Custard apple information kit Reprint – information current in 1998

REPRINT INFORMATION – PLEASE READ! For updated information please call 13 25 23 or visit the website www.deedi.qld.gov.au

This publication has been reprinted as a digital book without any changes to the content published in 1998. We advise readers to take particular note of the areas most likely to be out-of-date and so requiring further research: • Chemical recommendations—check with an agronomist or Infopest www.infopest.qld.gov.au • Financial information—costs and returns listed in this publication are out of date. Please contact an adviser or industry body to assist with identifying more current figures. • Varieties—new varieties are likely to be available and some older varieties may no longer be recommended. Check with an agronomist, call the Business Information Centre on 13 25 23, visit our website www.deedi.qld.gov.au or contact the industry body. • Contacts—many of the contact details may have changed and there could be several new contacts available. The industry organisation may be able to assist you to find the information or services you require. • Organisation names—most government agencies referred to in this publication have had name changes. Contact the Business Information Centre on 13 25 23 or the industry organisation to find out the current name and contact details for these agencies. • Additional information—many other sources of information are now available for each crop. Contact an agronomist, Business Information Centre on 13 25 23 or the industry organisation for other suggested reading. Even with these limitations we believe this information kit provides important and valuable information for intending and existing growers. This publication was last revised in 1998. The information is not current and the accuracy of the information cannot be guaranteed by the State of Queensland. This information has been made available to assist users to identify issues involved in custard apple production. This information is not to be used or relied upon by users for any purpose which may expose the user or any other person to loss or damage. Users should conduct their own inquiries and rely on their own independent professional advice. While every care has been taken in preparing this publication, the State of Queensland accepts no responsibility for decisions or actions taken as a result of any data, information, statement or advice, expressed or implied, contained in this publication. Contacts and references 1 Contacts & REFERENCESREFERENCES

Want more information? This section helps direct you to the other important providers and sources of custard apple information. The Contacts directory contains the names and contact details of people and organisations serving the custard apple industry. The References section contains a list of information that is useful reading for anyone involved in the industry.

Contents

Contacts 2 Grower associations, special product suppliers, consultants and technical information services

References 18 Books, articles, brochures, journals, magazines and newsletters

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Contacts The Department of Primary Industries gives no warranty as to the quality or suitability of goods or services provided by companies and businesses listed in this kit. Trade names are used in this kit solely for providing specific information. Mention of a trade name does not constitute a guarantee or warranty by the Department of Primary Industries or the authors, nor is it an endorsement of these products over others not mentioned. This section is up to date at the time of printing. If you supply special services to the custard apple industry you may provide your details for consideration. Please forward your details to Agrilink, Department of Primary Industries, PO Box 5269 SCMC, Nambour QLD 4560. Telephone: (07) 5444 9690; fax: (07) 5444 9694; Int Code +61 7; e-mail: [email protected]

Custard apple grower associations ...... 3 Organic grower associations ...... 3 Nursery tree suppliers ...... 4 Pest management consultants ...... 5 Special contract and consulting services ...... 6 Irrigation consultants ...... 7 Beneficial suppliers ...... 8 Marketing groups ...... 8 Inspections for interstate produce shipments ...... 8 Information on interstate movement provisions ...... 9 Market information ...... 10 Export associations ...... 13 Government technical services ...... 13 Chemical and spraying information...... 15 Agricultural booksellers ...... 15 Contacts through the Yellow Pages ...... 16

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Custard apple grower associations The Australian Custard Apple Growers’ Association Inc. is the specialist grower organisation that services custard apple growers throughout Australia. This organisation is the peak industry body for custard apples, providing industry representation on national issues, organising levy collection and providing a range of services including IMPORTANTour local Join y a national newsletter and a marketing organisation. The secretariat growers’n association more about for the Association is: to lear your industry and how you volvedcan in The Australian Custard Apple Growers’ Association Inc. become velopment.in Patti Stacey (Assistant Secretary/Treasurer) its de 145 Victoria Park Road ALSTONVILLE NSW 2477 Ph: (02) 6629 5333; Fax: (02) 6629 5422 Phone ACAGA for details of your regional delegate.

Other grower organisations that provide services to custard apple growers are: Sunshine Coast Sub Tropical Fruits’ Association Inc. Custard Apple Group John Madden (Group Convenor) PO Box 24 PALMWOODS QLD 4555 Ph/Fax: (07) 5445 0926 Bundaberg & District Orchardists’ Association c/o Bundaberg Fruit & Vegetable Growers PO Box 45 BUNDABERG QLD 4670 Ph: (07) 4153 3007; Fax: (07) 4153 1322 In Queensland, custard apple growers are represented on the Queens- land Fruit & Vegetable Growers (QFVG) through the Other Fruits Sectional Group Committee. Details can be obtained from: Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers PO Box 19 BRISBANE MARKET QLD 4106 Ph: (07) 3213 2444; Fax: (07) 3213 2480 The Growers’ Access Line numbers are: Ph: 1800 654 222; Fax: 1800 650 196 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.qfvg.org.au

Organic grower associations Note: These organisations do not have the resources to provide a general advisory service about organic fruit production. Their main function is to provide information about certification standards and processes. Special services are also provided to members after joining.

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Kits containing information on membership and certification standards and processes are available for purchase. Biological Farmers of Australia PO Box 3404 TOOWOOMBA VILLAGE FAIR QLD 4350 Ph: (07) 4639 3299; Fax: (07) 4639 3755 e-mail: [email protected] National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia Ltd PO Box 768 STIRLING SA 5152 Ph: (08) 8370 8455; Fax: (08) 8370 8381 e-mail: [email protected] Bio-Dynamic Agricultural Association of Australia c/- Post Office POWELLTOWN VIC 3797 Ph: (03) 5966 7333; Fax: (03) 5966 7433 Organic Retailers & Growers Association of Australia c/- The Secretary PO Box 12852 A’Beckett Street Post Office MELBOURNE VIC 3000 Ph: (03) 9737 9799 e-mail: [email protected]

Nursery tree suppliers

Queensland Birdwood Nursery 71–83 Blackall Range Road NAMBOUR QLD 4560 Ph: (07) 5442 1611; Fax: (07) 5442 1053; Mobile: 018 715 994 Fitzroy Nurseries Pty Ltd PO Box 859 ROCKHAMPTON QLD 4700 Ph: (07) 4927 2388; Fax: (07) 4922 3203 Mountain Views Nursery 45 Pavilion Street POMONA QLD 4568 Ph: (07) 5485 1375; Fax: (07) 5485 1377 e-mail: [email protected]

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Yanagin Nursery 219 Stern Road Bellmere via CABOOLTURE QLD 4510 Ph: (07) 5495 8795; Fax: (07) 5495 8050; Mobile: 0418 158 900 Rossmount Nursery 15 Tin Can Bay Road GOOMBOORIAN QLD 4570 Ph/Fax: (07) 5483 3734; Mobile: 0419 720 117 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cooloola.org.au/ross SHM Nursery 31–39 Jackson Road WOOMBYE QLD 4559 Ph: (07) 5442 1716; Fax: (07) 5442 1686; Mobile: 0418 158 900 e-mail: [email protected] Whispering Pines Nursery Blackgate Road AMAMOOR QLD 4570 Ph/Fax: (07) 5484 3536; Mobile: 018 061 501

New South Wales Richmond Hill Nursery 403 Richmond Hill Road Richmond Hill via LISMORE NSW 2480 Ph/Fax: (02) 6624 4519 Vallances Nursery Vallances Road MULLUMBIMBY NSW 2482 Ph: (02) 6684 2011; Fax: (02) 6684 3184 Daley’s Fruit Tree Nursery Daley’s Lane PO Box 154 GENEVA via KYOGLE NSW 2474 Ph: (02) 6632 1441; Fax: (02) 6632 2585 e-mail: [email protected]

Pest management consultants Henry Drew 12 Tytherleigh Road PALMWOODS QLD 4555 Ph: (07) 5445 0032; Fax: (07) 5445 0940 e-mail: [email protected]

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Horticultural Crop Monitoring Paul Jones 25 Browning Boulevard CALOUNDRA QLD 4551 Ph/Fax: (07) 5491 4662; Mobile: 0412 714 905 e-mail: [email protected] Integrated Pest Management (also trading as Bugs for Bugs) 28 Bowen Street MUNDUBBERA QLD 4626 Ph: (07) 4165 4663; Fax: (07) 4165 4626 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.bugsforbugs.com.au Crop Tech Laboratories Pty Ltd MS 305 Langbeckers Road BUNDABERG QLD 4670 Ph: (07) 4155 6344; Fax: (07) 4155 6656 e-mail: [email protected] Agrotek Consultancy Andrew Olley PO Box 5106 SCMC NAMBOUR QLD 4560 Mobile: 0412 002 375 Oakwood Ag Services Fig Tree Terrace BUNDABERG QLD 4670 Ph: (07) 4159 9480; Fax: (07) 4159 9481; Mobile: 018 797 090 Trevor Stillman MS 2215 Cummins Road BUNDABERG QLD 4670 Ph: (07) 4155 1894; Fax: (07) 4155 1690 Jeff Watson PO Box 384 MAREEBA QLD 4880 Ph/Fax: (07) 4092 4059

Special contract and consulting services Agrotek Consultancy (plant nutrition and general consulting) Andrew Olley PO Box 5106 SCMC NAMBOUR QLD 4560 Mobile: 0412 002 375

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Biological Crop Protection (soil nematode, microbiological and diseased diagnostic advisory services) 3601 Moggill Road MOGGILL QLD 4070 Ph: (07) 3202 7419; Fax: (07) 3202 8033; Mobile: 0412 083 489 e-mail: [email protected] Crop Tech Laboratories Pty Ltd (plant nutrition) MS 305 Langbeckers Road BUNDABERG QLD 4670 Ph: (07) 4155 6344; Fax: (07) 4155 6656 e-mail: [email protected] Eric and Lyn Ford (laser levelling and survey) Lot 1 Bells Creek Road BEERWAH QLD 4519 Ph/Fax: (07) 5494 6618; Mobile: 018 752 896 Hortech Services Pty Ltd (plant nutrition) PO Box 370 KALLANGUR QLD 4503 Mobile: 0418 878 484; Fax: (07) 3886 0389 e-mail: [email protected] Piccone Horticultural Consultancy Pty Ltd/Piccone PHC (general consulting, market research, business programs) 201 Bruce Highway EDMONTON QLD 4869 Ph: (07) 4045 3277; Fax: (07) 4045 3613; Mobile: 0417 616 476 e-mail: [email protected] Sunshine Horticultural Management (contract pruning and orchard development) Andy Calman 31–39 Jackson Road WOOMBYE QLD 4559 Ph: (07) 5442 1716; Fax: (07) 5442 1686 e-mail: [email protected]

Irrigation consultants Horticultural Crop Monitoring Paul Jones 25 Browning Boulevard CALOUNDRA QLD 4551 Ph/Fax: (07) 5491 4662; Mobile: 0412 714 905 e-mail: [email protected]

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Hortech Services Pty Ltd Peter Broomhall PO Box 370 KALLANGUR QLD 4503 Mobile: 0418 878 484; Fax: (07) 3886 0389 e-mail: [email protected] Crop Tech Laboratories Pty Ltd MS 305 Langbeckers Road BUNDABERG QLD 4670 Ph: (07) 4155 6344; Fax: (07) 4155 6656 e-mail: [email protected]

Beneficial insect suppliers Integrated Pest Management also trading as Bugs for Bugs 28 Bowen Street MUNDUBBERA QLD 4626 Ph: (07) 4165 4663; Fax: (07) 4165 4626 e-mail: [email protected] Web: bugsforbugs.com.au

Marketing groups Sunshine Coast Fruit Marketing Co-operative Association Ltd Trading as Nature’s Fruit Company Windsor Road PO Box 5242 SCMC NAMBOUR QLD 4560 Ph: (07) 5441 3699; Fax: (07) 5441 3688; Mobile: 0417 621 579 e-mail: [email protected] Jadefruit Custard Apple Marketing Group (JCAM) For details, phone Patti Stacey, Australian Custard Apple Growers’ Association Inc., on (02) 6629 5333.

Inspections for interstate produce shipments Contact the nearest horticultural office of DPI or NSW Agriculture for the names of local inspectors. To find your nearest horticultural DPI office in Queensland, phone the DPI Call Centre on 13 25 23 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, for the cost of a local call. Special officers have been appointed within DPI to manage the implementation of Interstate Certification Assurance (ICA) arrangements including the ICA-18 for custard apples. Contact your local DPI office or the DPI Call Centre to obtain the name of your nearest ICA officer.

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Information on interstate movement provisions

Queensland Senior Operational Support Officer Department of Primary Industries GPO Box 46 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Ph: (07) 3239 3330; Fax: (07) 3211 3293

New South Wales Regulatory Operations Coordinator (Plants) Locked Bag 21 ORANGE NSW 2800 Ph: (02) 6391 3583; Fax: (02) 6361 9976

Australian Capital Territory Quarantine and Inspection Officer Environment ACT PO Box 1038 TUGGERANONG ACT 2901 Ph: (02) 6207 2265; Fax: (02) 6207 2268

Victoria Supervisor Plant Standards, Plant Standards Centre Box 126 FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 Ph: (03) 9687 5627; Fax: (03) 9687 6746

Tasmania Quarantine Officer Quarantine Centre PO Box 347 NORTH HOBART TAS 7022 Ph: (03) 6233 3036; Fax: (03) 6234 6785

South Australia Program Leader—State Quarantine Inspection Service 46 Prospect Road PROSPECT SA 5082 Ph: (08) 8269 4500; Fax: (08) 8344 6033

Western Australia Senior Inspector Western Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service 280 Bannister Road CANNING VALE WA 6155 Ph: (08) 9311 5333; Fax: (08) 9455 3052

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Northern Territory Senior Adviser, Plants NT Quarantine & Inspection Branch GPO Box 2268 DARWIN NT 0801 Ph: (08) 8981 8733; Fax: (08) 8941 0223

Market information

Ausmarket Consultants The Ausmarket Consultants group offers historic and current fruit and vegetable market price information, market intelligence, outturn reporting and product assessment. Participants in the network operate separate businesses within Australia’s major markets. The Ausmarket Consultants name covers activities where two or more of the group members combine resources to provide services that extend beyond their individual areas of operation. Contact details can be found on their Website: www.users.bigpond.com/Ausmarket Individual members of the network are:

Adelaide Adelaide Market Services Bill Bishop PO Box 6014, Halifax Street ADELAIDE SA 5000 Ph: (08) 8232 5555; Fax: (08) 8232 1311; Mobile: 0419 868 265

Brisbane Market Information Services Trevor Brewer D Block Brisbane Market PO Box 229 BRISBANE MARKETS QLD 4106 Ph: (07) 3379 4576; Fax: (07) 3379 4103; Mobile: 0417 712 427 Infocall: 1902 262 580 ($2.50 per minute, covers Adelaide, Bris- bane, Sydney and Melbourne) e-mail: [email protected]

Melbourne DataFresh Melbourne Market Reporting Service John Popilieff Box 170 Melbourne Markets FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 Ph: (03) 9689 3444; Fax: (03) 9689 3411; Mobile: 0411 117 578 e-mail: [email protected]

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Sydney Control Quality Services Chris Cope PO Box 350 FRENCHS FOREST NSW 2086 Ph: (02) 9746 3437; Fax: (02) 9746 1075; Mobile: 0416 108 639 e-mail: [email protected]

Other market price information sources

Perth Perth Market Reporting Service Perth Market Authority Mail Point 1 280 Bannister Road CANNING VALE WA 6155 Ph: (08) 9455 2900; Fax: (08) 9455 2902 Market reports: 1900 983 304 (recording); 75c per minute e-mail: [email protected]

Sydney Flemington Market Reporting Services Northern B Block Warehouse PO Box 1 FLEMINGTON MARKETS NSW 2129 Ph: (02) 9764 3516; Fax: (02) 9763 1773 Market reports: 1900 123 038 (recording); 75c per minute Dial-a-fax: 1900 123 039 ($2 per fax)

Payment problem contacts If you have a disagreement over payment for produce or want a list of registered farm produce commercial sellers, the following contacts should be helpful.

Adelaide South Australian Chamber of Fruit and Vegetables c/- Adelaide Produce Markets Ltd Ph: (08) 8349 4528; Fax: (08) 8349 5922

Brisbane Deputy Registrar Ph: (07) 3239 3233; Fax: (07) 3239 3379 e-mail: [email protected]

Sydney Prompt Pay Freecall: 1800 247 787; Fax: (02) 9764 2776

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Melbourne Farmpay Freecall: 1800 060 321; Info Fax: 1800 678 062

Perth Chamber of Fruit & Vegetable Industries Robert Naudi Ph: (08) 9455 2742; Fax: (08) 9455 4923

Wholesaler information Contact the appropriate number below for information about farm produce commercial wholesalers who specialise in custard apples.

Adelaide Adelaide Produce Markets Ltd Diagonal Road POORAKA SA 5095 Ph: (08) 8349 4493; Fax: (08) 8349 6574

Brisbane Market Line Freecall: 1800 631 002 Web: www.brisbanemarket.com.au

Melbourne Victorian Chamber of Fresh Produce Wholesalers Inc. PO Box 113 542 Footscray Road FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 Ph: (03) 9689 3233; Fax: (03) 9689 9223

Perth Perth Market Authority Mail Point 1 280 Bannister Road CANNING VALE WA 6155 Ph: (08) 9455 2900; Fax: (08) 9455 2902

Sydney Sydney Markets Ltd. PO Box 2 SYDNEY MARKETS NSW 2129 Ph: (02) 9325 6200; Fax: (02) 9325 6288 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sydneymarkets.com.au

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Export associations Australian Horticultural Exporters Association Institute of Horticultural Development Private Bag 15 SOUTH EASTERN MAIL CENTRE VIC 3176 Ph: (03) 9210 9380; Fax: (03) 9210 9381; Mobile: 0419 999 889 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.ozdocs.net.au/~ahea Queensland Horticultural Exporters Association PO Box 857 HAMILTON CENTRAL QLD 4007 Ph: (07) 3868 1888; Fax: (07) 3868 4722

Government technical services

Custard apple technical enquiries (commercial growers only) Department of Primary Industries Roger Broadley Maroochy Research Station PO Box 5083 SCMC NAMBOUR QLD 4560 Ph: (07) 5444 9600; Fax: (07) 5441 2235 e-mail: [email protected]

Forestry extension officers Forestry extension officers are available for expert assistance with tree use on farms including windbreak design and selection, clear- ing, timber production and forest enrichment. Your local office of the Department of Natural Resources (Queensland) and Department of Land and Water Conservation (New South Wales) can put you in contact with your nearest forestry extension officer.

Land conservation extension officers Land conservation extension officers are available to provide expert assistance in planning farm layouts and providing advice on land management. Your local office of the Department of Natural Re- sources (Queensland) and Department of Land and Water Conserva- tion (New South Wales) can put you in contact with your nearest land conservation officer.

Water extension officers Water advisory officers are available for expert assistance on all aspects of water use on farms including dam construction and maintenance, stream licensing, bore development, irrigation selection and design and water quality. They also provide advice on farm drainage prob- lems. Your local office of the Department of Natural Resources

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(Queensland) and Department of Land and Water Conservation (New South Wales) can put you in contact with your nearest water officer. In New South Wales, enquiries on irrigation design should be directed to irrigation officers of NSW Agriculture.

Farm financial counselling service DPI (Queensland) and the Rural Assistance Authority (New South Wales) provide business advisory services to producers who are in difficulty from continuing environmental and economic pressures. Trained counsellors can help in the analysis of financial situations and the development of business plans. Your local office or NSW Agricul- ture can put you in touch with your nearest financial counsellor.

Library and literature search services DPI’s Central Library in Brisbane and NSW Agriculture’s library at Wollongbar provide a range of special information services that may be of interest to growers. These include: • access to the library’s extensive book and journal collection; • on-line public access catalogue (OPAC) terminals that provide access to the DPI library catalogue and to material held in the State Library of Queensland (Brisbane only); • literature searches from CD-ROM and the Internet (fee charged). General enquiries can be directed to: Brisbane: Ph: (07) 3239 3126; Fax: (07) 3239 3128 Wollongbar, NSWPh: (02) 6626 1321

Other information sources Farmfax is a new DPI information service designed to allow quick access to new and frequently changing information on a range of topics. It provides information 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the cost of a phone call. Information can be either faxed back within minutes or mailed out the next day. You can ring the Farmfax number, HINT 1902 220 042, to receive an index from which you can select the items net on You can contact the you require. Charges of $2.50 or $5 per article apply, depending on the DPI on.dpi.qld.go the Interangev.au of to information sought. www access a r information. AgriInfonet is a DPI marketing information access service aimed at assisting small to medium agricultural enterprises search for new business opportunities in export markets. Information on the range of services available can be obtained from: The AgriInfonet Project Leader Rural Market Development GPO Box 46 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Ph: (07) 3239 3307; Fax: (07) 3221 3896 The DPI Call Centre helps you access DPI’s information products and services. Ring the Call Centre on 13 25 23 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays), for the cost of a local call. You can access this service from anywhere in Queensland.

Chemical and spraying information AVCARE Ltd National Association for Crop Protection and Health Locked Bag 916 NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2601 Ph: (02) 6230 6399; Fax: (02) 6230 6355 e-mail: [email protected] Centre for Pesticide Application and Safety University of Queensland, Gatton College GATTON QLD 4345 Ph: (07) 5460 1281; Fax: (07) 5460 1283 Infopest—pest management system on CD-ROM This DPI product is available from: Infopest Marketing Manager DPI Animal & Plant Health Services GPO Box 46 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Ph: (07) 3239 3967; Fax: (07) 3211 3293 e-mail: [email protected] HINT Web: www.dpi.qld.gov.au/aphs/infopest

For training in pesticide application and ChemSmart Training Queensland handling, contactt Training PO Box 17 ChemSmar GRANGE QLD 4051 Queensland to find. the Ph: (07) 3352 5033; Fax: (07) 3352 5042 nearesttrainer accredited e-mail: [email protected]

Agricultural booksellers D & A Books and Journals 648 Whitehorse Road PO Box 163 MITCHAM VIC 3132 Ph: (03) 9210 7777; Fax: (03) 9210 7788 e-mail: [email protected] DPI Publications Department of Primary Industries GPO Box 46 BRISBANE QLD 4001 Ph: 1800 816 541; Fax: (07) 3239 6509 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.dpi.qld.gov.au/catalogue

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Granny Smith’s Bookshop PO Box 27 SUBIACO WA 6008 Ph: (08) 9388 1853; Fax: (08) 9388 1852 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.aoi.com.au/granny Johima Books 2/55 Phillip Street PO Box 4048 PARRAMATTA NSW 2124 Ph: (02) 9687 1922; Fax: (02) 9687 1027 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.johima.com.au Landlinks PO Box 1139 COLLINGWOOD VIC 3066 Freecall: 1800 645 051; Ph: (03) 9662 7666; Fax: (03) 9662 7555 e-mail: [email protected] Morescope Publishing 638A Burwood Road EAST HAWTHORN VIC 3123 Ph: (03) 9882 9922; Fax: (03) 9882 9239 e-mail: [email protected] NRE Information Centre 8 Nicholson Street PO Box 500 EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 Ph: (03) 9637 8080; Fax: (03) 9637 8150 NSW Agriculture Publications Sales Unit Locked Bag 1 ORANGE NSW 2800 Ph: (02) 6391 3433 Orders: Freecall 1800 028 374; Freefax 1800 642 065

Contacts through the Yellow Pages The following Yellow Pages headings cover the main topics for which contacts may be needed. Check the listings under the appropriate heading.

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Chemicals/fertilisers Chemicals, agricultural Chemical suppliers Fertilisers Insecticides, herbicides and fungicides Lime Soil conditioners and treatments

Consultants Farm and agricultural advisory services Horticultural consultants

Economics and marketing Fruit and vegetable wholesalers Grain and produce Transport services

Equipment, irrigation, machinery Agricultural machinery Engineers Farm equipment and supplies Instruments — scientific Irrigation Manufacturers of harvesting and/or grading machinery Agricultural machinery Carriers Engineers, general Engineers, manufacturing Farm equipment and supplies

Pesticides and spraying Aerial spraying Fertiliser and/or insecticide spreading Protective clothing Spray equipment and/or supplies

Postharvest handling and packaging Cold room builders/designers Cold stores Food processing and/or packing machinery Fruit and vegetable packing Grain and produce packaging materials Refrigerated transport trucks and equipment

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References Note: This is not an exhaustive list of references for custard apple. It consists of references that the authors recommend as important sources of information and reading for the custard apple grower. If you require more detailed information on a subject, use the literature search facilities available from most libraries.

DPI and NSW Agriculture information products ...... 18 Information products from other sources ...... 20 Market publications ...... 20 Annual reports ...... 21 Articles, brochures and other items ...... 22 General journals and magazines ...... 22 Custard apple newsletters ...... 22 Scientific research papers on custard apple ...... 23

DPI and NSW Agriculture information products

Custard apple books and booklets Custard apples—cultivation and crop protection, Sanewski, G. (1991), Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane. Quality assurance manual, Australian Custard Apple Growers Associa- tion (1993). Available only to members of the Australian Custard Apple Growers’ Association.

Other books relevant to custard apples Diseases of fruit crops, Persley, D.M. (ed) (1993), Department of NOTE le from vailab Primary Industries, Brisbane. Insect pests of fruit and vegetables, Swaine, G., Ironside, D.A. & DPI books are a lications most DPI offices and from DPI Pub Corcoran, R.J. (eds) (1983), Department of Primary Industries, Ph: 1800 816 541; Brisbane. Fax: (07) 3239 6509 [email protected]/v.au Managing and mites in horticultural crops, Brough, E.J., Elder, R.J. e-mail: Web: wwwcatalogue & Beavis, C.H.S. (eds) (1994), Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane.

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Pesticide application manual (2nd edn), Banks, A. Broadley, R.H., Collinge, M. & Middleton, K. (1990), Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane. Fruit and nut crops—a disease management guide, Persley, D.M., Pegg, K.G. & Syme, J.R. (eds) (1989), Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane. Water it right—irrigation using tensiometers, Daniels, J.L., Banks, A.G. & Jamieson, G.I. (1994), Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane. Forced air cooling (2nd ed), Watkins, J.B. & Ledger, S.N. (1990), Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane. Developing an approved supplier program for fresh produces—a guide for customers and suppliers, National Quality Management Working Group (1999), Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane and HRDC. Buying the farm for horticulture—site it right (1986), Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane. Horticulture: trade and investment, a marketing perspective, Reid, S.R.M., Pullar, S.J. & Rutherford A.D. (1995), Department of Primary Indus- tries, Brisbane. Soil sense—soil management for NSW North Coast farmers, Lines Kelly, R. (1994), NSW Agriculture, Wollongbar. Insect pests of fruit and vegetables in New South Wales, Hely, P.C., Pasfield, G. & Galletly, J.G. (1982), NSW Agriculture, Orange.

Videos relevant to custard apples Buying the farm for horticulture—site it right (1986), Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane.

CD and software packages relevant to custard apples Prime notes on CD-ROM—Version 7.2 (1997), Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane. Infopest—pest management information system (CD) (1997), Depart- ment of Primary Industries, Brisbane. Australian Rainman 2.2 (decision support computer package), Depart- ment of Primary Industries, Brisbane.

NOTE lications Useful NSW Agriculture Agfacts on custard apples riculture pub le from the NSW • Adaptation of custard apple, lychee and mango to areas south of NSW Agvailab are a Grafton (1/048) Agricultureville. office Orders: at Alston 1800 028 374 • Ant barriers for scale control in custard apples (1/053) Freecall:ax: 1800 642 065 Freef • Fertilising custard apples (H6.3.2) • Custard apples: cultural and financial aspects (H6.3.9)

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Information products from other sources

Books on general custard apple culture and issues y HINT Australian horticulture, Coombs, B. (ed) (1995), Morescope Publishing ary maw ou Pty Ltd, Victoria. Your localle libr to borro be ab or you. Or y Micro-irrigation of vines and fruit trees, Mitchell, P.D. & Goodwin, I. these fuy them through can b (1996), Agmedia, Melbourne. your local bookshop or Growing fruit in Australia for profit or pleasure (5th edn), Baxter, P. one of onthe page booksellers 15. (1997), Macmillan, Sydney.

Books on diseases, pests and disorders Plant nutrient disorders—tropical fruit and nut crops, Weir, R.G. & Cresswell, G.C. (1995), Inkata Press, Melbourne. Tropical fruit: postharvest diseases of horticultural crops (1995), Depart- ment of Primary Industries, Brisbane. The good bug book, Broadley, R.H. & Thomas, M.J. (1996), Australian Biological Control Association, Sydney.

Books on organic growing Organic agriculture—getting started, Madge, D. (1995), Agmedia, Melbourne. Profitable organic farming, Newton, J. (1995), Blackwell Science, Melbourne. Natural farming Australia, Bock, L. (ed) (1995) Cyanco Pty Ltd, Eumundi. Organic farming, Burlace, M. (1995), NSW Agriculture, Orange.

Market publications Fruit and vegetable prices and receivals for Flemington Markets, Sydney Available from: Flemington Market Reporting Service PO Box 139 FLEMINGTON MARKETS NSW 2129 Ph: (02) 9764 3516; Fax: (02) 9763 1773 Prices and throughput for the Brisbane market Available from: Market Information Services PO Box 229 BRISBANE MARKET QLD 4106 Ph: (07) 3379 4576; Fax: (07) 3379 4103; Mobile: 041 771 2427 e-mail: [email protected]

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Brisbane markets business directory Available from: Brisbane Market Authority PO Box 8 BRISBANE MARKETS QLD 4106 Ph: (07) 3379 1062; Fax: (07) 3379 4903 Web: www.brisbanemarket.com.au Melbourne markets business directory Available from: Melbourne Market Authority PO Box 1 542 Footscray Road FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 Ph: (03) 9258 6100; Fax: (03) 9687 7714 e-mail: [email protected] Sydney markets users guide Available from: Sydney Market Ltd PO Box 2 SYDNEY MARKETS NSW 2129 Ph: (02) 9325 6200; Fax: (02) 9325 6288 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.sydneymarkets.com.au

Annual reports Horticultural Research & Development Corporation (HRDC) Research Report Available from: Horticultural Research & Development Corporation Level 6 7 Merriwa Street GORDON NSW 2072 Ph: (02) 9418 2200; Fax: (02) 9418 1352 e-mail: [email protected] Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers (QFVG) Annual Research Report Available from: Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers PO Box 19 BRISBANE MARKET QLD 4106 Ph: (07) 3213 2444; Fax: (07) 3213 2438 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.qfvg.org.au

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Articles, brochures and other items

Relevant HRDC final research reports Integrated pest management in subtropical fruits (1992) FR065 HINT Removing pre and postharvest constraints to custard apple marketing ies of HRDCle for vailab (1998) Summar projects are a Available from: viewing website:on the Elders .com.au/Elders/ Horticultural Research & Development Corporation tic/hrdc/ .elders 7 Merriwa Street www merch/hor GORDON NSW 2072 Ph: (02) 9418 2200; Fax: (02) 9418 1342 e-mail: [email protected]

General journals and magazines Fruit & Vegetable News The official journal of Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers. It is posted fee on request to all Queensland fruit and vegetable growers. Available from: Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers PO Box 19 BRISBANE MARKETS QLD 4106 Ph: 1800 654 222 e-mail: [email protected] Web: www.qfvg.org.au Good Fruit & Vegetables PO Box 160 PORT MELBOURNE VIC 3207 Ph: Subscriptions: 1800 035 351

Custard apple newsletters The Australian Custard Apple Growers’ Association publishes a special newsletter which is available free to members. Details are available from: The Australian Custard Apple Growers’ Association Inc. Patti Stacey (Assistant Secretary/Treasurer) 145 Victoria Park Road ALSTONVILLE NSW 2477 Ph: (02) 6629 5333; Fax: (02) 66295422 The Sunshine Coast Sub Tropical Fruits’ Association produces a quarterly newsletter that contains custard apple information. It is available to members only. Membership can be arranged through:

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The Secretary Sunshine Coast Sub Tropical Fruits’ Association Inc. PO Box 733 NAMBOUR QLD 4560 Ph/Fax: (07) 5446 7676

Scientific research papers on custard apple Effects of environmental variables and cropping on plant water status of custard apple, George, A.P. & Nissen, R.J. (1992), Journal of Horticul- tural Science. 67: 4, 445–455. Investigations into the cause of poor root health in custard apple, Fitzell, R.D.; Batten, D.J. & Vimpany. I. (1994), Plant Protection Quarterly. 9: 1, 2–5.

Custard apple Index 1 INDEXINDEXINDEX

Using the index—entries are listed as a section and page reference. For example, Ants 2:32:3Ants means you can find the reference in Section 2 page 3. ‘HG’HGHG refers to the Handy Guide in the front pocket of the kit.

A booksellers 6:15 ACAGA 1:2 boron 3:22, 3:24, 4:64, 4:66 action levels, for pests 3:28, 4:109 deficiency 4:66, 5:20 African Pride 3:5, 5:19 toxicity 5:4, 5:6 AgriInfonet 6:14 braconid wasp 4:103 air blast machines 4:110 budbreak 2:3, HG:2 Amblypelta budding 4:58 lutescens lutescens 5:8, 5:11 buds, forcing 3:18 nitida 5:11 budsport 1:2 Amblypelta nitida 4:101 Bullock’s heart 4:44, 4:51 Annona C cherimola 1:2, 4:44 calcium 3:22, 4:64, 4:65, 4:66, 5:19 diversifolia 4:51 deficiency 4:66, 5:19, 5:20 squamosa 1:2, 4:44 nitrate 5:19 family 4:44 capacitance probes 4:84 ants 2:3, 4:100, 4:108, 5:15, 5:17, HG:2 cartons 3:39, 3:40, 4:129 black house 5:17 marking 3:40 apical dominance 4:32, 4:97 cation balance 4:68 approved supplier program 4:20 CDs and software 6:19 Argyrophylax proclinata 5:16 chemical information 6:15 Armillaria luteobubalina 5:23 Chemsafe 6:15 Armillaria root rot 4:98, 5:23 1:2, 4:44, 4:51, 5:25 assassin bugs 4:102 rootstocks 5:25 associations chlorpyrifos 4:109, HG:1 export 6:13 citrus mealybug 4:98, 4:99, 4:108, 5:17 grower 6:3 control 4:101 organic 6:3 natural enemies 4:99 atemoya 1:2, 4:44, 4:51, 4:89 Cladosporium sp. 5:22 Australian Custard Apple Growers’ Association Inc 6:3 climate 1:6, 4:48 AVCARE 6:15 relative humidity 1:7, 4:40 B cold russet 5:15 bacterial wilt 1:6, 2:4, 3:13, 4:98, 4:52, cold temperature injury 4:125 5:4, 5:9, 5:24, 5:25 collar rot 3:19, 4:52, 5:9 Bactrocera tryoni 4:102, 5:19 Conogethes punctiferalis 5:16 bait sprayer 4:111 consultants bait sprays 5:19, HG:2 irrigation 6:7 banana spotting bug 4:101, 5:8, 5:11 nutrition 6:6 Basta 3:19, 3:34 other 6:6 bearing trees, management of 3:21, 4:41 pest 6:5 beneficial insect suppliers 6:8 container-grown plants 4:57 beneficial insects HG:2 contour drains 3:4, 3:8 bird damage 5:14 cooperatives 3:42 black canker 2:4, 4:98, 4:101, 5:11 copper 3:11, 4:67

Custard apple 2 Index

deficiency 4:67 equipment 1:7 fungicide 5:13 Eucalyptus melliodora 5:23 oxychloride 4:109, 5:9, HG:1 evaporation pan 4:85 Corticium salmonicolor 5:9 export 3:40, 3:42 costs 4:5 standards 3:39 capital 1:5 production 1:5 F cow manure 3:11 farm cracking 5:18 aspect 1:6 crop cycle HG:2 preferred soil 1:6 Cryptolaemus ladybird 4:100, 4:101, 4:109 HG:1 records 4:7 Cryptolaemus montrouzieri 4:99, 5:17 slope 1:6 cuttings 4:50 Farmfax 6:14 Cylindrocladium fenthion HG:1 colhounii 5:7, 5:12 ferrous sulphate 4:67 fruit rot 5:12 fertigation 3:24, 4:75 leaf spot 2:4, 4:98, 4:101, 5:7 fertiliser scoparium 5:7, 5:12 acidifying effects 4:74 spp. 5:25 burn 5:5 choices 4:74 D placement 3:23, 4:75 defoliation 2:2, 2:3, 3:25, 4:42, HG:2 program 4:74 dimethoate HG:1 program, bearing trees 3:23 Diplodia rot 2:4, 4:98, 4:101, 5:13 program, young trees 3:15 disease rates 3:23, 4:72 control 3:20, 3:28, HG:2 salt index 4:75 problems 4:98 soluble 4:76 resistance 4:52 fertilising HG:2 Disease X 2:4, 4:98, 5:12 bearing trees 3:21 diseases young trees 3:15 bacterial wilt 3:13 financial counselling 6:14 black canker 2:4, 4:101 Fino de Jete 3:5 collar rot 3:19 flowering 1:7, 4:33, 4:36 Cylindrocladium spot 2:4 environmental effects 4:38 Diplodia rot 2:4, 5:13 foliar spray 5:19 Disease X 2:4, 5:12 forced-air cooling 4:127 management program 3:28, 4:109 forestry officers 6:13 Pseudocercospora fruit spot 2:4 frost 1:6, 3:12 Pseudocercospora spot 4:109, 5:13 damage 5:7, 5:10, 5:15 purple blotch 2:4 fruit 4:35 root rot 4:52 blackening at blossom end 5:19 sooty mould 2:4 brown pulp 4:64, 4:66, 5:20 disinfestation 4:30 chilling damage 5:22 diversion drains 3:4, 3:8 cracking 5:18 dolomite 3:11, 3:24, 4:66, 4:69, 5:19 cuts, splits, cracks 5:18 DPI field chilling 5:21 Call Centre 6:14 fly 4:108 information products 6:18 growth 4:36 library 6:14 handling 4:123 offices 6:13 immature 5:21 drains, grasses for 3:8, 3:9 internal disorders 5:20, 5:21 maturity 4:122 E mechanical damage 5:18 economics over-mature 5:19 Atherton Tableland 4:8 overall skin discolouration 1:6, 2:4, 5:15 Sunshine Coast 4:13 poorly shaped 5:20 elephant weevil 5:9 postharvest rot 5:20 endosulfan 4:108, HG:1 postharvest skin disorders 5:22 Enviroscan 4:84

Custard apple Index 3

pre-cooling 3:37 interstock 4:51, 4:52, 4:54 preharvest cold damage 5:21 IPM 2:5, 4:104, 4:108 quality 4:2, 4:121, 4:122 Iridomyrex glaber 5:17 quality characteristics 4:47 iron 4:65, 4:67 secondary disease 5:20 chelate 4:67 set 4:119 deficiency 2:4, 4:67, 5:2, 5:26 skin blackening 4:122 irrigation 3:11, 4:42 checklist 4:127 monitoring systems 4:79 skin splitting 1:6, 5:22 Netafim buttons 4:78 spots on 2:4 schedule, bearing trees 3:24 storage options 4:123 schedule, young trees 3:16 storage temperature 3:41 system 4:78 translucent pulp 5:21 T-tape trickle 4:78 transport damage 5:22 under-tree minisprinklers 3:11, 4:78 white or brown lumps on 5:16, 5:17 ISO 9002 4:21 yellowing / softening 5:18, 5:19 fruitspotting bug J 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 4:100, 4:101, 5:11, HG:2 JCAM 1:2, 4:18 G L Gefner 3:5 labour 1:8 Glomerella cingulata 5:22 lacewings 4:100, 4:109, 5:17 glufosinate-ammonium 3:19, 3:34 land glyphosate 3:19, 3:34 clearing 3:7 Gopher 4:84 conservation officers 3:3, 6:13 grading fruit 3:38 Lasidiodiplodia theobromae 5:13 graft compatibility 4:51 latania 4:98 grafting 4:58 laterals 3:18, 3:27 eurypylus lycaon 5:5, 5:14 leaders 3:18 green manure crops 3:11, 4:65 leaf gross margin 1:5 analysis 3:21, 4:69 growth, environmental effects 4:38 analysis kits 3:21, 4:69 gypsum 3:11, 4:66, 4:69, 5:19 interpreting analysis results 4:70 blocks 4:83 nutrient levels 3:22 taking samples 3:21, 4:69 H leaves HACCP 3:43 black discolouration 5:8 9000 4:22 brown margins 5:5, 5:6 plan 4:21 dead 5:7 hares/wallabies 3:13 holes in 5:5 harvesting 3:36, 4:123 yellow 2:4 fruit maturity 2:5, 4:122 Leptomastidea abnormis 4:99 time 1:2 Leptomastix dactylopii 4:99, 5:17 herbicide Leptomastix wasp 4:99, 4:101, 4:109, 5:17, HG:2 bearing trees 3:34 Leptomastix wasps HG:1 damage 5:3, 5:6 libraries 6:14 drift 3:19 lime 3:11, 3:24, 4:66, 4:69, 5:19 young trees 3:19 longitudinal cracking 5:18 Hillary White 3:5, 5:16, 5:19, HG:2 honeydew 5:15 M HRDC reports 6:22 machinery 1:7 magnesium 3:22, 4:65, 4:66, 5:19 I deficiency 5:3 ICA-18 2:6 oxide 4:66 ilama 4:44, 4:51 maldison bait spray HG:1 interrows, grasses for 3:9 management interstate business 4:6 inspections of produce 6:8 financial 4:8 movement provisions 3:43, 6:9 manganese 4:67

Custard apple 4 Index

deficiency 4:67, 5:2 wide planted 4:52 toxicity 5:3, 5:6, 5:7 organic production 2:5, 2:6 markets 1:2, 3:41, 4:15, 4:48 Orthorhinus cylindrirostris 5:9 domestic 4:23 export 4:27 P export potential 1:2 packaging 4:129 groups 6:8 internal materials 4:131, 4:132, 4:133 information 6:10 packing fruit 3:39 publications 6:20 Palethorpe 3:5, 5:19 throughputs 1:4 paraquat 3:34 Maroochy Gold 3:5 paraquat/diquat mixtures 3:34 Maroochy Red 3:5 pepper spot 5:22 Martin 3:5 pesticides mealybugs application 3:31 2:3, 2:4, 3:28, 4:100, 4:108, 5:15, 5:17, HG:2 safety 3:31 ladybird 5:17 pests melon thrips 2:6 action levels 3:28 methidathion 4:109, HG:1 banana spotting bug 4:101 mill mud 3:11 citrus mealybug 4:99 monitoring control 3:20, 3:28, HG:2 pests—chart 4:107 fruitspotting bug 2:3 mounding 1:6, 3:4, 3:9 hares/wallabies 3:13 mulching 3:19, 3:34 managed spraying 4:105 management of 4:103 N management program 3:28, 4:109 N:P:K fertiliser 3:15 monitoring 3:28 neutron probe 4:84 monitoring procedure 4:105 newsletters 6:22 nigra scale 3:20 nigra scale 3:20, 4:98, 4:109, 5:8 problems 4:98 nitidulid beetles 3:31, 4:113 Queensland fruit fly 2:6 nitram 3:11, 4:68 spotting bug 4:101 nitrogen 3:22, 3:23, 4:64 petroleum oil 4:109, HG:1 deficiency 2:4, 5:3, 5:26 pH adjustment 3:24 NSW Agriculture Pheidole megacephala 5:17 information products 6:18, 6:19 Phomopsis annonacearum 5:11 nurseries phosphorus 3:22, 3:23, 4:65, 4:67 tree 6:4 Phytophthora palmivora 5:13 nursery pink disease 4:98, 5:9 beds 4:58 Pinks Mammoth 3:5, 5:16, 5:19, HG:2 nutrient 4:64 Planococcus citri 4:99, 5:17 replacement 3:23, 4:72 PLU numbers 3:43 nutrition 4:42 pollen bearing trees 4:68 collecting and storing 4:114 before planting 4:67 dilution 4:117 managing 4:63 pollination 4:34 young, non-bearing trees 4:68 frequency 4:119 guns 4:116 O hand 1:3, 2:5, 3:31, 4:42, 4:112, 4:114, 4:116, 4:118 Oligochrysa lutea 5:17 economics of 4:119 Oligochrysa lutes 4:99 how to 3:31 orchard planning insect 4:113 access roadways 3:4 natural self 4:114 dams 3:4 poor 5:20 layout 3:3 puffers 4:117 rows 3:4 poly socks 4:132, 5:22 slope 3:4 Pond apple 4:44, 4:51 surface drainage 3:4 postharvest orchards handling 4:121 close planted 4:53

Custard apple Index 5

insecticide treatments 3:38 seedlings potassium 3:22, 3:23, 4:65, 4:66, 5:19 raising for rootstocks 4:55 deficiency 5:4, 5:5 soil potting mixes 4:58 acidity 4:74 poultry manure 3:11 analysis 3:10, 3:22, 4:69 prices 1:4, 4:24, 4:28 analysis kit 3:21, 4:69 production areas 1:2 drainage 4:40 profits, making 4:2, 4:5 interpreting analysis results 4:70 propagation 3:7, 4:50, 4:55 moisture 4:40 pruning 2:2, 2:3, 3:25, 4:42, 4:88, HG:2 moisture sensors 4:83 after planting 3:16 nutrient levels 3:10 bearing trees 3:25, 4:92 optimum nutrient levels 4:68 heavy 3:27 salinity 4:74 newly planted trees 4:89 taking samples 3:22, 4:69 non-bearing trees 4:90 sooty mould 2:4, 4:99, 5:8, 5:15 summer 3:26 sorting fruit 3:38 window 3:28, 4:96, 4:97 4:44, 4:51, 4:89 winter 3:26 spotting bug 4:101, 4:108 young trees 3:16, 3:17 control 4:102 Pseudocercospora fruit spot 2:4, 4:98, 4:109, 5:13 spray Pseudocercospora sp. 5:12 application 4:109 Pseudomonas solanacearum 5:4, 5:9, 5:24, 5:25 burn 5:7 pulp thermometer 3:37 compatibilities 3:31 purple blotch 2:4, 4:98, 5:13 SQF 2000 3:43, 4:22 Pythium spp. 5:25 storage humidity 4:127 Sugar apple 3:5 Q sugar apple 1:2, 4:44, 4:51, 4:89 quality management 3:43, 4:18 sulphate of ammonia 4:68, 4:74 Queensland fruit fly 2:6, 4:98, 4:102, 4:109, 5:19 sulphur deficiency 5:2 control 4:102 sunburn 5:10 damage 5:19 sunburn (of fruit) 5:14, 5:18 R supermarket quality management standards 4:22 radial cracking 5:18 superphosphate 3:11, 3:23, 4:69 refrigeration suture line darkening 5:15 fruit 4:124 sweetsop 1:2, 4:44 stored fruit 3:41 T warnings 4:126 tachinid flies 5:16 Rollinia 4:51 temperature, soil and air 4:38 roots tensiometers 4:80 damage 5:25 installation 4:81 growth 4:36 reading 4:82 rot 4:40, 4:52 thinning fruit, time of 3:33 rootstocks 4:50 topworking 4:61 cherimoya 1:2, 2:4, 3:6 trace elements 3:24, 4:66 options 4:52 training selecting 4:51 central leader 4:89 sugar apple 4:54 open vase 4:89 rows 3:11 Y-trellis 4:89 deep rip 3:7 transport 3:41 mark out 3:7 trees spacing 3:6 annual cycle 4:35 S crop loading 4:97 salt burn 5:6 decline and death of 5:23, 5:24 scale insects 5:15 density 4:88 scales 2:4 early cropping 4:43 Scutellista cyanea 5:8 growth cycles 4:37 seed, extraction and germination 4:55 hardened 3:12

Custard apple 6 Index

late cropping 4:43 Y ordering 3:6 yellow box eucalypt 5:23 planting 3:11, 3:12 Yellow Pages 6:16 poor fruit set 2:5 yellow peach moth 4:98, 4:109, 5:16, HG:2 skirting 3:28, 4:97 yields 1:3, 1:5 spacing 2:2, 2:3, 3:6 young trees, management of 3:15, 4:41 topping 4:97 training 2:2, 4:88 Z training systems 4:89 zinc 3:11, 3:24, 4:65, 4:67 training young 3:16 chelated 4:67 treecare officers 3:7 deficiency 4:67, 5:2, 5:4 vegetative growth 4:31, 4:35 vigour and size 4:52 yellowing and poor growth 5:25, 5:26 triangle 5:5, 5:14 trichlorfon bait spray HG:1 trunk, splitting 5:9 twigs, lumps or marks on 5:8 twospotted mite 4:98 U urea 3:11, 3:15, 3:25 V v-drains 3:4, 3:8 varieties 2:2, 3:5 African Pride 1:2, 2:2, 2:4, 2:5, 3:5, 3:24, 3:33, 4:45, 5:21 Atemoya hybrids 4:44 Cherimoya—Annona cherimola 4:47 Fino de Jete 3:5, 4:47 Gefner 3:5, 4:46 Hillary White 1:2, 2:2, 3:5, 4:45, 5:16, 5:20 Maroochy Gold 3:5, 4:46 Maroochy Red 3:5, 4:46 Martin 3:5, 4:46 Palethorpe 3:5, 4:45 Pinks Mammoth 1:2, 2:2, 3:5, 4:44, 5:16, 5:20 QAS 5:18 Sugar apple 3:5 variety breeding program 4:49 W wasp parasites 5:17 water management 4:77, 4:87 resources officers 6:13 salt content 1:7 supplies 1:7 watering 3:15, 3:24, HG:2 watershoots 3:18 weeds control 3:19, 3:34 weevil damage 5:10 wind damage 1:6, 4:40 rub 5:14 windbreaks 1:6, 3:3, 3:7, 3:10, 3:35 woodiness 4:52, 4:64, 4:66, 5:20

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