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National Mango Breeding Program
Early-season mango variety shows potential for Carnarvon Participants rated the NMBP-1243 variety the highest for sweetness.
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BY VALERIA ALMEIDA LIMA FRUIT RESEARCH SCIENTIST, DPIRD
he Australian National Mango Breeding Program (NMBP) has recently selected three new varieties to be released — all hybrids of the standard variety Kensington Pride (KP): NMBP-1243, NMBP-1201 and NMBP-4069.
3 PRONOUNCED blush and internal colour (inset) of the NMBP-1243 ripe fruits produced at Carnarvon Research Facility.
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WA Grower AUTUMN 2021
