Gyeongbuk Agricultural Research Institute, Cheongdo Peach Research Institute, Develops Korea's First Flat Peach Variety, 'Saebbitbando'

Published 2025년 2월 17일

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The Cheongdo Peach Research Institute has developed a new variety of flat peach, 'Saebbitbando', which is smaller and flatter than regular peaches and has a high sugar content. The institute has applied for variety protection and plans to produce seedlings through a license transfer to a seed company after a 2-year cultivation review. The institute also plans to continue developing new peninsula-type peach varieties and has so far developed 18 varieties, accounting for 6.2% of the national peach cultivation area.

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Fruit weight 150~190g, sugar content 11.2 Brix After seed resource cultivation review, variety protection registration Transfer of general license to seed company, supply to farmers The Cheongdo Peach Research Institute under the Gyeongbuk Agricultural Research and Extension Services announced that it has developed a new variety of flat peach, ‘Saebbitbando’, which has recently become a hot topic on SNS, for the first time in Korea and has applied for variety protection to the National Agricultural Products Resource Center. According to the Gyeongbuk Agricultural Research and Extension Services, ‘Saebbitbando’ has focused on cultivating a peninsula-shaped (wide, oblong) variety since 2016 in line with new consumer trends, and after artificially crossing ‘Daegubo’ and ‘Mansaengyudobando’ in 2018, it was cultivated as a seedling, and the growth and fruit characteristics were evaluated, and it is a variety that was finally selected in 2024. It is called ‘flat peach’ or ‘donut ...

Source: Agrinet