Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia

Details of Application
Application Number 2005/276
Variety Name ‘NMBP4069’
Genus Species Mangifera indica
Common Name Mango
Synonym Nil
Accepted Date 13 Apr 2006
Applicant State of Queensland through its Department of Primary
Industries and Fisheries, CSIRO, Northern Territory of
Australia rep by the Department of Primary Industry,
Fisheries and Mines, State of WA through its Department of
Agriculture and Food.
Agent Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Brisbane,
QLD
Qualified Person Ian Bally
Details of Comparative Trial
Location Southedge Research Station, McMallisn Rd, Paddys Green,
PO Box 174, Mareeba, QLD 4880. (Lat 17 °S, Long 145 °E,
Elevation 457 metres).
Descriptor Mango (Mangifera indica) TG/112/4.
Period 2000-2008.
Conditions The field site has soil of the Morganbury sub-type of red
kandosos with deep to very deep brown sandy loam to sandy
clay grading to red apedial sandy clay loam to sandy clay,
moderately acid to neutral (pH 5.8-7.5) and gravely. Scions of
the candidate and comparator varieties were grafted onto
polyembryonic ‘Kensington Pride’ seedling rootstocks and
planted at 4 meters in the row and 7 meters between rows.
Trial Design The comparative trial design was a randomised complete
block design with five single tree replicates of the candidate,
parents and comparator cultivars.
Measurements 10-20 random measurements were made of each character
assessed on each of the five single tree replicates.
RHS Chart - edition fourth edition.
Origin and Breeding
Controlled pollination: The candidate cultivar was generated by closed pollination
using hand pollination techniques (Bally et al. 2000) with ‘Van Dyke’ as the maternal
parent and ‘Kensington Pride’ as the paternal (pollen) parent. Selection of the
candidate from other progeny of this and other families was done at two sites:
Southedge Research Station, Mareeba, QLD and Coastal plains Research Farm,
Darwin, NT. The candidate cultivar was selected after comparative evaluation of tree
and fruit characteristics over several seasons - Bally ISE, Kulkarni VJ, Johnson PR,
Leonardi J, Robinson D, Harris MA, Hamilton D (2000) the Australian National
Mango Breeding Project. Acta Horticulturae 509, 225-231.
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Plant Varieties Journal Vol. 21 No.3