“INIVIT fb-4”, new papaya (Carica papaya L.) cultivar for cuban agriculture

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Elianet Ruiz-Díaz
Maximiliano W. Caballero-Álvarez
Sergio J. Rodríguez-Morales
Yuniel Rodríguez-García

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In Cuba it is necessary to obtain new cultivars of papayo (Carica papaya L.) since it is considered a fruit with high nutritional value and is widely used in diets, has great national and international acceptance. In our country there are several favorable soil and climate areas for the development of the crop. To obtain the proposed new cultivar, targeted crosses were carried out among the cultivars of papaya, “NARAN” and “Criolla”. The cultivar “INIVIT fb-4” stands out for its agronomic characteristics and its high yield potential (87,32 t ha-1).

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Ruiz-Díaz, E., Caballero-Álvarez, M. W., Rodríguez-Morales, S. J., & Rodríguez-García, Y. (2019). “INIVIT fb-4”, new papaya (Carica papaya L.) cultivar for cuban agriculture. Cultivos Tropicales, 39(4), 91. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/1486
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Report of New Cultivar

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