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Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

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Chapter 9. Genetic Improvement<br />

Cultivar/Selection Country of Origin Cultivar/Selection Country of Origin<br />

McPherson (8) USA/Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Red Sugar Apple (7) USA/Florida<br />

Mossman (1) Australia Mammouth India<br />

Negrito (1) Spain Balangar India<br />

Ott (1) USA/Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Sitaphal (red/lal) India<br />

Perry Vidal (2) Portugal/Madeira Borhodes India<br />

Pierce (1) USA/Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Britishbaroa India<br />

Reretai (1) New Zealand Custard Apple<br />

Whaley (8) Australia Camino Real (7) Guatemala<br />

White (8) USA/Cali<strong>for</strong>nia Fairchild Purple (7) USA/Florida<br />

Dr.León (7)<br />

Young (7)<br />

USA/Florida<br />

West Java<br />

Sources: (1) Nakasone and Paull (1998); (2) Nunes (1997); (3) Pinto and Silva<br />

(1996); (4) Lemos (2000 b).<br />

India, China and Taiwan have produced a few named cultivars of sugar apple<br />

that are propagated vegetatively. In Cuba, researchers developed ‘Cuban<br />

Seedless’, which is a seedless cultivar with medium-sized fruits, and ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

cultivar with low fibre content that is very important <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> commercial<br />

market (Nakasone and Paull, 1998). In <strong>the</strong> Philippines, <strong>the</strong>re are 3 <strong>for</strong>ms of<br />

sugar apple fruits: (a) a green-fruited seedy <strong>for</strong>m, which is grown in most<br />

parts of <strong>the</strong> country; (b) a purple-fruited seedy <strong>for</strong>m, reportedly introduced<br />

from India; (c) and <strong>the</strong> green-fruited seedless <strong>for</strong>m, which is a recent<br />

introduction and whose origin is unknown. The selection of superior strains<br />

is aimed in <strong>the</strong> direction of a green-fruited seedy <strong>for</strong>m (Coronel, 1994). In<br />

Petrolina, Pernambuco state, Brazil, some sugar apple growers are producing<br />

and commercialising a purple sugar apple type (Plate 1), and north-eastern<br />

Brazilian consumers – mainly those with higher per capita income – are<br />

buying it much more as an exotic fruit, due to its colour, than because of any<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r characteristic, since taste and shape are similar to standard green sugar<br />

apples. Un<strong>for</strong>tunately, this sugar apple type has not been totally accepted in<br />

<strong>the</strong> market, because most of <strong>the</strong> consumers think that <strong>the</strong> purple fruit is<br />

already rotten.<br />

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