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Mango production in Queensland
Queensland produced 33,000 tonnes of mangoes with a gross value of $75 million in 2004-05. About 90% of the state's production goes to domestic markets. The main production areas are the Atherton Tableland, Burdekin, Bowen, and Rockhampton.
Growing information
Frequently Asked Questions | Grafting mangoes | What causes green, ripe mangoes? | Mango information kit | Orchard netting considerations
Handling and ripening
Post-harvest diseases of mangoes
Handling and ripening guides
- Mango skin colour (English - PDF, 170 kB) | (Chinese - PDF, 180 kB)
- Temperature guide (English - PDF, 455 kB | Chinese - PDF, 480 kB)
- Mango defects (English - PDF, 175 kB)
- Ripening guide for R2E2 and Kensington Pride (English - PDF, 330 kB | Chinese - PDF, 215 kB)
- Handling of Australian mangoes at export destinations (English - PDF, 360 kB | Chinese - PDF, 250 kB)
Handling and ripening presentations
- What happens when a mango ripens? (PPS, 210 kB)
- How is mango quality lost? (PPS, 700 kB)
- Managing mango ripening and storage (PPS, 495 kB)
- Handling and ripening mangoes in export markets (PPS, 645 kB) | Trainer's notes (PDF, 95kB)
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Varieties
B74 | Brooks | green eating | Haden | Irwin | Keitt | Kensington Pride | Kent | Nam Doc Mai | Palmer | R2E2 |
Pests and diseases
Fruit piercing moths | Helopeltis | Mango Malformation Disease | Mango scale | Mango seed weevil | Mango shoot caterpillar | Mango leafhopper* | Mango pulp weevil* | Mango stem miner* | Queensland fruit fly | Red-banded mango caterpillar* | Red-banded thrips | Spiraling whitefly*
*pests currently listed as exotic, emerging and/or notifiable as per the A-Z list of significant plant pests and diseases for Queensland.
