IMIDA develops new varieties of grapefruit with more diverse production periods

The Murcian Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research and Development (IMIDA) is developing new varieties of grapefruit that will improve production, have higher quality, more added value, and a greater diversity of production periods than those currently on the market. The Minister of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, Sara Rubira, assured that "these results will benefit producers by increasing the efficiency of improvement programs, the profitability of the crop, production, and export." Rubira highlighted that "it will allow us to offer consumers healthier and more ecological products, reduce phytosanitary treatments, and strengthen agriculture as an economic engine of the Region of Murcia." To this end, the IMIDA Citrus Genetic Improvement Team has planted about 1,000 new trees obtained through different improvement techniques in the experimental farm of Torreblanca, in Torre Pacheco, and it is expected that the evaluation of the trees and the fruit can ...