Durian will soon be fruit for all season"
Durian has often been described as "a fruit that tastes like heaven b
ut smells like hell".
However, to the ordinary durian consumers who are mostly minimum wage earners, the "hell"
pact is not the smell but rather the price,especially during the off-season, when prices could
become prohibitively high due to scarcity of supply.
But thanks to a study conducted by Roman Armenio, Jr., Myrna S. Cantilla and Milani Abad of
the Department of Agriculture-Southern Mindanao Integrated Agriculture Research Center
(DA-SMIARC), it is now possible to produce durian anytime of the year.
According to the study entitled "Flower induction in durian", certain growth regulators such as
Paclobutrazol and Multi-K, when sprayed on durian trees of bearing age at the time when the
flushes (new leaves) are already mature, will promote off-season flowering 10 to 21 days from
application.
The study further revealed that average number of off-season fruits production per tree was over 80 for those sprayed with Paclobutrazol and over 64 for those with Multi-K.
For durian farmers, this technology could mean additional income in terms of increased yield and
relatively higher prices during off-season while for the common durian consumer, more durian
fruit supply during off-season would eventually result to a slight decrease in prices.
Durian has often been described as "a fruit that tastes like heaven b
ut smells like hell".However, to the ordinary durian consumers who are mostly minimum wage earners, the "hell"
pact is not the smell but rather the price,especially during the off-season, when prices could
become prohibitively high due to scarcity of supply.
But thanks to a study conducted by Roman Armenio, Jr., Myrna S. Cantilla and Milani Abad of
the Department of Agriculture-Southern Mindanao Integrated Agriculture Research Center
(DA-SMIARC), it is now possible to produce durian anytime of the year.
According to the study entitled "Flower induction in durian", certain growth regulators such as
Paclobutrazol and Multi-K, when sprayed on durian trees of bearing age at the time when the
flushes (new leaves) are already mature, will promote off-season flowering 10 to 21 days from
application.
The study further revealed that average number of off-season fruits production per tree was over 80 for those sprayed with Paclobutrazol and over 64 for those with Multi-K.
For durian farmers, this technology could mean additional income in terms of increased yield and
relatively higher prices during off-season while for the common durian consumer, more durian
fruit supply during off-season would eventually result to a slight decrease in prices.
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