Papaya trees are fast-growing and can provide bumper crops of fruits right from their first year. They love the sun and tend to be highly productive for 4-6 years. Plus, those sweet and juicy ...

300,000 coffee trees and 21,000 papaya trees have been planted in less than three years by Mahi Pono in Maui’s central plain, according to the farming company, which celebrated the milestone of ...

and also infecting several other trees in the grounds. The Department of Agriculture believes the pest to be papaya mealybug – a species of the mealybug insect, which is a common pest in Sri Lanka, ...