Identify mango varieties with the greatest potential

Fresh Mango

Spain

Published Sep 1, 2020

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Priority objective for the National Mango Board * Francisco Seva Rivadulla. International Agrifood Journalist Dr. Ortega is in charge of coordinating all research activities at the NMB, including research programs on production, postharvest, nutrition, and consumption. He is an agronomist with a master's degree in livestock production and a doctorate in agricultural economics.

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Before joining the NMB, he worked for more than 15 years at the university level in Venezuela as a professor and researcher heading various extension programs. Identification of Mango Varieties with Greater Potential One of the lines in which the NMB is working with greater emphasis is on the identification of mango varieties with greater potential for the sector. In this sense, Dr. Ortega points out that “we are developing a project to identify mango varieties that have potential for the fresh and frozen mango industry in the United States from the thousands of mango varieties that already exist. It is being conducted by the University of Florida and is in stage II. Stage I aimed to select the cultivated varieties with the greatest potential and characteristics necessary for their commercialization. In the second stage, the physical and chemical characteristics of the mango cultivars selected in the first stage are being measured. We are also determining the sensitivity of these ...

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