Indonesia: Getting to know the advantages of Hilosia, the superior variety of dragon fruit

My Farm — Dragon fruit has been commercially developed in Indonesia since 2003. This fruit commodity is relatively new, but its business prospects are promising because it has many enthusiasts. In addition, dragon fruit plants can also grow easily in Indonesia. The Agricultural Research and Development Agency (Balitbangtan) has successfully registered a new dragon fruit variety, named Naga Hilosia. Reporting from the litbang.pertanian.go.id page, the development of this variety has been started since 2011–2013 and was carried out by the Tropical Fruit Crop Research Institute (Balitbu). Balitbu conducts the collection, characterization, and selection of dragon fruit genetic resources. The number of collections of dragon fruit plants from Balitbu Tropical is 30 accessions from Solok, Padang, Padang Panjang, Padang Pariaman, Yogyakarta, and East Kalimantan. Researcher from Balitbangtan, Jumjunidang, said that the results of characterization and selection obtained one dragon fruit ...