading seasonal cash crop of the region and dominates the economy in two districts.
Dr Saraf mentioned that Bangladesh has started exporting mangoes to the United Kingdom’s supermarkets, creating a huge commercial prospect for the growers to get higher prices of their best quality produce.
He says pre-harvest fruit bagging is a useful approach for plant protection and improved post-harvest fruit quality as bagging of mango fruits for lower insect and disease damage in fruits.
This is a well-known practice in many of the mango-producing countries but information is lacking on its effects on the external and internal characteristics of the fruits, the appropriate bagging materials and the economics of its adoption.
In this field, the technology has created a high hope among the growers and traders towards removing the menace.
One management practice which can help address these problems is fruit bagging because it is another way of preventing contact between the host and insects and diseases as well as minimise mechanical injuries thus improving quality.
Use of fruit bagging method has started in different mango orchards in the region boosting its yield of exportable safe, hygiene and disease-free mango in two districts.
With the breakthrough, use of harmful chemical, insecticides and pesticides has been reduced drastically opening up a new door of exporting mango of the two districts, famous as delicious fruit to various foreign markets.
Mango researchers and scientists revealed this while addressing a daylong seminar titled “Proper use of Fruit Bagging Technology” at Bagha Upazila Parishad Hall room in the district on Monday. Department of Agriculture Extension hosted the seminar for mango growers of the area.
Senior Scientific Officers of Regional Horticulture Research Station Dr Sharof Uddin and Mustafizur Rahman addressed the seminar as focal persons with farmer Azizul Alam in the chair. Upazila Agriculture Officer Sabina Begum, Additional Agriculture Officer Naznin Sultana and Agriculture Officer Hafizur Rahman also spoke.
Referring to his research findings Dr Saraf Uddin says bagged mangoes had high recovery of marketable fruits over the non-bagged ones.
He says mango is the leading seasonal cash crop of the region and dominates the economy in two districts.
Dr Saraf mentioned that Bangladesh has started exporting mangoes to the United Kingdom’s supermarkets, creating a huge commercial prospect for the growers to get higher prices of their best quality produce.
He says pre-harvest fruit bagging is a useful approach for plant protection and improved post-harvest fruit quality as bagging of mango fruits for lower insect and disease damage in fruits.
This is a well-known practice in many of the mango-producing countries but information is lacking on its effects on the external and internal characteristics of the fruits, the appropriate bagging materials and the economics of its adoption.
In this field, the technology has created a high hope among the growers and traders towards removing the menace.
One management practice which can help address these problems is fruit bagging because it is another way of preventing contact between the host and insects and diseases as well as minimise mechanical injuries thus improving quality.
