Australians look into treatment of fire-affected fruit
According to a study currently being conducted by the NSW Department of Primary Industries with partnership from the Government of South Australia and Hort Frontiers, fire-affected fruit needs special handling and storage. This is the case, even if it wasn’t directly touched by flames.
Representatives from the state agency presented their post-fire observations to Batlow growers at the Batlow RSL Club last Tuesday. Scientists and officers with the DPI shared early results from some of their tree recovery and fruit quality studies.
According to Project Leader Dr Bruno Holzapfel, a DPI Senior Research Scientist, the purpose of the study was to help growers maximise their harvests after fires like the recent Dunns Road fire.