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The data reveal a higher return over 350 per year per hectare over traditional varieties
The Ministry of Agriculture and Water has been doing for the last 20 years, a series of tests with flowering almond varieties late and extra late in areas with large turnout of spring frosts in the towns of Bullas and Caravaca de la Cruz, in the latter in collaboration with the Centre for Applied Biology Pedology and Segura (CEBAS).
The CEO of agribusiness and agricultural training, Ángel García Lidón, stressed the importance of these tests "that require a long period of experimentation to get results, and enable the change in variety of nuts in a region such as the Northwest, with average altitudes above 600 meters, where spring frosts often occur. "
The almond tree is growing more woody surface in the region of Murcia.
Occupies about 72,000 hectares, of which over 91 percent are rainfed.
Average production in the last six years has been 32,500 tons / year.
According to Pedro Guirao, technician District Agricultural Office of Caravaca de la Cruz, the most productive varieties planted in the Bullas is called Texas, Antoneta, Ferragnés and Guara.
The data reveal a higher return over 350 per hectare per year, on average more productive in these varieties in relation to traditional Fainting and Marcona.
The variety is late maturing Texas, presents a yield almond percent 42'8 and semi shell.
Antoneta and Guara are early maturing, hard shell and open demeanor.
Ferragnés is half and peel semimollar maturation.
Its yield was 32'2 percent and as Antoneta, no double seeds.
In contrast, Texas and Guara give between 13 percent and 18 doubles.
The varieties on conducting the tests have been grafted onto rootstock (Garrigues).
The results rule out other varieties advised to present smaller productions and decreasing with age (Ferraduel rainfed, Glorieta, Masbovera, Martha), others for being too soft and machinable harvesting (Primorskii, '612 ') and others as overly harsh and to present phytosanitary problems (Tardive of Verdiere, Del Cid, Tuono, Moncayo, Ayles).
Continued test
According to Pedro José Guirao, in order to keep the main trial, in 2010 other varieties grafted (Bellona, ​​Filippo, Marinade, Soleta) and those obtained by the CEBAS, extra-late flowering, which are proving successful in Navares (Penta, D00-78, D01-466) and is expected to compare their features.
In 2012 Carrula was grafted, a late variety local, that is of interest to farmers Bullas.
Source: CARM
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