New variety evaluation update

CAL Technical Forum 2017

G. Sanderson and T. Witte NSW DPI. 1st March 2017, Mildura

Evaluation finished Completed (28)

Mor Nour clementine

Pomelit Jincheng orange

Nouvelle Earlygold orange

IRM1 Tarocco Rosso blood orange

IRM2 Tarocco Meli blood orange

Cami TDE 2, 3 and 4

Tacle Primosole

C1829 Etna mandarin

C1867 Winola mandarin

Alkantara Nectar mandarin

Mandalate Palmer navel

Sidi Aissa clementine Bintangcheng orange No 2 & Renbin

Orogrande clementine

Removal Oct. 2015 & replanted Nov. 2016

Evaluation continuing in 2017

On-going (from budwood received up to December 2009)

Or 4 mandarin (Orri) Variety Access

Gold Nugget mandarin nuleaf IP

Tango mandarin nuleaf IP

Tarocco Ippolito blood orange Auscitrus

Eureka SL ANFIC

New to the program

Fourth crop in 2017 First fruit in 2015

FJ navel VA Summerina mandarin APM

Brown skin navel VA Hadass mandarin VA

Kirkwood Red navel VA Mandared mandarin ANFIC

Turkey Valencia VA First fruit in 2016

TBA1 mandarin VA RHM mandarin VA

Dekopon mandarin (Sumo)

Pacific Fresh - Leeton

Nadorcott SL VA

First fruit in 2017

91-03-04 (Imperial X clementine) CSIRO

Late Cara Cara navel VA

Nadorcott SL (low seed W Murcott Afourer)

August 2016

Royal Honey Murcott (RHM)

July 2016

Top-worked trees 29th July 2016

Variety Juice

%

Brix Acid% B:A BrimA

Tango mandarin 46 11.6 0.82 14.2 137

Nadorcott SL mandarin 46 12.2 0.92 13.2 140

RHM at the 4th July 51 11.3 0.46 24.3 154

Late Cara Cara navel

Riverina

Dareton

18th July 2016 24th June 2016

Cara Cara navel maturity comparison Riverina -Trifoliata rootstock

Variety Juice

%

Brix Acid% B:A BrimA

Cara Cara 44 12.0 0.96 12.5 135

Late Cara Cara 40 11.0 1.00 11.0 116

Cara Cara 50 12.9 0.70 18.4 167

Late Cara Cara 50 12.4 0.74 16.8 156

24th June 2016

5th August 2016

Budwood multiplication & trueness to type

assessment

Benney Valencia

Witkrans navel

2016

Budwood received Sept. and Dec. 2014

Nursery multiplication (12 buds)

Grapefruit Navel

Star Ruby (Early) VA Carninka VA

Star Ruby (Late) VA Rayno VA

Jackson (Sweet Sunrise) VA Glen Ora VA

Valencia Witkrans VA

Ruby VA Mandarin

Alpha VA 88-2 VA

Midknight SL VA

Benney VA Home Garden

Weipe SL VA Kishu mandarin VA

McLean SL VA Variegated Pink Eureka lemon VA

Lavalle VA

Propagation March 2016

Nursery multiplication

Mandarin

1474 Variety Access

1627 Variety Access

1848 Variety Access

1614 Variety Access

Grapefruit

Late Star Ruby Variety Access

Early Star Ruby Variety Access

Propagation December 2016

Nursery multiplication

Mandarin

AC41114LS (Afourer) Variety Access

HC Afourer Variety Access

MJR11 (early Nova) Variety Access

MJR12 (early Nova) Variety Access

H2 seedless Variety Access

Italian lemon Variety Access

Gusocora Valencia Variety Access

Sudachi Auscitrus

CC No1 navel APM

Displays and discussion

Biogold International May 2016

CAL Regional Forum Mildura June 2016

CAL Regional Forum Riverina June 2016

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20 year bud salesPrivate varieties

Public varieties

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Future activities

HIA Concept Proposal (2017-2022)

Evaluate 30 varieties yet to fruit in field trials

Release of 4 USA varieties in 2017 – nuleaf

12+ Variety Access, 6 early satsumas into PEQ

Employ Research Horticulturist (Citrus) at Dareton in 2017