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Why mangoes fall before they’re ripe – and how science is helping them hang on

By Sophie Jones, PhD candidate, School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland

Each season, mango growers across Australia watch helplessly as millions of mangoes fall to the ground too early. Here’s why – and how science can help.

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