New Annona varieties being bred

[Mike T]

Much of the world refers to A.reticulata as bullocks heart or reticulata and atemoya as custard apple so when you look at some of these links keep that in mind. Seedless and red sugar apples have been used quite a bit in breeding as they pass on these traits pretty well. I have posted one of these reports before but for thos interested in new Annona development these may be of interest. Seedlessness, productivity, red colour and flavour are the big drivers and there is plenty going on all over the place. It makes the development of Tropic Sun and Maroochy Gold seem mundane.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-07-30/custard-apple-variety-research-a-long-road/11362214
https://www.thebetterindia.com/206804/maharashtra-farm-inventor-innovation-earning-lakhs-custard-apple-variety-india/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-01-02/custard-apple-new-variety-struggles-to-meet-demand/9282268

[Mike T]

[url]https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/6506064/unique-custard-apple-variety-produced-on-sunshine-coast-hinterland/[url]
Advice for farmers [url][http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/1653/2/1befcus.pdf/url]

Ok that will do for now

[Mike T]

https://www.horticulture.com.au/globalassets/laserfiche/assets/project-reports/cu11000/cu11000-final-report-complete-2.pdf
https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/6506064/unique-custard-apple-variety-produced-on-sunshine-coast-hinterland/
Technical issue sorry let me post a couple of links again

[Future]

It was cool being in Australia and finding custard apples in regular stores.  You guys have done well and it seems there’s more to come. .

[simon_grow]

That’s awesome Mike! Thanks for sharing the articles. I would love to visit Australia and taste all those new varieties.

Simon

[Dirt Diva]

It makes the development of Tropic Sun and Maroochy Gold seem mundane.

Now if they will develop one with an awesome taste that can withstand -10C I will be able to grow one without fear of failure

P J, the Dirt Diva

[Mike T]

Asimina might be good enough and maybe some cherimoya could survive.

[Frog Valley Farm]

No news here

[Mike T]

Reticulata and coloured sugar apples are bred in for just colour. Nearly everything new has mammoth or mammoth offspring dominant as they want that taste and seedlessness and some have fino de jete cherimoya in them as this must be the best for crossing. It is all about getting higher prices and expanding the Asian export market. I keep seeing article but not seeing these varieties anywhere and they are not being distributed.

[Guanabanus]

I appreciate the updates.

[Mike T]

It is interesting that Pink's Mammoth is perhaps the oldest (130 years in Australia and who knows how long in South America) and biggest atemoya and is the key to breeding and selecting new varieties.

[Seanny]

Red pollen onto PM flower?

[palmtreeluke]

Thanks for sharing the updates.  There is some good work being done there. I used to work on the farms in austrailia and the farmers there take their stuff serious.