Back to production volumes before the PSA virus

Starting this year the kiwi sector plans to return to the levels before the PSA virus.

PSA virus has decimated many planted orchards Gold variety Gold " Hort16A " and also damaged the hybrid " Haywards ".In total, more than a third of kiwifruit orchards were affected , bringing an abrupt slowdown in the sector.

Since then, the strategy to replace " Hort16A " by new " Gold3 " resistant to PSA and productive virus (+ 30% ) led a remarkable turnaround.

For 2014-15 it is expected 30 million Gold kiwifruit trays ( including $ 25 million will come from " Gold3 " ) exceeding the previous record of 29 million trays sold in the 2011 season.

source : stuff co nz