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THE FIRST PEACH CULTIVARS PROTECTED IN BRAZIL
Article number
1084_3
Pages
39 – 43
Language
English
Abstract
Although peach breeding programs in Brazil date back to the 1950s all cultivars released were public domain and there has not been any type of plant patent, royalties or similar, until 1997. Since that year all new cultivars may be protected.
The main reason for the protection was the need to organize the propagation chain, once nurseries now need the certificate of origin, for all protected cultivars and only the licensee ones can have it.
The first peach cultivars protected, in Brazil, were BRS Kampai, BRS Libra, released in 2009, and BRS Regalo and BRS Fascínio, released in 2012. Except BRS Libra, all others are table cultivars.
All four were obtained by Embrapa Clima Temperado through hybridization, using traditional breeding methods. BRS Libra is the earliest non melting cultivar and is a very low chilling, estimated in less than 150 hours.
The cultivars BRS Kampai, BRS Regalo and BRS Fascínio produce low acid white flesh fruits, and are being planted under the subtropical climate condition as well as on the temperate zone. BRS Kampai is the earliest one, ripening in mid-November in the south, and at the second half of October in the southeast areas.
The harvest of BRS Regalo and BRS Fascínio differs only a few days from each other, being at end of November in the Southeast, and 15 to 20 days later in Southern Brazil.
A description of the four cultivars will be provided.
Growers from six different Brazilian states have been participating in testing and evaluating the material before releasing, under a non-propagation agreement.
This procedure has been rewarding and gave a lot more confidence on the results.
Once a new variety and the mother plants were registered and the protection process had begun, a call for nurseries interested in propagating them was published.
The main reason for the protection was the need to organize the propagation chain, once nurseries now need the certificate of origin, for all protected cultivars and only the licensee ones can have it.
The first peach cultivars protected, in Brazil, were BRS Kampai, BRS Libra, released in 2009, and BRS Regalo and BRS Fascínio, released in 2012. Except BRS Libra, all others are table cultivars.
All four were obtained by Embrapa Clima Temperado through hybridization, using traditional breeding methods. BRS Libra is the earliest non melting cultivar and is a very low chilling, estimated in less than 150 hours.
The cultivars BRS Kampai, BRS Regalo and BRS Fascínio produce low acid white flesh fruits, and are being planted under the subtropical climate condition as well as on the temperate zone. BRS Kampai is the earliest one, ripening in mid-November in the south, and at the second half of October in the southeast areas.
The harvest of BRS Regalo and BRS Fascínio differs only a few days from each other, being at end of November in the Southeast, and 15 to 20 days later in Southern Brazil.
A description of the four cultivars will be provided.
Growers from six different Brazilian states have been participating in testing and evaluating the material before releasing, under a non-propagation agreement.
This procedure has been rewarding and gave a lot more confidence on the results.
Once a new variety and the mother plants were registered and the protection process had begun, a call for nurseries interested in propagating them was published.
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Authors
M.C.B. Raseira, R.C. Franzon, J.F.M. Pereira, C. Scaranari
Keywords
Prunus persica, breeding, cultivar protection, low chill, licensing
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