{"id":58439,"date":"2019-02-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irta.cat\/noticia\/the-apple-and-pear-varieties-developed-by-the-irta-and-fruit-futur-and-adapted-to-hot-climates-are-ready-to-go-on-the-market\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T09:34:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T08:34:14","slug":"the-apple-and-pear-varieties-developed-by-the-irta-and-fruit-futur-and-adapted-to-hot-climates-are-ready-to-go-on-the-market","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/www.irta.cat\/en\/noticia\/the-apple-and-pear-varieties-developed-by-the-irta-and-fruit-futur-and-adapted-to-hot-climates-are-ready-to-go-on-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"The apple and pear varieties developed by the IRTA and Fruit Futur and adapted to hot climates are ready to go on the market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irta.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/imatge-booklet.jpg\" class=\"fancybox irta-lightbox-bridge\" data-fancybox=\"irta-images\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irta.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/imatge-booklet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26590\" width=\"710\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>These\nvarieties are the result of an international genetic variety improvement\nprogramme involving the IRTA, <em>Fruit Futur<\/em>\nand their New Zealand partners, Plant &amp; Food Research, in response to the\nchallenges posed by climate change <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Turners\nand Growers (T&amp;G) will be the internationally licensed company <\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The presentation of the programme took place on 6 February at the International Fruit Logistics Trade Fair in Berlin<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The IRTA, <em>Fruit Futur <\/em>and\nPlant &amp; Food Research, owners of the apple and pear genetic variety\nimprovement programme, have signed an agreement with T&amp;G Global, the world\nleader in fruit production and sales &amp; marketing, to continue with the\ndevelopment and sale and marketing of new apple and pear varieties adapted to\nhot climates. The main characteristics of these varieties are their <strong>excellent quality and high levels of\ncolouration in conditions of high temperature and water scarcity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a research partnership over more than 15 years\nbetween the international programme partners to develop these varieties, <strong>the official presentation of this alliance\nwith T&amp;G took place this Wednesday 6 February at the International Fruit\nLogistics Trade Fair in Berlin (T&amp;G Stand <\/strong><strong>Pavilion 6.2\/C-17)<\/strong>. The programme partners have put\ntheir trust in T&amp;G\u2019s experience as a business partner to make these\nvarieties available to producers and markets around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irta.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fruit-Logistica-IRTA_2019.jpg\" class=\"fancybox irta-lightbox-bridge\" data-fancybox=\"irta-images\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irta.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Fruit-Logistica-IRTA_2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26613\" width=\"667\" height=\"500\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The presentation was attended by the Honourable. Mrs. Teresa\nJord\u00e0, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Catalan\nGovernment; Josep Usall i Rodi\u00e9, CEO of the IRTA; Gavin Ross, Group General\nManager, Marketing&amp;Innovation at Plant&amp;Food Research; and Sarah McCormack, T&amp;G Director of Apples &amp; Pears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The modification programme uses germplasm contributions from\nboth Spain and New Zealand to identify gene seed plants with the essential\ncharacteristics required for climate change: high temperature tolerance, low\nwater requirement and high fruit colouration, good texture and excellent\nflavour and shelf-life. There is also a clear focus on improvement in\nresistance to pests and diseases prevalent in warm climates.\n\nThe adaptation of crops to the environmental\nconditions caused by climate change is one of the main challenges currently\nfaced by the sector, and by society in general, to ensure competitive,\nsustainable production of healthy food.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Programme\u2019s Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hot Climate Programme (HCP) was initiated in 2002 by the\nIRTA and Plant &amp; Food Research with the aim of developing new apple and\npear varieties adapted to growing areas with high temperatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At that time, producers on the Iberian Peninsula, and\nspecifically in Catalonia, had already begun to experience <strong>problems with traditional varieties due to rises in temperature<\/strong>:\nless red colouration, burning by the sun, soft pulp textures and higher\nincidence of deterioration during storage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two organisations began to work together on this\nprogramme in the realisation that this problem would extend to other regions,\nas temperatures continue to rise as a result of climate change, and that demand\nfor varieties developed for these environments will therefore increase all over\nthe world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2003, <em>Fruit Futur<\/em>,\nan economic interest group formed by Actel, Fruits de Ponent, Nufri, Poma de\nGirona and the IRTA, joined the project as an expert in the commercial\nproduction of apples and pears in Catalonia, and as a party with a potential\ninterest in these varieties. Their expertise and in-depth commercial knowledge\nhave been vital in the development and assessment of the selection processes in\nthe new varieties programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, in 2018, the owners of the programme chose T&amp;G\nGlobal, which has headed up successful projects in fruit development world-wide\nsuch as Envy\u00ae, Jazz\u00ae and Pacific Rose\u00ae, to market the programme\u2019s new varieties\nat an international level. \n\nThese varieties will begin to reach the markets in the\ncoming years and will boost increased fruit consumption.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16158,"template":"","categoria_noticia":[],"etiqueta_filtrar_noticia":[7870,7871],"class_list":["post-58439","noticia","type-noticia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","etiqueta_filtrar_noticia-pera","etiqueta_filtrar_noticia-poma"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>The apple and pear varieties developed by the IRTA and Fruit Futur and adapted to hot climates are ready to go on the market &#187; 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