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The Center for Technology Transfer Demonstration and the municipality has the infrastructure necessary to develop assays most innovative crop area

The Ministry of Agriculture and Water developed at the Center for Technology Transfer Demonstration and Calasparra an essay on the genetic improvement of Japanese plum (Prunus salicina) for obtaining new varieties adapted to organic production conditions.

Contributors to this project Murciano Research Institute and Agricultural Development and Food (IMID) and the Center for Soil Science and Applied Biology Segura (CEBAS-CESIC).

The Director General of Agro-Food Industry and Agricultural Training Lidón Angel Garcia, said that "with the work done to date have been optimized protocols for each of the techniques used in classical breeding plum and there have been different families to develop varieties adapted to organic production conditions, early maturity, productivity and fruit quality and resistance or tolerance to Sharka virus. "

In this regard, he noted that "also has a collection of varieties of plums to be used as parental and varieties of reference in the selection process."

The regional official said that "the demand for fruits obtained by organic production techniques is increasing, which will add value to the final product is obtained in this trial."

Regarding early maturation, indicated that "the potential of the growing areas of the Region of Murcia to obtain varieties with low winter chill requirements, places us in an advantageous position for marketing in domestic and international markets, the be collected between May and June ".

Fruit quality is "another essential goal", because, he said, "the increasing competitiveness of markets requires fruits not only look attractive, but also high quality taste and resistance to postharvest handling and storage."

He stressed the need for parental resistant Sharka virus, because "the incidence of this disease in the growing areas of the region is one of the main phytosanitary problems, causing significant economic losses."

Demonstration Center

The Center for Technology Transfer Demonstration and Calasparra, signing contracts with the Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the Region of Murcia (FECOAM), covers an area of ​​five hectares and has a Certificate of Organic Production.

It also has the necessary infrastructure to develop assays most innovative crop in the area.

Specifically, it has a regulating reservoir irrigation than 4,800 cubic meters, automated head for watering seedlings plots and approved by the Chief Controller of Organic Agriculture.

Source: CARM